Exam 6: Building Internally Consistent Compensation Systems

Developing internally consistent job structures affects the competitive strategy of a company.Which of the following is a potential constraint on competitive strategy?

What type of jobs provide reference points to judge against other jobs within a company?

This unit of analysis is a group of jobs,found at more than one business,in which a common set of tasks are performed.

George owns a small manufacturing plant that produces customized printed circuit boards.There are about 15 jobs to rate.What type of job-content evaluation approach do you suggest to George?

________ are the social context or physical environment where work will be performed.

According to the EEOC,________ refers to a present competence to perform an observable behavior.

Abilities,interests and work styles are elements for which O*NET category?

This is the systematic process for recognizing differences in the relative worth among a set of jobs and for establishing pay differentials accordingly.

In an auto manufacturing company installing a windshield on the assembly line represents a ________.

Which unit in the job analysis process is the smallest?

________ refers to a body of information applied directly to the performance of a function.

These two are job evaluation techniques.

Compare and contrast job analysis and job evaluation.

Valid and reliable job evaluations result from which two conditions?

Which of the following is NOT true for internally consistent compensation systems?

This describes job duties,tasks,and relevant factors needed to perform a job adequately.

Why must a job analysis be reliable and valid? What can a compensation professional do to ensure that a job analysis is reliable and valid?

Market-based job evaluation uses which method to collect data to determine prevailing pay rates?

________ skills information describes developed capacities that facilitate learning or the more rapid acquisition of knowledge.

One of the essential skills that software development engineers must have is the proficiency in at least one of the modern computer programming languages such as Java or C++.This must be indicated in which part of the job analysis description?