During the course of the session long project my reference organization is the United States Army. The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces and is responsible for land based military operations. The primary mission of the Army is to provide “necessary forces and capabilities…..in support of the National Security and Defense Strategies.”

In 2003, during a strategic redesign to become a global fighting force during the Global War on Terrorism, the US Total Army Personnel Command (PERSCOM) and the United States Reserve Personnel Command (AR-PERSCOM) merged to become the US Army Human Resources Command. The advantage to the combined Human Resources Command is that it enables every Soldier in the U.S. Army to manage their entire career from basic training until retirement and later through one office. This improves the career management potential for all active duty and reserve Soldiers, to include the National Guard. Human Resources Command is comprised of over 40 operations throughout the United States. Responsibility includes every aspect of a Soldiers career from job development, awards, and continuing education.

The Army is like no other organization. While conducting a job study, there are factors that must be taken into consideration that are not relevant to civilian jobs. In the Army, the job analysis process is used to identify individual tasks to job performance and survival on the battlefield. “Job analysis is the process used to identify individual critical tasks (including leader tasks) a job incumbent must perform to successfully accomplish his/her mission and duties as well as to survive in the full range of military operations. They are the critical tasks for that job. They may be one of four types: common Soldier tasks, branch specific tasks, common skill level tasks, shared tasks.”

A job analysis will