Directorate of distance education master of business administration

Classification Method (Job Grading Method)
  
This method involves defining a number of grades or classes to 
describe a collection of jobs. The team of  appraiserscompares the job 
description with the class descriptions based on jobs at various difficulty 
levels.  It is simple to understand and easy to use.  But at times, the grade 
descriptions could be ambiguous and overlapping. 

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Factor Comparison Method
 
The  appraisers make decisions on separate aspects or factors of 
the job as they evaluate jobs.  The five universal job factors are 
 
ӹ Mental requirements, which reflect traits such as intelligence, 
reasoning and imagination. 
 
ӹ Skills pertaining to psychomotor coordination and interpretation 
of sensory impressions and the experience, education and training 
required to acquire them in requisite levels. 
 
ӹ Physical requirements that involve sitting, standing, walking, 
lifting etc. 
 
ӹ Responsibilities that cover areas such as handling raw materials, 
equipments, machinery, public relations, employees, money, 
records and supervision. 
 
ӹ Working conditions, which reflect the environmental influences of 
noise, illumination, ventilation, hazards, annoyances and working 
hours.