Prepared by the IPMAAC Ad Hoc Committee on Use of the Personnel Assessment Specialist Job Analysis: Donna L. Denning, Ph.D., Chair Nancy E. Abra ms, Ph.D. Marianne Bays, Ph.D.
International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS Personnel Assessment Specialist Job Analysis: Interpretation and Use Report
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Introduction and Background Task Analysis Task Inventory Development Task Inventory Data Collection Task Cluster Development Derivation of Personnel Assessment Specialist Job Types Job Group (Person Cluster) Development Task Cluster Profiles for Seven Personnel Assessment Job Types KSA’s for Task-Based Job Dimensions Applicability of KSA’s to Job Dimensions References
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Use of Personnel Assessment Specialist Job Analysis Job Description/Classification Example Employee Selection Example Employee Performance Appraisal Example
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TABLE 1 - Task Clusters Derived from Cluster Analysis of the IPMAAC Personnel Assessment Specialist Task Inventory Data TABLE 2 - Mean Cluster Relative Proportion Ratings by Job Group (Seven Primary Job Groups)
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APPENDIX A- PERSONNEL ASSESSMENT SPECIALIST JOB ANALYSIS QUESTIONNAIRE
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ABSTRACT
In the 1980 's, IPMAAC conducted a comprehensive Personnel Assessment Specialist job analysis in order to develop information about the variety of tasks we perform and the competencies needed in our profession. Many different applications and uses were envisioned for the resulting report. In a subsequent survey, the IPMAAC membership reported their belief that the job-analysis results would be useful to organizations for a variety of personnel activities including job design, job classification, employee selection, employee training and development, and employee performance appraisal.
The purpose of the project that led to this