anization. It is not possible for one person to have adequate knowledge of all the jobs in an organization, and thus a job evaluation committee is necessary to perform this task. The task is helped if the members of the committee have varying expertise and knowledge of all jobs in the organization, and this varied knowledge assures the accuracy of the process. Members of the committee should have adequate knowledge of all work areas within the organization and have a basic familiarity with the jobs in each department. They should also be trained in the basic concept of job evaluation and specifically in the method selected by the organization to develop job evaluation. Many firms maintain a permanent job evaluation committee. Once such a committee is established, the job evaluation system should be flexible and periodically reviewed to see if any change is needed (Carrell, Elbert, & Hatfield, 1995, 51
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