18. Suitability: Advantages:
Focus group Inventories Critical
incidents
Work logs Repertory grid Observation Testing
People are involved. Easily analyzed. People are
involved.
Modeled for predicting
the outcome of future
work changes.
People are
involved.
Don’t predetermine the
outcome of analysis by
confining the responses
to predetermined
formats
Focus on key aspects
Describe & identify
competencies.
Modeled for predicting
the outcome of future
work changes.
Describe & identify
competencies.
Easily analyzed. Describe & identify
competencies.
Effective in picking up
unexpected
competencies
Differentiate on
performance
Easily analyzed. Focus on key aspects Avoid bias Avoid bias
Modeled for
predicting the
outcome of future
work changes.
Differentiate on
performance
Don’t predetermine the
outcome of analysis by
confining the responses
to predetermined
formats
Don’t predetermine
the outcome of
analysis by confining
the responses to
predetermined
formats
Effective in picking
up unexpected
competencies
Effective in picking
up unexpected
competencies
Avoid bias
19. Disadvantages:
Focus group Inventories Critical
incidents
Work logs Repertory grid Observation Testing
Rely on view points
of effective
performance ,is that
biases about the
way in which jobs
should be
performed creep
into process
Intimidating. People feel
uncomfortable at
being watched &read
their diaries.
Rely on view points
of effective
performance ,is that
biases about the way
in which jobs should
be performed creep
into process
Sensitive (people
feel threatened)
Sensitive (people
feel threatened)
Gender differences
in thinking &
perception
Additional burden
imposed
Gender differences
in thinking &
perception
People feel
uncomfortable at
being watched &read
their diaries.
Need skilled
practitioners
Need skilled
practitioners
Unstructured leap
b/w activities
undertaken &
competencies req.
Unstructured leap
b/w activities
undertaken &
competencies req.
biasness biasness