Question

Sylvia Taylor talks about the company’s Total Rewards program, the goal of which is to compensate employees at a competitive level. Which of the following tools can managers use to collect quantifiable data that makes it easy to compare the duties and responsibilities of one job relative to another?

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Position analysis questionnaire.

Explanation:

A job evaluation is a management compensation method that is, a systematic way of determining the value/worth of a job in relation to other jobs in an organization. Job analysis is a family of procedures to identify the content of a job in terms of activities involved and attributes or job requirements needed to perform the activities.

Methods of job analysis include:

Position analysis questionnaire (PAQ): It is defined as a job analysis questionnaire that evaluates job skill level and basic characteristics of applicants for a set match of employment opportunity.

The primary reason to use a position analysis questionnaire is to gather quantitative data that enables managers to compare jobs for pay or compensation purposes.

Answer 2

Answer:

Position analysis questionnaire.

Explanation:

The position analysis questionnaire (PAQ) is a structured job analysis questionnaire that aids the user in conducting a quantified analysis of a given job. To complete a job analysis using the PAQ, the user reviews background information, observes the job, and conducts thorough interviews with job incumbents to determine job content then rates the extent to which each item on a standard list of PAQ job elements applies to that particular job. There are six types of rating scales used in the PAQ:

• Extent of Use;

• Importance to This Job;

• Amount of Time;

• Possibility of Occurrence;

• Applicability; and

• Item-Specific scales.