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Announcing results of major survey of job evaluation schemes

JOB EVALUATION

Announcing results of major survey of job evaluation schemes

Job evaluation is one of the most common people management techniques. To provide analysis, information and a unique insight into the practice of job evaluation in the UK, e-reward.co.uk has undertaken a major in-depth study.

Largest research project in recent years in this field

Conducted in late 2002, the survey produced up-to-date and revealing information from senior HR and reward practitioners in 236 organisations, employing 1.3 million people, on what is happening to job evaluation in the UK. The survey, which is the largest research project in recent years in this field, examines all the main aspects of job evaluation to find out more about its relevance in today's organisations.

What emerges clearly is that job evaluation is very much flourishing in spite of the case made against it by some commentators.

WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THIS E-REWARD.CO.UK SURVEY

This survey describes the outcome of our large-scale research project into current job evaluation practices in 236 organisations. It will give you a comprehensive picture of what is happening in the world of job evaluation in the UK today, and the direction in which it is going.

Publication date: 17 January 2003
No. of pages: 89 (27,000 words)

PART 1: INTRODUCTION

  • recent developments
  • what is job evaluation?
  • aims
  • key features
  • incidence of job evaluation

PART 2: E-REWARD.CO.UK SURVEY DETAILS

  • methodology
  • business sectors
  • workforce size

PART 3: THE USE OF JOB EVALUATION

  • sectoral picture
  • the number of schemes
  • date of introduction
  • who is covered?

PART 4: TYPES OF JOB EVALUATION SCHEME USED

  • non-analytical job evaluation
  • analytical job evaluation
  • types of schemes used
  • consultant's package or home-grown scheme?
  • selecting the approach

PART 5: JOB EVALUATION FACTORS

  • selecting and defining factors
  • examples of factor lists
  • numbers of factors
  • type of factors
  • analysis of factors used in 39 job evaluation schemes
  • competency-based factors

PART 6: THE PURPOSE OF JOB EVALUATION

  • rationale for job evaluation

PART 7: COMPUTER-ASSISTED JOB EVALUATION

  • using computers
  • IT applications

PART 8: OPERATION OF JOB EVALUATION

  • meeting business needs
  • attractions of job evaluation
  • drawbacks of job evaluation
  • criticisms of job evaluation
  • lessons learnt
  • advice on designing a job evaluation scheme
  • advice on introducing a job evaluation scheme
  • advice on maintaining a job evaluation scheme

PART 9: MAINTENANCE AND RENEWAL

  • changes to job evaluation schemes
  • job evaluation is evolving
  • expansion - plans to introduce job evaluation
  • retreat - abandoning job evaluation

PART 10: BASE PAY MANAGEMENT WITHOUT JOB EVALUATION

  • pay-setting processes

PART 11: EQUAL PAY REVIEWS

  • what is an equal pay review?
  • respondents' plans to conduct equal pay reviews
  • determining where men and women are doing equal work
  • conducting equal pay reviews in the absence of job evaluation

PART 12: CONCLUSIONS

APPENDICES

  • list of participants
  • examples of factor lists in 39 job evaluation schemes
  • analysis of factor lists in 39 job evaluation schemes
  • document extract: estimating equal value in the absence of a single job evaluation scheme

RESOURCES

  • books
  • reports
  • web links

Want to know more?

Title: "What is happening in job evaluation today: a large-scale survey", E-research, issue no. 7, January 2003, published by e-reward.co.uk.

Methodology: The e-reward.co.uk survey is based on information supplied by senior HR and reward professionals in 236 organisations employing 1.29 million people. It was conducted in November 2002.

Survey sample: Our research covers a broad range of sectors, with a particularly strong response from consultancy, business services, professional services (13% of respondents), and telecom, IT, software, e-commerce (13%). Some 17% of all returns are from employers in the public services and voluntary sectors, while 83% are from private sector organisations.

Availability: A single subscription (11 issues) costs just £200 a year. If you would like to subscribe, simply email your name, company, address, telephone and email details to Paul Thompson, email: paul@e-reward.co.uk(tel: 0207 607 2686). Please specify the number of subscriptions that you require. We will then invoice you.

Or click on "Research Reports" on the left-hand navigation panel of the e-reward.co.uk web site and complete the online booking form.

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www.e-reward-data.co.uk/content/ResearchReports.asp

Posted 20 January 2003