Importance of Job Analysis in Strategic Human Resource Management

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Introduction
Job Analysis is one of the most important roles of the HRM. The job description for a
specific position keep on changing with the changing need of the organization hence job analysis
is also a continuous process. Therefore, in order to have a holistic understanding of the role and
responsibilities that comes along with the job position. This essay is going to analyze about the
importance of Job analysis as an important strategic Human Resource Management (HRM)
function.
Definition of job analysis
A job can be defined as compilation of functions, activities, responsibilities and duties
that an individual is entitled to. Every job is defined by specific outcomes which decided upon
the functions and responsibilities by which the individual has to undertake. The jobs are created
in an organisation depending upon the nature of the products and services as well as on the
industry that it is operating on. Therefore; job analysis is the process by which information is
collected from the various sources regarding a specific job or position (Brewster, 2017). It
defines and explains the job role, the duties, the responsibilities as well as the implication of the
job in the specific organisation. In order to understand the availability and relevance of a specific
job, this analysis is important as it provides an in depth understanding of the process of the
significance of the position in the strategic management of the company. For example, the job of
a financial executive in an organisation helps in achieving the financial objectives of the
company. Job analysis is an ongoing process as it accurately measures the designs and
implements the prerequisites of a job in changing context.

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Explanation of the attributes associated with Job Analysis
Human resource strategies are a part of the strategic business plan of the organisation;
this includes making policies and plans based on the business plan. Job design is created in order
to meet the requirement of the organisation. Job analysis if a part of the job designs along with
competency profiling, job description specification and person specification. Job Analysis
includes the following aspects:
 Analysis and understanding the sources and techniques
 It offers recruitment prerequisites
 Analyze the need for training for the job
 It offers an understanding of the standards of performance
 Sets the pay scale
 It also may determine the union that represents the employees (Brewster, 2017)
The roles of the human resource management are as follows: recruitment, selection.
Training and development, performance management of the employees, looking after the
compensation management as well as looking after the workplace environment and culture so
that it motivates the employees and encourage them to remain committed to the organisation. For
example: in a toy manufacturing company, the HRM will appoint the production engineer based
on the qualification and other prerequisites as the requirements will be different from that of a
heavy metal manufacturing industry. Hence, it can be observed that Job analysis is already a part
of the human resource management in every role that the department has to play in an
organisation. Analyzing the source of information then collection and then collecting information
regarding the administrative aspects of the job, description of the job and the functions that are
essential to incorporate in order to improve the efficiency of the recruit are all the aspects that is