TASK $5-$ Job Design and Job Analysis

$($Marks: $20)$

Purpose:

To develop your competence in conducting a job design, doing a job analysis, and compiling a resultant job description and specification.

Outcomes:

At the end of this specific task, you should be able to:

Provide a job design for a position in a South African company.

Create and implement a job analysis programme for a position in a South African company.

Compile a job description for a position in a South African company that meets the revised labour and employment equity legislation in South Africa.

Compile a job specification for a position in a South African company that meets the revised labour and employment equity legislation in South Africa.

Review and discuss recent job design research.

Task:

You are expected to conduct research on any ONE of the following HR requirements facing your nominated South African company and provide a solution from an HR perspective.

Advice on a job design for an HR position in your nominated South African company.

Advice on a job analysis programme for the same HR position in your nominated South African company.

Advise on a job description for the same HR position in your nominated South African company that meets the revised labour and employment equity legislation in South Africa.

Advice on a job specification for the same HR position in your nominated South African company that meets the revised labour and employment equity legislation in South Africa.

Create awareness of the need for newer research on job design.