Task Inventory is a list of tasks involved into the typical performance of a specific job. Such an inventory can be compiled for every job in your organization. It is usually done for the purposes of HR (human resource) management and business process improvement: Task Inventory is a method of job analysis that learns a workplace in terms of practical tasks and typical activities which are to be performed regularly. There are some basic facts about Task Inventory to explain this conception:
- Task Inventory considers essential tasks forming up the regular duties peculiar to a specific job. These considered tasks are well-defined routine actions taking place recurrently;
- All the tasks which are performed by a jobholder can be listed in a special table that contains the description of each activity, its current level of performance posted along with a desired level;
- Information for a task inventory is collected using documented studies, interviews, observation, and questionnaires. The sources of information are employees and managers;
- Task Inventory is not a job description, it is a way to get a deep overview of the real sense of a job to know what practical activities forms it up;
- Tasks used in this method are characterized in the following way:
- Task are actions with identifiable start and end points;
- Tasks results are measurable accomplishments or products;
- Tasks utilize Skills, Knowledge, and Attitudes (SKA) to be performed;
- Tasks are observable (obvious) and performed in relatively short periods of time;
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