Job Evaluation

A Critical Review

Bryan Livy

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9780415789196
• eBook ISBN: 9781000639674
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

This well-written and thoroughly illustrated description of the principles of job evaluation, first published in 1975, sets out to compare the relative usefulness and practical relevance of a wide range of methods within the overall context of remuneration policy and organisational effectiveness. The aim is to help the practising personnel specialist, in the knowledge of best current practice and the latest research. This book will also be of interest to students of business studies and human resource management.

 

 

 

First published in 1975

 

This book is copyright under the Berne Convention. All rights are reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, 1956, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Enquiries should be addressed to the publishers.

© George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1975

ISBN 0 04 658213 4 hardback

   0 04 658214 2 paperback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Printed in Great Britain

in 11 point Times Roman type

by the Aldine Press, Letchworth

Acknowledgements

I should like to express my gratitude to a number of organisations and individuals who have contributed to the preparation of this book. I am indebted to International Computers Limited, Associated Industrial Consultants/Inbucon Limited and the Post Office for their kind permission to reproduce case material in the appendixes. Individuals who have given me the benefit of consultation are numerous. Particularly I should like to acknowledge the advice and comments given on various parts of the book by my colleagues Sid Kessler and Dr Allan Williams at The City University’s Graduate Business Centre. Professor John Child of the University of Aston in Birmingham (formerly of the London Graduate School for Business Studies) gave inspiration and encouragement from the inception. Nickie Fonda of Brunei University deciphered and typed up the manuscript. My sincere thanks to all. Needless to say, all matters of analysis, interpretation, judgement, opinion, error or omission are entirely my responsibility.

B. L. L.

Preface

I have written this book for both the lay and professional reader. I hope that it will be useful to students of management (particularly personnel management) at diploma, undergraduate or postgraduate level, and equally to established practitioners of job evaluation. To encompass such a wide spectrum I have tried to balance the emphasis given to fundamentals, examples, and to more theoretical abstractions. Although a number of works already exist in the field of job evaluation, they tend to treat the subject as a discrete collection of techniques and applications unrelated to other affiliated aspects of the working environment. I have tried to relate job evaluation to a wider personnel perspective. I have also presented the major developments in an historical framework. I hope nothing has been lost in lucidity, logical development or interest by painting a broad canvas.

 

B.L.L.

Graduate Business Centre

The City University

London

Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

1 Introduction

2 Socio-Psychological Aspects of Pay

3 Preparing the Groundwork for Job Evaluation

4 Applying Conventional Job Evaluation Techniques—Non-Quantitative

5 Applying Conventional Job Evaluation Techniques—Quantitative

6 Some Developments in Job Evaluation Techniques

7 Theoretical Considerations

8 Practical Applications

9 Salary Administration and Job Evaluation

10 Summary and Conclusion

Appendix I

Appendix II

Appendix III

Appendix IV

Bibliography

Index

Table of contents

• Cover
• Volume
• Half Title
• Copyright Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page 1
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Table of Contents
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Socio-Psychological Aspects of Pay
• 3 Preparing the Groundwork for Job Evaluation
• 4 Applying Conventional Job Evaluation Techniques—Non-Quantitative
• 5 Applying Conventional Job Evaluation Techniques—Quantitative
• 6 Some Developments in Job Evaluation Techniques
• 7 Theoretical Considerations
• 8 Practical Applications
• 9 Salary Administration and Job Evaluation
• 10 Summary and Conclusion
• Appendix I
• Appendix II
• Appendix III
• Appendix IV
• Bibliography
• Index