Human Resource: Job Study at Dirt Finder after a Tsunami
Job Study at Dirt Finder
About six months ago a tsunami ripped through a town where
the Dirt Finder Professional Vacuum Cleaner Company is located. About one-third
of the organization’s 200 employees were left homeless. The firm has since made
contact with a majority of those employees and learned that they either plan to
leave the area, retire or both.
The organization was built upon the expertise of its
employees and has no formal job descriptions. Everyone just did what needed to
be done. With about 65 people to hire, there will be mass confusion if no one
knows what to do.
You started working for Dirt Finder two months after the
disaster. Although only a small section of the facility received water damage,
your HRM department has its own work to do. You knew when you were hired that
job descriptions were lacking and the project was already on your long to-do
list. You intend now to devote the time needed to conduct an effective job
study before job descriptions and job specifications are written. How will you
approach this project?
