Reports the Research and Evaluation Department meeting at the 1971 annual meeting of the American Vocational Association. (MU)

Discusses the activities of the Media Guidelines Project, which include: mapping the media domain; conducting a task analysis of current media-related jobs and clustering them by tape and function." (Author/LS)

The assistant and associate directors of the Jobs in Instructional Media Study tell of the procedures they used to analyze jobs and of the implications of the results of their study for the training of media personnel. (LS)

Various recent attempts have been made in industry to provide the worker with a more challenging work content and thus provide job enrichment and satisfaction. In this article, the author sets out the many factors involved and suggests that the training manager has a vital role to play in overcoming this industrial malaise. (Author/EB)

This approach to task analysis includes descriptions of (1) inputs, outputs, and jobs; (2) flow of materials and decisions between jobs; (3) inputs, major tasks, and outputs of each job; (4) sequence of steps for major tasks; (5) heuristics/algorithms for each sequence step; and (6) information needed to use heuristics algorithms. (EAO)

The purpose of this study was to (1) obtain an understanding of the process of analyzing nonobservable work behavior and (2) develop a system for analyzing subject matter related to nonobservable work behavior for use by management training personnel. (CT)

Outlines the positions taken by the nurses and by the city in the suit contending that the city and county of Denver discriminate against nurses in the area of pay. At the time the article was written, the case was before the Supreme Court. (IRT)

An appropriate job analysis will provide the dimensions on which a selection system can be built, the rationale for each of the assessment center exercises, and the rationales for other components. (Author/IRT)

Reports on observations of school superintendents conducted to see what they actually do on the job. Found that a superintendent's work is not as planned and organized as it is sometimes said to be because superintendents can't control the use of their own time and are frequently interrupted. (Author/IRT)

Anyone with a flair for business, product development, or promotion might consider a manufacturing or merchandising occupation. The music industry offers many career opportunities for administrators, salespersons, marketing specialists--the record industry offers positions from promotion manager to rack jobber. Describes instrument company…

A county personnel department undertook reclassification of all positions by collecting and using job analysis data to rewrite job descriptions. External pay equity and validated selection procedures resulted with only a modest increase in payroll costs. (SK)

Describes advantages and disadvantages of work evaluation methods: ranking, market pricing, banding, classification, single-factor, competency, point-factor, and factor comparison. Compares work evaluation perspectives: traditional, realist, market advocate, strategist, organizational development, social reality, contingency theory, competency,…

Content analysis of 1,000 job ads in marketing, management, finance, and human resource management showed that ads were significantly more likely to ask for specific personal skills relevant to the job category. A survey of 170 companies that placed the ads indicated their motives for stipulating personal skills; two-thirds conducted formal job…

A total of 204 business students organized in committees evaluated jobs for accountability, knowledge and skills, and mental demands. The same position was rated more highly when held by a male rather than a female, regardless of whether the committee was predominantly male or female. The importance of anonymity of job holders when conducting job…