- Conduct a job analysis utilizing the job diary method to determine the best job description for the position you examine.

- You may conduct a job analysis on your job or contact a friend, colleague, or coworker and ask them if they will allow you to analyze their job.

- If you contact a friend, interview them first about their current job description. Ask them if they would complete a job diary of what they do each hour of the day for one day. Collect the diary from them. After you have reviewed the diary, conduct a comparative analysis of the job description and the actual analysis of the work completed. Do your findings tell you the job description should be rewritten? Does the job analysis support the work performed? How much time was spent doing the tasks as reported? Does the work justify the position being split or redesigned?

- It should be completed over one day. You may conduct an assessment of your job, of a friends or subordinates job, or you may ask a colleague to conduct an assessment of their job. Ask them to monitor their activities over 8 hours. It would take the participant a minute or two out of every hour to annotate the simple log. The log can be made from a simple 3 x 5 spiral notebook or annotated on a 9 x 11 sheet of paper. Some even log in on to an iPad or their computer. It does not have to be highly technical but is typically a simple process.

- Describing your findings as if you are reporting to the head of the human resource unit.

- Interviews the subject of the job analysis.

- Creates a job diary and analyzes the job using the job diary.

- Describes how much time was allocated to the tasks as reported.

- Compares the analysis with the job description and evaluates whether the job description should be rewritten, if the job analysis supports the work performed or if the work justifies the job being redesigned.

- Includes three or more credible sources beyond the textbook.

- Discusses the credibility of the outside sources.