EVOLUTION OF A JOB INVENTORY AND TRYOUT OF TASK RATING FACTORS
Abstract
The results of surveys of the Personnel Career Field conducted in 1959, 1961, 1963, and 1964 are reported. Improvements in inventory content and format and in administrative procedures were incorporated with each successive survey. In the last 2 surveys incumbents completed a background information sheet and rated the relative time spent on tasks. A computerized hierarchal grouping procedure applied to the time-spent data was used to identify and describe job types. In the 1962 survey 35 significant job types were found. In the 1964 survey 34 job types were identified. Job types tend to cut across commands and to some extent across grades and specialties. In the 1964 survey, in addition to relative time spent, subsamples of incumbents used 4 other task rating factors: technical assistance required, frequency of performance, difficulty of learning by on-the-job training, and training emphasis. Results of the tryout of these ratings are also reported.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0629573
Entities
People
- Joseph E. Morsh