Answer $1-4$ but only create one job and that pay decisions help the organization achieve its objective

and that pay decisions help the organization achieve its objectives.

Your Turn

Job Evaluation at Whole Foods

Rather than wait until you are next in a supermarket to check out the different types of work, we

brought some of the jobs at Whole Foods Market to you. Now that you have some background in job

evaluation, it is time to try it out. As a first step, Whole Foods has done job analysis and prepared job

descriptions. The results are shown below. Now a job structure is needed. The manager has assigned

this job to you.

Divide into teams of four to six each. Each team should evaluate the jobs $($i$.$e$.,$ assign job evaluation

points to each job$)$ and prepare a job structure based on its evaluation. Assign titles to each job, and

show your structure by title and job letter. A broad hint: Recall from our discussions of Whole Foods'

business and pay strategies in Chapters $2$ and $3$ that teams play an important role.

Your team should describe the process it went through to arrive at that job structure. The job evalu$-$

ation techniques and compensable factors used should be described, and the reasons for selecting

them should be stated.

Each team should put its job structure $($i$.$e$.,$ points assigned to each job$)$ on the board. Compari$-$

sons can then be made among job structures of the various teams. What is the average correlation

between columns of job evaluation points from different teams? Is this correlation high enough to

obtain a sufficient level of reliability? $($You may wish to skip ahead to the section "Reliability of Job

Evaluation Techniques" in Chapter $6$ and pay special attention to the example of how even "high"

reliability may not eliminate important salary differences that result from whose ratings are used.$)$

Does the job evaluation method used appear to affect the results? Do the compensable factors cho$-$

sen affect the results? Does the process affect the results?

Evaluate the job descriptions. What parts of them were most useful? How could they be improved?

JOB A $($Team Member, Deli$){?}^{28}$

Kind of Work

Provide excellent customer service. Follow and

comply with all applicable health and sanitation

procedures. Prepare food items: sandwiches,

slice deli meats and cheeses. Prepare items on

station assignment list and as predetermined.

Stock and rotate products, stock supplies and

paper goods in a timely basis; keep all utensils

stocked. Check dates on all products in stock

to ensure freshness and rotate when necessary.

Use waste sheets properly, as directed. Operate

and sanitize all equipment in a safe and proper

manner. Comply with and follow Whole Foods

Market Safety Procedures. Follow established

Weights and Measures procedures $($tares$).$ Answer

the phone and pages to department quickly

and with appropriate phone etiquette. Practice

proper use of knives, slicer, trash compactor, baler