Additional Case 10.2
O'Donnell International is updating its job-based compensation system with a primary goal of achieving internal equity. Sean is responsible for gathering and organizing information concerning the tasks and duties of specific jobs. Susie is to determine the prerequisites for the successful accomplishment of each job analyzed. Jeff will work with three line managers to determine the compensable factors for specific lower-level jobs. The HR director, the president, and two VPs will review the information on management jobs in order to determine the compensable factors in each before putting all jobs at the firm into a job hierarchy.
-Refer to Additional Case 10.2.Susie's responsibility most likely relates to:
A) conducting the job evaluations.
B) writing the job descriptions.
C) identifying job specification components.
D) rating the worth of the jobs.

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Additional Case 10.2 
O'Donnell International is updating its job-based compensation system with a primary goal of achieving internal equity. Sean is responsible for gathering and organizing information concerning the tasks and duties of specific jobs. Susie is to determine the prerequisites for the successful accomplishment of each job analyzed. Jeff will work with three line managers to determine the compensable factors for specific lower-level jobs. The HR director, the president, and two VPs will review the information on management jobs in order to determine the compensable factors in each before putting all jobs at the firm into a job hierarchy.
-Refer to Additional Case 10.2.Susie's responsibility most likely relates to:
A) conducting the job evaluations.
B) writing the job descriptions.
C) identifying job specification components.
D) rating the worth of the jobs.

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Susie is responsible for determining the prerequisites for successful completion of each job analyzed. This involves identifying the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities required for each job which relate to the job specification components. Therefore, Susie's responsibility relates to identifying job specification components.