What is the goal of job mapping?

Question

Options

• Ato define the stated job requirements
• Bto evaluate the existing skills and competencies of employees against the stated job requirements
• Cto create a mind map of processes that are used within a job
• Dto break down a required task into a series of discrete process steps

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  91% (29)
• D
  6% (2)

Explanation

Job mapping evaluates existing employee skills and competencies against stated job requirements (B), serving as a gap analysis tool that identifies where workers currently stand relative to what their role demands - enabling targeted training or hiring decisions.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A is wrong because defining job requirements is job analysis or job design, not mapping - mapping assumes requirements already exist.
• C is wrong because a "mind map of processes" describes process mapping or workflow visualization, a different technique entirely.
• D is wrong because breaking tasks into discrete steps describes task analysis (or job task analysis), not job mapping.

Memory tip: Think of job mapping as "mapping the gap" - you're measuring the distance between what employees have (skills/competencies) and what the job needs (requirements). If you remember "map the gap," option B locks in naturally.

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