Question

Michele had been working as an executive assistant to the president for nearly 25 years, so when she retired, no one had a good idea of all that her job entailed. Before Michele retired, Sharon sat with her for two weeks to observe her duties and ask her to explain all the functions she performs as executive assistant to the president. Sharon was performing a(n)

Answer 1

Answer: Job analysis

Explanation: Job analysis refers to the analysis performed for the placements of the job in an organisation. In simple words, it is focused on knowing the human requirements needed to perform a task.

In the given case, Sharon is trying to understand the know how of the job she is going to perform from Michele. She is trying to learn the functions she has to perform on her duties.

Hence we can conclude that Sharon is performing job analysis.