Technical b r Report - International Military Testing Association

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Work Activity
Supervision
P13nning of cinalysis
.’ and reporting
Receipt and verific3tion
of input data -
COBOL programming
Keypunching
Comput cr operation,
including peripherals
Interpretation of output
Frcpsrntion of reports
Table 5. Work Activity Requirements 1
Total Number of Kork
Activity Rcquircmcnts 30
Minimum Sunbcr of
Fcople Required
Xinimum Sumber .of
Feoplc Se&cd
with This Skill
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5
3
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fiumbcr (or
Froportion) of
Ful i-Time Dut)
Fosi tions
1.00
9’
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1.00
2.00
1.50
5.00
1.00
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You may want one or two people for hnckup, in case of illness or vacations.
Even thou&t: there m3y only be three duty positic$,s involving supervision,
you may w3nt five people to be qualified 3s shift supervisors. Simi.larly,
in pl3nning the analysis rind the reporting, >‘ti~ m;ry w3nt three qualified
persons, but it is only a quarter-time job. 1 d .othcr words, defining work
activities in terms of duty moJuies Gin provide 3 more efficient use of
personnel with all functions coverll, using 3 minimum number of personnel.
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TESTS OF EFFECTIVENESS OF DUTY FIODULES
Resource and requirement pl.uxning expert s must first 3grce upon the
qualification requirements. Secondly, compatibility with work practices
in the field is in\zolvcd. For this, actusl survey datn regarding the way
in which tnsks are nssigncd in the field cnn be emI>lpye,l. A third test
is to cvalunte the userulncss of the module in plnnnlng 3nd evaluating
the requirements for rind pcrformxxe of orgrwixtional units.
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