In what year was the first job classification system developed, attributed to Sanchez de Arevalo?

• A. 1468
• B. 1648
• C. 1900
• D. 1910

Answer: (A)

The main idea is recognizing the very early attempt to organize work into defined categories within public administration. Sánchez de Arevalo is credited with developing the first job classification system around 1468, marking an early step in structuring roles, duties, and qualifications in a formal way. This shows that the impulse to classify work and assign people to appropriate tasks has deep historical roots, long before modern human resources practices.

The later dates represent developments that came centuries after this initial move, during other waves of organizational theory and bureaucratic reform. So 1468 is the best-grounded attribution for the first job classification system.