Chapter 5
According to a World at Work survey, the primary method of job evaluation is
Market Pricing
three
Research shows that ____ factors account for 98 to 99 percent of the variance in job evaluation plans
When statistical process is used to duplicate an existing pay structure, it is called:
policy capturing
All of the following are advantages of the ranking method of job evaluation EXCEPT that:
Advantages: the evaluation process is fast, the evaluation process is inexpensive, the evaluation process is not complex Except: rankings are easy to defend and justify
Which of the following is NOT true of the usage of multiple plans versus single job evaluation plans?
True: Employers rarely evaluate all jobs in the organization at one time; many employers design different evaluation plans for different types of work; typically, a related group of jobs is used for evaluation False: a single universal plan is acceptable to employees if the work covered is highly diverse
Which of the following statements is true of a job evaluation plan?
True: it is developed using benchmark jobs and then applied to non-benchmark jobs
Which of the following is the underlying assumption in the assessment of job content?
Content has intrinsic value outside external market
The exchange value of a job is its
External market value
In the point method, designing a plan:
1. Conduct job analysis 2. Determine compensable factors 3. Scale the factors 4. Weight the factors according to importance 5. Select criterion pay structure 6. Communicate the plan and train users 7. Apply to non-benchmark jobs 8. Develop online software support
Which of the following is a major decision in job evaluation
1. establishing the purpose of the plan 2. decide on single vs. multiple plans *3. choose among alternative methods* 4. obtain involvement of relevant stakeholders 5. evaluate the usefulness of the results
Classification
A job description is compared to class descriptions in the ____ of job evaluation
Common characteristics of the point method include all of the following EXCEPT:
Include: numerically scaled factor degrees, factor weights, compensable factors Not: benchmark factor classes
4-8
Most factor scales have ____ degrees
90
Research shoes that skills, one of the compensable factors, accounts for ____ percent or more of the variance in the job evaluation results
Point
The ____ method of job evaluation is the most commonly used method in the United States and Europe
Point
The ____ method of job evaluation uses compensable factors
Hay Plan
The most widely used point method of the job evaluation
Which of the following methods requires evaluators to agree on which jobs are the most and least valuable, then the next most and least valued, and so on until all the jobs have been ordered
alternation-ranking method
compensation managers
are more likely to conduct job evaluations of senior management jobs
The job evaluation method that most resembles a bookcase with many shelves is
classification
The final step in designing a point plan involves
develop online software support
Compensable Factors
in the context of the point method of job evaluation ____ are those characteristics in the work that an organization values; that help it pursue its strategy and achieve its objectives
Which of the following is a disadvantage of the point method
it can become bureaucratic and rule-based
In the context of internal alignment, correct sequence?
job description >> job evaluation >> job structure
Job Evaluation
the process of systematically determining the relative worth of jobs for the purpose of creating an organization's job structure
