Unit I Assessment
Question 1
What are the four policy
issues in the pay model? What purposes do the objectives in the pay model
serve? Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 2
Contrast the essential
differences between the best-fit and best-practices perspectives. Your response
should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 3
Three tests for any source
of competitive advantage are align, differentiate, and add value. Discuss
whether these tests are difficult to pass. Can compensation really be a source
of competitive advantage?
Question 4
How are compensation
strategy and HR strategy central to successful business strategy? Your response
should be at least 200 words in length.
Unit II PowerPoint
Presentation
You are the human resource
manager of a local university, and you have been asked to explain the
differences in compensation among instructors, assistant professors, associate
professors, and full professors as there has been some question as to how
compensation is determined for these different positions. Using the information,
you have learned within this unit, create a PowerPoint Presentation describing
how the different compensation levels were determined.
Your presentation should
consist of no less than seven slides, not including the title slide and
reference slides. Be sure to cite all references using APA format.
Unit III Assessment
Question 1
Why are job analyses
important in an organization? Describe the information that should be included
in a job analysis as well as methods for collecting it. Also explain the
connection that exists among job analysis, job description, and job
specification. Your response should be at least 300 words in length.
Question 2
Compare and contrast the
three most common job evaluation methods. Which one of these methods do you
feel would work best in your organization? Explain your choice. Your response
should be at least 300 words in length.
Unit IV Assessment
Question 1
What is the purpose of a
survey? How would you design a survey for setting pay for welders? How would
you design a survey for setting pay for financial managers? Do the issues
differ? Will the techniques used and the data collected differ? Why or why not?
Your response should be at least 300 words in length.
Question 2
There are consequences of
pay level and pay mix decisions. Identify and briefly discuss each factor. What
pay level does the efficiency wage predict? What pay level does the fairness
wage predict? Does the theory accurately predict organization behavior? Why, or
why not?
Unit IV Case Study
Read “Your Turn: Two-tier
Wages” on pp. 242-243 and compose a paper using your responses to the questions
following the Case Study on p. 243. Your paper should consist of at least two
pages, and all citations and references should be in APA format
Unit V Assessment
Question 1
Many would argue that if an
employee receives a decent salary, he or she will be satisfied and remain with
the organization. What are your thoughts on this statement? Does compensation
motivate behavior? Do people join a firm because of pay? Do people stay in a
firm or leave a firm because of pay? Do employees agree to develop job skills
because of pay? Do employees perform better on their jobs because of pay?
Provide examples to support your answer. Your response should be at least 300
words in length.
Question 2
Some would argue that
incentives are the key to retaining and attracting employees. It has been noted
that there are various types of incentive plans. Discuss the advantages and
disadvantages of individual incentive plans, team incentive plans, variable-pay
plans, and group incentive plans. Provide examples of each plan. Your
response should be at least 300 words in length.
Unit V Article Critique
Using the databases within
the CSU Online Library, locate a scholarly, peer-reviewed article regarding how
an employee’s compensation can influence his/her behavior on the job. After reading
the article you will compose an article critique. Your critique will be at
least two pages in length, and in the critique, you will include the following:
· The
main topic/question of the article
· The
author’s intended audience
· A
discussion of what appears to be valid or invalid in the article
· A
determination of whether or not you agree with the author’s assertion and an
explanation as to why you do or do not agree
· A
discussion of whether or not an employee’s behavior can be affected by his/her
compensation and why you believe this to be so
Be sure that any citations
or references are in proper APA format. Also, be sure to include an APA
reference to your article.
Unit VI Assessment
Question 1
Employee benefits have
become very important to many employees. When benefits are cut, employees can
become disgruntled and feel cheated. Many employees do not realize or
understand the difference between the benefits required and miscellaneous
benefits. Identify and explain in detail those benefits that are
mandated/required for employers to offer employees. Your response should be at
least 300 words in length.
Question 2
Identify and discuss key
issues in benefit planning, design, and administration. Be certain to discuss
the four major administrative issues that arise on setting up a benefit
package. Your response should be at least 300 words in length.
Unit VII Assessment
Question 1
Compare and contrast global
workers, expatriates, local nationals, and third-country nationals. What
impact, if any, do they have on international pay systems? Explain. Your
response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 2
Although there has been a
decline in union memberships, unions are still prevalent in public and private
organizations. Based on the reading in this unit, unions have an impact on wage
determination. Discuss the four specific areas in which unions have an impact
on wage determination? Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Unit VII Final Examination
Question 1
A typical structure within
colleges is instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, and full
professor. What type of pay structure would this be classified as, egalitarian
or hierarchical? What added information would you need to decide? What behavior
by the faculty do you believe the structure influences? Is it aligned or
difficult to copy? Does it add value? Why or why not? Your response should be
at least 200 words in length.
Question 2
Comparing labor costs is
important to the success of an organization. Discuss how costs can be managed
by controlling all aspects of compensation. Be certain to discuss benefits and
services, headcount, hours worked and skills used, and the average cash
compensation. Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 3
Describe how each type of
pay-for-performance plan can help an organization attract and retain employees.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 4
You are a supervisor in a
company that is a low payer relative to your competitors. What are some things
that you can do to increase the likelihood that workers will feel fairly
treated? Do you feel that doing these things will improve the manner in which
the workers treat internal and external customers? Why or why not? Your
response should be at least 200 words in length.
Unit VIII Research Project
Select one of the U.S.
Federal Pay Regulations from Exhibit 17.1 on pp. 594-596. Using the CSU Online
Library, conduct additional research on one of the regulations. Your research
project should be a minimum of three pages and should include a literature
review. Page count does not include the title page or reference page. Include
in your research:
· History
of the act
· How
it was created
· How
it influenced the area of human resources and compensation
· What
the future holds for the act
· How
it affected the employer and the employee
· Do
you agree with this act? Why or why not?
Your paper should follow
APA Guidelines and all references should be cited
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