Bus 343 Week 3 Exercise Job Evaluation

Job Evaluation DonnaDonna Hammons 8/6/2016 12:04:23 AMJob evaluations were designed to eliminate managements practices of patterned evaluated work history and other personal considerations in determining different wages. A job evaluation is a formal procedure that the hierarchy order of a set of jobs on the terms of their characteristics or content. It operates on the assumption that the more complex the job the greater the worth or pay. Once a position's level of value has been determined, a specific wage or salary is assigned (Treiman, 1979). The use of job evaluations is to reduce any inequalities and to make wages legitimate, which has opened the door to its application for the purpose of equal pay for equal work.A job evaluation helps in developing a plan for comparing jobs in the terms of those jobs the organization deems important which determines what the job is worth. To get this process done the organization can use these five steps:1) The Job Analysis - This is the study of each of the organizations job information along with each jobs work requirements ensuring the employee is successful2) Compensation - This is how the organization will decide how much will be paid for each position