Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ): –
PAQ is a highly specialized instrument for analyzing any job in terms of employee activities. The PAQ contains 194 job elements on which job is created depending on the degree to which an element is present. These elements are grouped together into 6 categories.
- U – Usability / Use of Job
- I – Importance of Job
- T – Time
- P – Possibility of Occurrence of Job
- A – Applicability of Job
- S – Specialty Tasks of Job
The primary advantage of PAQ is that it can be used to analyze almost every job. This analysis provides a comparison of a specific job with other job classifications, particularly for selection and remuneration purposes. However PAQ needs to be completed by trained job analysts only rather than incumbents.
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