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Library Administration and Management

Notes Job Analysis: The job analysis is a technique for investigating general work assignment or jobs.
Job Description: Job Description is an organized factual statement of job contents in the form of
duties and responsibilities of a specific job.
Job Evaluation: Job evaluation as evident from the word itself aims at evaluating the job and
not the person. It is a process of evaluating and determining the value of the job for a library.
Job Specification: Job Specification is a statement which tells us minimum acceptable human
qualities which helps to perform a job. It translates the job description into human qualifications
so that a job can be performed in a better manner.
Judgment: Judgment refers to the use of knowledge and experience in making the decisions.

4.9 Review Questions

1. Define job Analysis and state the various methods of Job Analysis.

2. Discuss the practical problems with job analysis.
3. Define the following terms: (a) Job Description, (b) Job Specification
4. Explain the Principles of Job Evaluation.
5. Describe the Job Evaluation Methods.

6. “Job evaluation is most effective as a participative exercise.” Justify your statement.
7. What are the factors affecting the Job Evaluation?
8. Explain the Compensable Factors.
9. List the advantages and disadvantages of Job Ranking Method.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. Job Description 2. Job Specification
3. compensation 4. job ranking
5. pair comparison 6. Standardisation
7. Factor Comparison 8. Thomas E. Hitten
9. public 10. forum

11. committee 12. compensable factors
13. Length of service 14. Aiken plan
15. Initiative 16. Supervision

4.10 Further Readings

Books C.K. Sharma, Kiran Singh. 01-Jan-2005. Library Management (Vol 1), Atlantic
Publishers & Distributors.
D.K. Pandey. Jan, 2004. Library and Information Science. Atlantic Publishers &
Distributors.

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