Reward Case Study 1. Briefly explain the job analysis and job evaluation. Job analysis refers to the process used to collect information about the duties, responsibilities, necessary skills, outcomes, and work environment of a particular job in an organization. The structure of the job analysis can be divided into two groups which is job-based structures and person-based structures. Job based structures are relying on the work content which is work duties, responsibilities, and functions required to perform for a job. While person-based structures shift the focus to the employee and emphasized on skills, knowledge or competencies and their usage for particular job. Job evaluation is a systematic way of determining the value/worth of a job in relation to other jobs in an organization. The job evaluation has to be aligning with the job analysis in order to ensure a more internally consistent pay structure. This is one of the ways to ensure the equity among all employees in an organization especially in their pay structure.

2. What is your opinion on Joan’s view on job analysis and job evaluation? State your stand and provide 2 reasons related to the above scenario. Firstly, Joan thinks that Deborah’s suggestion is time consuming and it is very troublesome as it will involve many staff in the job analysis and job evaluation process, Joan also suggested to recruit more new staff which she think is a better suggestion compared to Deborah’s. In my point of view, suggestion from Joan is not helping to solve the problems. Due to the pay structure of the organization is not internally consistent, most of the employees will feel inequity and threaten by their employer, and this will bring to the increase of the turnover rate. Current staff in the organization will feel unhappy and unsatisfied for the pay rate provided by the organization even though they are