ob Analysis Report Assignment Instructions

Due Date: Wednesday, March $13$th no later than $11$:$59$ PM $($at midnight$)$

This assignment constitutes $17\%$ of your overall course grade $($i$.$e$.,85$ points out of $500)$

Submit on Canvas under the assignments tab.

FORMATTING

Double$-$spaced, $12-$point font, $1-$inch margins, Times New Roman

This paper should be structured like a professional report$$for example, a document that a

consultant would provide to a client $($i$.$e$.,$ professional language and formatting, no typos or

mistakes$).$ Please refer to the sample job analysis report posted to Canvas as a template for this

assignment.

PLAGIARISM

For this paper, you are to conduct a job analysis for a job of your choice $($i$.$e$.,$ you personally are

to do the job analysis, NOT summarize what you find in O$*$NET or some other source$).$ DO

NOT copy and paste anything from the internet $($including content created by generative AI such

as ChatGPT$).$ Be sure to rephrase material from class or cite the source of your information and

use quotations. Use quotations sparingly. It is preferable to restate the information in your own

words because this better communicates how well you understand the material. There are severe

consequences for plagiarism, including getting a zero on this assignment and being reported to

the Dean of Students. Plagiarism also includes copying other students$$ papers from previous

years$$even looking at other students$$ papers is NOT allowed.

LATE SUBMISSION POLICY

Remember, it is strongly discouraged to submit the assignment late. However, if you are unable

to submit it on Canvas by the due date$$ late submissions will incur a penalty of $5$ points for

each day the assignment is overdue.

REFERENCES

$$ Lecture slides and notes

$$ Chapter $4($Analyzing Work and Designing Jobs$)$ of the recommended textbook

$$ Gatewood, R$.$ D$.,$ Feild, H$.$ S$.,$ & Barrick, M$.(2008).$ Job Analysis and HR Selection. In

Human Resource Selection $($pp$.257-302).$ Mason, OH: South$-$western Cengage Learning.

$[$Posted on Canvas$]$

$2$

$$ Articles from reputable media or academic journals $($make sure to cite the source of your

information$).$

WHO TO INTERVIEW?

This paper is designed to give you hands$-$on experience with job analysis through interviewing a

current employee $($i$.$e$.,$ a subject$-$matter expert, also referred to as SME$).$

The job that you choose can be any job $($HR specialist, mall security guard, Starbucks barista,

etc.$)$ but:

$$ You must make sure that you are able to perform a proper job analysis $($see the following

part for what should be included$).$

$$ Also, it needs to be a job that will give you experience with the real job analysis process.

That is to say, do not choose jobs like babysitter; instead, choose a job for which you

could foresee a company actually performing a job analysis.

I recommend that you interview an employee working in a job that you would like to have one

day $($e$.$g$.,$ an accountant, consultant, marketing manager, etc.$),$ because this interview will

provide you with detailed information that is practically relevant to your career AND an excuse

to reach out and make connections with professionals in your desired occupation. However, you

are welcome to interview a family member or a friend.

POTENTIAL QUESTIONS TO ASK IN THE JOB ANALYSIS INTERVIEW

$*$Some of the below questions are redundant, so make sure to avoid asking your SME the same

question $3$ times. Please make sure to read through the whole assignment before interviewing

your SME to confirm that you are asking the right questions.$*$

$$ What is the job being performed?

$$ What are the major duties of your position?

$$ What exactly do you do$?$

$$ What are the education, experience, skill, and $[$where applicable$]$ certification and

licensing requirements?

$$ In what activities do you participate?

$$ What are the job$$s responsibilities and duties?

$$ What are the basic accountabilities or performance standards that typify your work?

$$ What are the environmental and working conditions involved?

$$ What are the job$$s physical demands?

$$ The emotional and mental demands?

$$ What are the health and safety conditions?

$$ Are you exposed to any hazards or unusual working conditions?

PAPER CONTENT

$3$

The paper should include the following sections $$ please clearly label each of the following

sections in your paper with the Bolded labels provided below $($a failure to include labels will

result in a penalty of $1$ point$).$

Overview of Job Analysis $(23$ out of $85$ points$)$

This section should provide a detailed overview of concepts relevant to job analysis that is based

on material from our class lectures, recommended textbook, and the Gatewood et al$.(2008)$

chapter. Please be sure to thoroughly address each of the following questions in this section. I am

looking here to see that you understand the concepts we are discussing, therefore everything

should be in your own words.

$$ What is a job analysis?

$$ What are the different components of job analysis?

$$ Why are job analyses important and useful?

$$ How are job analyses related to the legal