Ranking Method

Possibly the simplest method of job evaluation is the ranking technique. According to this method, jobs are arranged from highest to lowest, in order of their worth or merit to the organisation. Jobs may also be arranged according to the associative difficulty in performing them. The jobs are checked as a whole instead of on the basis of vital factors in the job; the job at the top of the list contains the highest value and clearly the job at the bottom of the list will have the lowest value.

Usually Jobs are ranked in each of department and then the department rankings are join to increase an organisational ranking. The following table is a supposed illustration of ranking of jobs.

Box: Array of Jobs according to the Ranking Method

The variation in payment of salaries based on the variation of the behaviour of the job performed by the workers. The ranking method is easy to understand and practice and it is excellent suited for a small organisation. Its ease however works to its disadvantage in large organisations because rankings are hard to develop in a large, difficult organisation. Moreover, this type of ranking is highly subjective in nature and might offend various employees. Consequently, a more scientific and productive way of job evaluation is called for.