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Case Study: Gulf Business Machines

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1. INTRODUCTION Gulf Business Machines (GBM), established in 1990 is the leading provider of IT solutions in the GCC region. GBM is the only distributor for IBM all over the GCC, excluding Saudi Arabia and it provides a wide range of IT solutions, services and infrastructure such as resource deployment and consulting. GBM understands and fulfills the requirement of its clients by constantly evolving and investing in training and development of the employees which further helps in sustaining the market competition. The organization is in the need of a software developer to work for one of their clients. This report gives the essential information regarding the job and the various techniques used for the job analysis in order to find the …show more content…

2.1 JOB ANALYSIS INTERVIEW The job Analysis interview is one of the common techniques employed for the job analysis. This method involves a qualified analyst inquiring the incumbents or supervisors regarding the tasks, KSAO's, working conditions, responsibilities and tools related to the job (Barrick et al., 2011). A structured interview was developed and conducted with the supervisor who mentioned the employee characteristics necessary for the successful job performance. The transcript of the recorded interview can be found in the Appendix A. 2.2 JOB ANALYSIS QUESTIONNAIRE The job analysis questionnaire is used to tackle a few of the difficulties associated with job interviews. A questionnaire which consists of information regarding the job like tasks, KSAOs and equipments required by the incumbents for successful job performance was developed (Barrick et al., 2011) …show more content…

(2007), job description is a "short written explanation of work". Job description gives information about what exactly the job demands. They comprise tasks, duties, job summary, identifiers such as job title, functional and physical position of the work and information such as working conditions. Job description is used in organizations to notify prospective candidates regarding what the job requires. This provides candidates to decide if they are suitable for the job or not. On the basis of job analysis conducted for the post of software developer, the work location is based in Dubai. The detailed job description can be seen in the

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