Purpose of Seminar - hdbk10760068

2. Purpose of Seminar. Explain that during a 3-day TTJA seminar, the

task list will be developed and, at the same time, facility training staff

will learn how to conduct future table-top job analyses for other training

programs that must meet the Orders.

3. Agenda. An agenda for the 3-day seminar is shown on the next page.

4. Who Needs to be Involved. Using the information from the previous

section, explain that the seminar must involve a special mix of people

who must be allowed to participate, uninterrupted, for the entire 3 days:

2-5 SMEs

2 facilitators

1 supervisor

1-5 observers

Solicit suggestions

1 coordinator

for potential team

members and a

In addition, 1 manager from the operating organization needing the task

possible date

list should conduct a brief (1-2 min.) welcome during the "Introduction"

lesson on the first morning of the seminar. This person should welcome

the team officially, thank the team members for their participation, and

Ensure management

recognize the importance of the team's contributions in the seminar. The

will be somewhat

visible throughout

operating organization management should drop-in periodically

seminar

throughout the seminar to see how it is progressing. Especially toward

the end of the seminar, management should observe long enough to

understand the resulting product and express their support for the people

who participated in the process.

Ask managers to suggest potential team members based on the "qualifi-

cations" described in the previous section. Ask management to inform

Have management

potential team members of the upcoming seminar prior to the time when

talk with potential

you invite the team members to participate (refer to Segment 2,

team members in

Appendix A, for a sample letter management could use to invite

advance

participants). This will help alleviate resistance by job incumbents and

eliminate rumors about why the job position is being examined.

Item 3: Establish Dates for 3-Day TTJA Seminar

There are several things to keep in mind when selecting the date for the 3-

day TTJA seminar.

Table-Top Job Analysis

Rev 1: November 3, 1994

Coordinator Guide

5480.20 Seminar Series