Executive Summary of Benchmark Jobs

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1. List and briefly explain the six steps involved in the design of a point method plan. (15 marks) The job evaluation point method system primarily uses several compensable factors, are numerically scaled, and weighted. Step One: Conduct Job Analysis * A representative sample of benchmark jobs * The content of these jobs is basis for compensable factors Step Two: Determine Compensable Factors * Based on the work performed (what is done) * Based on strategy and values of the organization (what is valued) * Acceptable to those affected by resulting pay structure (what is acceptable) Step Three: Scale the Factors * Use examples to anchor Step Four: Weigh the Factors * Can reflect judgment of organization leaders, committee * Can reflect a negotiated structure * Can reflect a market-based structure Step Five: Communicate the Plan & Train the users * Design evaluation plan and prepared manual * Appeal process can be included to address employees concerns Step Six: Apply to Non-benchmark Jobs 2. What does (a) organizational strategy, (b) flow of work, (c) fairness, and (d) motivating employee behaviors toward organizational objectives, have to do with job evaluation? Address each. (8 marks) Organization strategy and objectives – Job evaluation aligns with the organization’s strategy by including what it is about work that adds value and contributes to pursuing the organization’s strategy and achieving its objectives. Flow of work – Job evaluation supports work flow in two ways: by integrating each job’s pay with its relative contributions to the organization and by setting pay for new, unique or challenging jobs. Fairness – Job evaluation can reduce disputes and grievances over pay differences among jobs by establishing a workable, agreed-upon structure that reduces the role of

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