What are the importance of job analysis?

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What are the significance of job analysis?

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Job analysis is an essential ingredient in designing a sound personnel programme. Job information gathered from job analysis may be used for following purposes -

(1) Organisation and Manpower Planning—Job analysis is helpful in organisational planning, for it defines labour needs in clear terms. It coordinates the activities of the work force and facilitates the division of work, duties and responsibilities. Thus, it is an essential element of manpower planning because it matches jobs with them.

(2) Recruitment and Selection—Job analysis indicates the specific job requirements of each job i.e. skills and knowledge. In this way, job analysis provides a realistic basis for hiring, training, placement, transfer and promotion of personnel. Basically, the goal of job analysis is to match the job requirements with a worker's aptitude, abilities and interests.

(3) Training and Development—Job analysis determines the levels of standard of job performance. Job analysis provides the necessary information to the management of training and development programmes. It helps to determine the content and subject matter of training courses. It also helps in checking application information, interviewing, weighing test results and in checking references.

(4) Wage and Salary Administration—Job analysis is the foundation for job evaluation. By indicating the qualifications required for doing a specified job and the risks and hazards involved in its performance, it helps in salary and wage administration.

(5) Performance Appraisal—Job analysis helps in establishing clear cut standards which may be compared with the actual contribution of each individual. Job analysis data provide a clear cut performance for every job.

(6) Job Re-engineering—Job analysis provides information which enables the management to change jobs in order to permit their being manner by personnel with specific characteristics and qualifications. This takes two forms - industrial engineering activity and human engineering activity. Industrial engineers may use the job analysis information in designing the job by making the comprehensive study. It helps in time study and motion study and work measurement Human engineering activities such as physical, mental and psychological are studied with the help of job analysis.

(7) Health and Safety-Job analysis provides an opportunity for identifying hazardous and unhealthy conditions so that corrective measures may be taken to minimise the possibility of accidents and sickness.