Classifying Positions (SAP Library - HR Funds and Position Management (PA-PM))

Classifying Positions

Use

When you classify positions, you assign pay scale information to them which is required for the financing and staffing of these positions.

Prerequisites

In order to classify positions, you must first define default values for pay scale groups in Customizing for HR Funds and Position Management (Overall Budget ® Pay Scales and Pay Scale Classifications ® Defining Default Values).

Procedure

Choose Human resources ® Personnel management ® HR funds and position management ® Organization ® Change.

Select an organizational unit, and then select the Organization view.

Choose

The Change Organization screen appears.

Select the position you want to classify, and choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text

Classification.

The Position: Change Classification dialog box appears.

Note

If you have worked through the procedure entitled Maintaining the Employee Group/Subgroup for a Position, the system will propose default pay scale values at this point.

Enter a country grouping, pay scale type, pay scale area, employee subgroup grouping for collective agreement provisions (CAP grouping), and a pay scale group for the position.

Note

On the basis of the pay scale details you specify, the system calculates the monetary amount required for funding.

To store administrative information, choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text

To have the system check your entries, choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text

Check.

To save your entries, choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text

Result

You have assigned a pay scale classification to a position. On the basis of this pay scale classification, you can staff the position with a suitable employee and/or finance the position from the overall budget.