Compensation Management in a Knowledge-Based World / Edition 10

by Richard Henderson

Overview

For undergraduate courses in Compensation Management and Wage and Salary Administration. As the leading text in its field Compensation Management offers a practical exploration of the systems, methods, and procedures involved in establishing and administering a compensation system within any organization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780131494794
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	06/14/2005
Series:	Alternative eText Formats Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	576
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 11.15(h) x 1.05(d)

Table of Contents

I. MACROECONOMIC COMPENSATION CONCEPTS

1. Compensation in a Knowledge-Based Global Economy

2. The Reward System: Compensation and Noncompensation Dimensions

3. The World of Pay and Compensation

4. Organizational Structure: Strategic and Tactical Compensation Issues

5. Legislation and Compensation

II. MICROECONOMIC COMPENSATION CONCEPTS

6. Job Analysis

7. Job Description

8. Job Evaluation

9. A Point-Factor Method of Job Evaluation

10. Surveying Market Pay and Compensation Practices

11. Designing a Base Pay Structure

12. Team-Based Pay in a Knowledge-Based World

III. MICRO- AND MACROECONOMIC COMPENSATION CONCEPTS

13. Measuring and Paying for Performance

Appendix 13A: Ranking and Rating Instruments and Formats

Appendix 13B: Validity and Reliability

14. Short-Term Incentives

Appendix 14A: Setting Standards and Designing Incentives for an Industrial Economy

Appendix 14B: Two Other Kinds of Gainsharing Plans

15. Long-Term Incentives and WealthBuilding

16. Executive and International Compensation

Appendix 16A: Tax Legislation—Related Terms

Appendix 16B: Stock and Stock Equivalent Acquisition Plans

Appendix 16C: Special Corporate Insurance Programs

17. Benefits and Services

18. Pay Delivery Administration

Action Words

Glossary of Terms

INTERNET COMPENSATION RESOURCES

Name Index

Subject Index