Strategic Compensation : A Human Resource Management Approach

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Strategic Compensation: A Human Resource Management Approach illustrates the art and science of compensation practice and its role in promoting a company s competitive advantage. The sixth edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect the latest data and issues, and contains new features and cases. Cover topics basedon your semester schedule: A flexible format. This text contains fifteen chapters, which can be tailored to suit a ten- or fifteen-week schedule. Key Features NEW! Provide an insider s perspective: Compensation in Action. The sixth edition contains a new feature, Compensation in Action, which appears at the end of every chapter. This feature provides clear and functional information that illustrates how line managers, employees, and compensation professionals interact to put compensation concepts into practice. NEW! Spark discussion: Short end-of-chapter cases. Real-world compensation issues are highlighted in this text s short end-of-chapter cases. These cases are accompanied by questions to facilitate class discussion, and can be used as homework assignments. Supplemental short cases are also available to students on the text s website. These cases also correspond with chapter material. Even practitioners starting to work in compensation orcurrent professionals will find Strategic Compensation a useful reference. Updated! Keep cases current: The Building Strategic Compensation Systems casebook. Thoroughly revised to reflect current economic realities, the casebook also features new illustrations and screen captures from the accompanying software to help make concepts more accessible to students. Table of Contents PART I: SETTING THE STAGE FOR STRATEGIC COMPENSATION Strategic Compensation: A Component of Human Resource Systems Contextual Influences on Compensation Practice PART II: BASES FOR PAY Traditional Bases for Pay: Seniority and Merit Incentive Pay Person-Focused Pay PART III: DESIGNING COMPENSATION SYSTEMS Building Internally Consistent Compensation Systems Building Market-Competitive Compensation Systems Building Pay Structures That Recognize Employee Contributions PART IV: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS Discretionary Benefits Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans and Health Insurance Programs Legally Required Benefits PART V: COMPENSATION CHALLENGES FOR STRATEGIC EMPLOYEE GROUPS Compensating Executives Compensating the Flexible Workforce: Contingent Employees and Flexible Work Schedules PART VI: COMPENSATION ISSUES AROUND THE WORLD Compensating Expatriates Pay and Benefits Outside the United States