Job Analysis

The process of job analysis is that of gathering and analysing job-related information. This includes details about tasks to be performed as part of a job and the personal qualities required to do so. Job analysis can provide information for a variety of purposes including: determining training needs, development criteria, appropriate pay and productivity improvements. For resourcing purposes, job analysis can generate job and personnel specifications.

See also:

Benchmarking
Best Practice
Employee Analysis
Employee Demand
Centralization
Change
Change Strategy
Competitive Advantage
Comprehensiveness
De-layering
Division of Labour
Divisional Structure
Downsizing
Soft HRM
Soft Planning
Strategic HRM
Talent Management

HRM Textbooks

Human Resource Management, 4th edition
by Alan Price
 Covers all the key aspects of HRM. Available from:
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Fundamentals of Human Resource Management
 Shortened version of Human Resource Management - concise analysis for non-specialists and one-semester courses.
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