Assignment #2

Before beginning this assignment, please read Chapters 4 and 5 in the textbook. Also, carefully review the three related videos (Intro to Week Two, Tour of the BLS and O*NET, and Jim's Dilemma) included in this module.

Reflection Paper #2

Please review the grading rubric carefully before answering the questions.

In this assignment, you will begin by performing a Job Analysis and then you will develop a Job Description and a Person (Job) Specification.  The importance of this assignment will help you to understand and use some tools available for talent management planning.

Important: Prior to doing this part of the assignment, please watch the video "Explaining the Job Description and the Job Specification - Jim's Dilemma" as well as the tours of the BLS and O*NET. (See the Week Two folder under the Videos button).

You are an HR professional for a large hospital with locations throughout Broward County. You have been asked to do a job analysis for a full-time Physician Assistantposition that will be working in your organization (This is a full-time employee, not a freelance position.). As you do not have the luxury of actually collecting primary data from inside, you will use secondary data collected from the BLS and the O*NET websites (see course videos).

Using the Physician Assistant at the hospital position proceed with the following questions:

1. Job Description

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o What is a job description? Why is it important to have one for each position? What functions is it used for in a company?

o Develop a job description for the Physician Assistant position. (Use the Job Description form at the bottom of this page.  Jim's Dilemma will explain how to fill it out.)

2. Person Specification

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o What is a person specification? Why is it important to have one for each position? What is it used for?

o Develop a job specification for the in-house Physician Assistant position. (Use the form provided below.)

To complete this assignment, you will need to use the following documents:

o The Job Description and Job Specification Forms - Click Here

o The grading rubric for this assignment.  Be sure to review it! - Click Here

o You will be using APA format with topic heading.  Submission and format instructions for all assignments. - Click Here

Assignments are due by Sunday at 11:55 p.m. EST.  Submit your assignment as a Word attachment prior by the due date.