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Intrinsic Rewards - Rewards that are associated with the job itself, such as the opportunity to perform
meaningful work, complete cycles of work, see finished products, experience variety, and receive
feedback on work results.

Job - The total collection of tasks, duties, and responsibilities assigned to one or more positions which
require work of the same nature and level.

Job Analysis - The systematic, formal study of the duties and responsibilities that comprise job
content. The process seeks to obtain important and relevant information about the nature and level of
the work performed and the specifications required for an incumbent to perform the job at a competent
level.

Job Description - A summary of the most important features of a job, including the general nature of
the work performed (duties and responsibilities) and level (i.e., skill, effort, responsibility and working
conditions) of the work performed. It typically includes job specifications that include employee
characteristics required for competent performance of the job. A job description should describe and
focus on the job itself and not on any specific individual who might fill the job.

Job Design - The process of organizing work into the tasks required to perform a specific job.

Job Evaluation - A formal process by which management creates a job worth hierarchy, within an
organization. The two basic approaches are the market data approach and the job content approach.

Job Family - A group of jobs having the same nature of work (e.g., engineering) but requiring different
levels of skill, effort, responsibility, or working conditions (e.g., entry-level vs. senior engineer).

Job Grade - One of the classes, levels or groups into which jobs of the same or similar value are
grouped for compensation purposes. Usually, all jobs in a grade have the same pay range. However,
sometimes different jobs in the same pay grade have different pay ranges, due to market conditions
for some of the jobs.

Job Code - A referencing code that reference Augusta, Georgia’s referencing class specification to
which our job class is associated.

Job Slotting - Review and evaluation of a job, its duties and its tasks against other similar/like
positions already in place in an organization in an effort to appropriately position the job in the proper
Career Family, Career Band, Job Role, and Contribution level.

Job Specifications - A section of the job description that defines what worker characteristics (i.e., the
knowledge, skills and abilities) are required to perform the job for it to be carried out competently.
These characteristics must be bona-fide occupational qualifications (BFOQs).

Job Title - Label used to describe a set of specific activities, responsibilities, duties and tasks

Job Worth Hierarchy - The perceived value of jobs in relationship to each other within an
organization. The job worth hierarchy forms the basis for grouping similar jobs together and
establishing salary ranges.

Knowledge-based Pay - A system of salary differentiation based on the formal education, related
experience or specialized training a professional employee has that qualifies the individual to deal with

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