• Prepare a report for the Board of Directors in which you set out the issues involved in terms of Job Evaluation and the possible options available but also clearly stating the approach you feel would be best in this situation and describing it in detail as well as the supporting arguments for your approach.
To: Board of Directors
From: Eirini Markou - HR Manager
Re: Strand Housing – Job Evaluation System
Date: 4/5/2015
Background:
Due to the rapid growth of our business operations, some problems have been brought to our attention with regard to the terms and conditions of employment at Strand Housing Association. More specifically, these issues are: the payment on spot rates for Head Office employees, the different levels of pay and working
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To be more specific, according to Armstrong (2010) job evaluation is “a systematic process for defining the relative worth or size of jobs within an organization in order to establish internal activities”(p.236). Through the use and application of job evaluation systems, an organization is able to produce the necessary information in order to design and retain an impartial grade and pay structure by organizing and determining the value of roles and jobs operating in the organization, by forming unbiased, sound and rational decisions. In addition to this, through job evaluation the organization is capable of generating the relevant information that justifies whether its pay levels are competitive compared to the external environment, through valid juxtapositions with corresponding roles and jobs in complexity and size. But more importantly, it will provide clarity with regard to the definition and allocation of grades - job grading, and pay rates concerning all the interested parties. In addition to this, one should take into consideration the fact that a proper job evaluation should have a clearly defined method, include job benchmarking, have the team/individual conducting it being aware of the relative job values and have transparency in their communications, ensure that the organization is impartial and consistent in fulfilling its legal …show more content…
A tailor – made or “home – grown” scheme might serve the purpose better, since it will be specifically designed by the organization or for the organization based on its own particular needs, culture and operational purposes. Alternatively a “ready – made scheme” could be used, develop by consultants, offering analytical approaches that according to Armstrong (2010) might also “be linked to a market rate database” (p.242). On the other hand, the third option is to employ consultants’ hybrid schemes which can be adjusted to serve the organizations own particular context and