Analysis and Competency Modeling
Questions and Answers Grade A+ 2023
job - -a formal group or cluster of tasks
-role - -an expected pattern or set of behaviors
-job analysis - -the systematic process of identifying and describing the important aspects of a
job and the characteristics a worker needs to do it well
-job family - -a grouping of jobs that either call for similar worker characteristics or contain
parallel work tasks
-future-oriented job analysis - -a technique for analyzing new jobs or how jobs will look in the
future
-essential functions - -the fundamental duties or tasks of a position
-job description - -written description of the duties and responsibilities associated with a job
-person specification - -summarizes the characteristics of someone able to perform the job well
-essential criteria - -job candidate characteristics that are critical to the adequate performance of a
new hire
-desirable criteria - -job candidate criteria that may enhance the new hire's job success, but that
are not essential to adequate job performance
-critical incidents technique - -a job analysis method that identifies extremely effective and
ineffective behaviors by documenting critical incidents that have occurred on the job
-job elements method - -a job analysis method that uses expert brainstorming sessions to identify
the characteristics successful workers currently have
-unstructured job analysis interview - -a job analysis technique involving an informal
conversation with a job expert with no prepared questions
-structured interview method - -a job analysis method in which subject matter experts provide
information about the job verbally in structured face-to-face interviews