Job Analysis & Hiring Decisions at Ovania Chemical

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Case Study: Job Analysis & Hiring Decisions At Ovania Chemical Responding strategically to changes in the market place is one of the first challenges involving Human Resources Management. Given the pace of commerce, organizations can rarely stand still for long. This is no different for the Ovania Chemical Corporation. Ovania is a specialty chemical producer of “PET” which is primarily used to make containers for soft drinks, and their main plant is located in Steubenville, Ohio. Recently advances in technology have changed the nature of chemical production, and like all competing firms, Ovania must take steps to modernize its facilities. These technological advances are accompanied by redesign in employee jobs. Perhaps one of the most important changes to be made at the Ovania plant involves the job transformation of the system analyzer position. The system analyzer is primarily responsible for monitoring the production function, and the three men who currently hold the position admit that they will be incapable of performing the new aspects of the job. Ovania is forced to replace these workers for the survival of their organization. They formed a selection committee and conducted a job analysis for the new position of system analyzer. Initially the committee wanted to recruit “new blood”, however after deliberation decided to recruit both internally and externally. The committee created an accurate depiction of the requirements for someone who would occupy the position, and administered a battery of tests for each applicant. I feel that Ovania Chemical is taking all the right measures towards finding the right applicant for the job. More and more companies today are administering battery tests and crunching numbers to get information about present or future employee performance. In Rachel King’s Wall Street Journal article “Data Helps Firms Find the

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