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 she left, Sharon sat with her for two weeks to observe her duties and ask her the details of all functions. Sharon was performing a(n) __________.
A. behavioral-description interview
B. performance appraisal
C. informal appraisal
D. job rotationE.job analysis

Answer 1

Answer:

E. job analysis

Explanation:

This can be explained by the definition of the terms provided:

+) behavioral-description interview: this is the techniques that the the interviewer uses to check the behavior of the candidate in related situation in the jobs in the past to determine if they fit in that position.

+) performance appraisal: this is a systematic method to review regularly the performance of the job and the contribution to the company of an employee. This is used to evaluate the productivity of the staff.

+) informal appraisal: this is when a manager provides feedback and direction to their staff outside of a formal review. This is an informal form of a performance appraisal.

+) Job rotation: This is the technique used to rotate an employee throughout different positions, different assigned job.

+) Job analysis: This is the process of determining the activities, responsibilities of a job, its requirements and how it contributes, etc.

As we can see, in this situation, Sharon focused on evaluate the job - not the working result of Michelle as people had no idea about the role of the job. => so that the 3 first options are not the true answer.

And as given, Michelle was not assigned different jobs but just provided Sharon with information about the position.

=> the answer is E