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Harbour, Jerry L. – Performance and Instruction, 1993
Discussion of performance improvement focuses on work processes. Highlights include a definition of process; types of process steps, including operational and nonoperational; desired process characteristics, including high reliability and low variability; a comparison of two different processes; and suggestions for process improvement, including…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Flow Charts, Job Analysis, Performance Factors
Riley, Judith – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1986
Suggests individual educational technologists have developed a variety of work styles including those characterized as: knowledge expert, executive manager, social-analyst, and specialist. These styles of working, based upon work behaviors of educational technologists at Great Britain's Open University, are compared in terms of practices, focuses,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Distance Education
Defa, Dennis R. – Library Administration and Management, 1995
Issues of maintaining equity of classification and salary for library assistants across a university library system and in relation to other university departments are addressed. A 1989 job analysis of library assistant positions at the University of Utah resulted in the reclassification of positions and an increase in salary implemented over two…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Compensation (Remuneration), Higher Education

Gwatney, Manda C. – Knowledge Quest, 2001
Reports on a case study of three rural Georgia elementary school media specialists that examined the tasks performed and their perception of the importance of these tasks compared to responsibilities and tasks in "Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning", by the American Association of School Librarians. (LRW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Job Analysis
Hawes, Clinton; Wetmore, Barbara – 1983
The business world now offers careers for writers in internal/external communications and technical documentation. Although some people work in both areas, most writers will choose one or the other, depending upon their backgrounds, skills, and interests. Technical writers may write detailed instructions for installing, assembling, testing,…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Business Communication, Career Choice, Comparative Analysis
McClurg, Ronald B. – 1978
An analysis of competencies practiced by seventeen health occupation groups was conducted to determine the extent to which commonality existed in job activities. (The groups include accredited records technician, aide/orderly, dental assistant, dental hygienist, dental lab technician, dietetic technician, licensed practical nurse, medical…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Cluster Grouping, Comparative Analysis, Educational Needs
CEDEFOP Flash, 1993
Two pilot projects on environmental profiles in the chemical and metal industries and in the public sector were conducted in four countries. Two aspects were studied: job requirements in selected enterprises and departments of the civil service and the occupational competencies of the staff carrying out these tasks. Studies on the chemical and…
Descriptors: Chemical Industry, Comparative Analysis, Employment Qualifications, Entry Workers

Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1999
In 1994, a committee was formed to revise the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system to meet the needs of the 21st century. The committee, which was chartered by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of the Census, included representatives from eight public agencies using occupational information. The SOC revision process…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Classification, Cluster Grouping
Swanson, R. A.; Sawzin, S. A. – 1975
The study was an experimental comparison of the structured versus unstructed training of semiskilled production workers. The experiment was implemented using the following procedures, which are presented in detail: a representative semiskilled production job was selected, the two training programs were characterized and developed, trainees…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Experiments