JOB EVALUATION

Another topic of Management i.e Job Evaluation Lets see what it is?


Job evaluation means determining the relative worth of a job in an organization by comparing it with other jobs within an organization and with job market outside jobs are evaluated on the basis of their content and are placed in the order of their importance. In this way, job evaluation helps in establishing job hierarchy. It is a process by which jobs in an organization are appraised. It suggests comparative importance of different jobs. A wage structure hierarchy is based on such job evaluation.
In job evaluation the jobs are ranked on the basis of their relative importance and not the job holders. They are rated through performance appraisal. Job evaluation is the output provided through job analysis.

Features:
1. It determines the relative worth of jobs in an organization. Jobs are evaluated as per their content and place in the order of their importance.
2. It is based on the analysis of the facts about the job collected through job analysis.
3. It helps to bring a balanced wage structure in an organization. This is possible as job hierarchy is established. The purpose is fixation of satisfactory wage differentials among various jobs.