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Part A: Assessing a Position (30 marks) First Read: Assignment 2 Reading Using your own position or a position familiar to you, use the Job Analysis Questionnaire (JAQ), on pages 84–85 of the Assignment 2 Reading, to answer the following questions: Define the purpose of the position (5 marks) Define the major activities or responsibilities of the position. (Remember to provide all the details addressing the the JAQ). (10 marks) Define the knowledge and other skills required to do the position. (10 marks) Define the working conditions related to the position. (5 marks) Note: make sure you are familiar with and use the key concepts in this question especially: job analysis, job, and position. Part B: Developing a Job Description (30 marks) Using Figure 3.5 Sample Job Description and Figure 3.6 Job Specification from Chapter 3 of the textbook and Figure 3.9 Sample Job Description and Figure 3.10 Job Specification from the Assignment 2 Reading as a guide, develop a job description for your own position, or one with which you are familiar. Note the job specifications, or qualifications as they are commonly called, make up part of the job description. Using the job analysis data gathered in Part A, include a job summary and listing of skills and abilities required, as well as the specifications or technical requirements needed to do the work. Assess the competencies or qualities that are required. This may include any soft skills that are required to do the job. Part C: Labour Market Assessment (40 marks) Write a two-page report (approximately 500 words) conducting a labour market assessment for the position you described in Part B. Make sure you have read and can apply the steps addressed in Chapter 4 (pp. 79-93) of your textbook. This includes: Assessing the demand for labour for your position (including a review of economic, legal, and social factors that influences growth or decline for the services or products in your organization, as well as internal factors that may alter the workforce identified on page 84 of your textbook) for your position. Assessing the supply for labour (including general economic conditions, labour market conditions, and occupational market conditions that may alter the workforce) for your position. Based on your assessment of supply and demand in #1 above, determine the overall situation (i.e., equilibrium, surplus, or shortage) and make recommendations on what your organization can do if it were going to replace you given the labour market conditions.