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Your friend Marvia Thomas has recently started a retail business in Kingston, Jamaica. For the past months her employees are showing signs of resistance when asked to carry out certain tasks. Just last week, Delano Brown one of the employees told Marvia "I am not sweeping the floor because that is not a part of my job. "Furthermore I don't have a job description." Ms. Thomas has been operating without job description and job specification since the inception of her business. Several of her employees have walked off the job because they are unclear of their job duties and responsibilities. She is concerned that more of her employees may leave and needs more knowledge about job description and job specification Ms. Thomas has approached you because of your expertise in HRM for advice.

1. What is a job analysis? Describe five (5) types of information that may be collected during the job analysis process.

2. Advise Ms. Thomas how to implement a job description and specification.

3. How the job description and job specification would benefit Mr. Brown and Ms. Thomas.

4. Discuss the three (3) occasions under which job analyses is typically performed. Give examples in your answer.

5. Outline four (4) data collection methods for the job analysis information. State one advantage and one disadvantage for each.

6. Differentiate the difference between the job description and job specification. Describe five (5) sections of the job description.

7. Describe five (5) uses of the job analysis.