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Some organizations perform a scaled-down version of job evaluation in order to examine a few jobs; in some cases, an organization may only have a limited number of different jobs. In both cases, it may be desirable to simplify the process of job evaluation, and rather than using a standard point-factor methodology, the human resources department adopts what is known as a paired-comparison methodology.
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Sutherland, J., Canwell, D. (2004). Pp. In: Key Concepts in Human Resource Management. Palgrave Key Concepts. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-20464-5_16
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