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Compensation
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•Analyze
the compensation professional’s goals to determine which would be the most
difficult for you to realize. Discuss ways you might be able to overcome these
difficulties.

•Create
a list of five best practices that any organization could use to leverage a
compensation system for positive impact. Provide specific examples to support
your response.

Determine
how Sportsman’s human resources practices should assess existing practices to
best support their shift in competitive strategy. Provide specific examples to
support your response.

Determine
the kinds of challenges Sportsman will face specifically in the area of
compensation and which competitive strategy will serve them best in the future.
Explain your rationale.

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•From
the e-Activity, determine how the law you researched influences compensation
strategies for all companies directly affected by the law in your state.
Provide specific examples to support your response.

•Some
people say that unions make it more difficult for companies to attain
competitive advantage. Explain why you agree or disagree with this statement.
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Compare
and contrast seniority (longevity) pay with merit pay. Determine the advantages
and disadvantages of each, including specific examples to support your
response.
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•From
the e-Activity, determine which type of pay structure would benefit the company
or organization the most. Provide your rationale.

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•From the
e-Activity, compare and contrast the likely success of individual incentives,
group incentives, and companywide incentives for improving employee
performance.

•Referring
to the same company, create an outline for an incentive pay program that would
benefit employees and the company / organization. Provide specific examples to
support your response.

•From
the e-Activity, determine if a person-focused pay system would benefit the
company you researched. Provide specific examples to support your response.
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•Analyze
the advantages to employees and to employers of a person-focused pay program to
determine if this would be a good approach for all companies and organizations
in the U.S. to pursue. Explain your rationale.

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•Determine
how job analysis and job evaluation could be used at Customers First to develop
an internally consistent compensation system.

•Determine
whether or not you agree with Joan’s view on job analysis and job evaluation. Explain
your rationale.

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Based on the scenario, prepare a brief training cost analysis for a training
program of your choice, including estimated time requirements for each task and
relating those time requirements to the overall cost you have identified for
the project.

•Determine the
best way to leverage compensation surveys to set the level of compensation for
your current (or future) job position. Provide specific examples to support
your response.

•From
the e-Activity, determine how you would integrate internal job structures with
external market pay rates to set a base pay rate for the position you
researched.

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•Argue
for or against the argument that pay grades limit a company’s ability to
achieve competitive advantage. Support your position.
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•Argue
for or against the argument that merit pay grids have the potential to
undermine employee motivation. Support your position.

•From
the e-Activity, determine how a person-focused pay program could benefit your
current (or future) place of employment. Provide specific examples to support
your response.

•Determine
ways that broadbanding or two-tier wage plans could benefit your current (or
future) place of employment. Provide specific examples to support your response.

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•From
the e-Activity, evaluate how well the company you researched leverages its
discretionary benefits to both attract and keep employees.

•Assume
the company you researched must drop 25% of the discretionary benefits it
currently offers. Determine which benefits it should drop. Provide your
rationale.

•From
the case study in Chapter 10, determine the advantages and disadvantages of
implementing the health savings account (HSA) option and recommend at least one
alternative to offering the HSA option.

•Recommend
what Susan should do. Provide the rationale behind your recommendation.

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•Imagine
it is your task to calculate ROI for a hypothetical training program. Determine
one key element that would factor into your calculation of ROI, and identify
the aspect(s) of your hypothetical program that would make the element
applicable and your calculation accurate.

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Based on the scenario, analyze the ROI of the training that was implemented,
using the cost analysis approach.

•Argue
for or against the argument that employee benefits are seen by employees as an
entitlement for their membership in companies. Support your position.

•Analyze
the components of designing and planning a benefits program to predict what
additional issues will need to come into consideration over the next 10 to 20
years. Provide your rationale.

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•Analyze
the components of executive compensation packages to determine which three
components are the most essential to attracting exceptional talent. Provide
your rationale.

•From
the first e-Activity, determine if current practices surrounding executive
compensation should be changed. Provide either specific examples of what
changes you believe are necessary, or a rationale for maintaining the status
quo.

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•Analyze
the issues and considerations that impact expatriate compensation to determine
the single biggest challenge in setting compensation. Provide specific examples
to support your response.
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•From
the e-Activity, determine which cultural characteristics should be considered
when establishing a compensation program for a U.S. company planning to locate
in the country you researched. Provide specific examples to support your
response.

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•Analyze
the differences between minimum pay regulations and retirement systems in the
U.S. and the other countries discussed in this chapter to determine how these
differences affects the ability of U.S. companies to compete worldwide. Provide
specific examples to support your response.

•Select
the minimum pay and retirement practices of one of the countries discussed in
Chapter 15. Then, determine the likely result if those practices were adopted
by the U.S. Provide your rationale.