Thursday, April 29, 2010

Skill inventories

Concept, meaning and definition

- Information about individuals and their suitability for different jobs include name of the employee, skills, training, experience etc.

- Personnel and skill inventories are simply systems that are used periodically to gather employee information. The specific informa¬tion that is included in the inventory depends on organizational needs. Name, age, length of employment with the organization, education, experience, present position, performance level and past company achievements, and an assessment of future potential of each employee are typically included (Cascio, 1987; Werther & Davis, 1989).

- Data are generally collected directly from personnel on a regular basis in the form of a questionnaire. Information gener¬ated can then be recorded and accessed either manually or via computer.

- Information obtained from personnel inventories can be used in a number of ways. The data are commonly presented in one of three ways: in operational, regulatory, or analytical reports (Dukes, 1972).

o Operational reports are used in day to day personnel management; examples include seniority lists; training reports; job vacancies; turnover reports; lists of new hires, retirements, and promotions; and wage reports (Cascio, 1987).
o Regulatory reports are those required by agencies such as the EEOC.
o Analytical reports, less commonly used, include such information as number of employees subdivided by age, race, educational level, and organizational status. In addi¬tion, administrators may create replacement charts and summaries.

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