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Schedule

Note: All due dates reflect North American eastern time (ET).

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  • Course length: 16 weeks
Lesson 1: Strategic Compensation as a Component of HR Systems

Readings:

Textbook

  • Chapter 1

Course Commentary

  • Lesson 1

Activities:
  1. Competitive Strategy at Sportsman Shoes Case Analysis
Lesson 2: Context of Compensation Practice

Readings:

Textbook

  • Chapter 2

Course Commentary

  • Lesson 2

Activities:
  1. Exempt or Nonexempt Mini Research Project
Lesson 3: Traditional Bases for Pay: Seniority and Merit Pay

Readings:

Textbook

  • Chapter 3

Course Commentary

  • Lesson 3

Activities:
  1. Appropriateness of Merit Pay Systems
Lesson 4: Incentive Pay

Readings:

Textbook

  • Chapter 4

Course Commentary

  • Lesson 4

Activities:
  1. Individual or Team Reward?
Lesson 5: Person-focused Pay

Readings:

Textbook

  • Chapter 5

Course Commentary

  • Lesson 5

Activities:
  1. Person-focused Pay at Mitron Computers
Lesson 6: Mid-term Exam

Readings:

None

Activities:
  1. Mid-term Exam (Chapters 1 through 5)
Lesson 7: Internal Consistency: Job Analysis, Job Evaluation, and Job Structures

Readings:

Textbook

  • Chapter 6

Course Commentary

  • Lesson 7

Activities:
  1. Exploring O*NET
Lesson 8: Building Market Competetive Compensation Systems

Readings:

Textbook

  • Chapter 7

Course Commentary

  • Lesson 8

Activities:
  1. Exploring BLS Survey Programs
Lesson 9: Employee Contribution Practices

Readings:

Textbook

  • Chapter 8

Course Commentary

  • Lesson 9

Activities:
  1. What to Do About Pay Compression
Lesson 10: Discretionary Benefits and Benefit Determination Process

Readings:

Textbook

  • Chapter 9 (pages 212 – 216 (up to Retirement Plans) and pages 219 – 238 starting with Paid Time Off)

Course Commentary

  • Lesson 10

Activities:
  1. Choosing Employee Benefits that Provide the Greatest Benefits to You
  2. Employee Benefits that Matter
Lesson 11: Legally Required Benefits

Readings:

Textbook

  • Chapter 10 (pages 239 – 248 up to health insurance) and pages 256 – 262 (starting with the benefits and costs of legally required benefits)

Course Commentary

  • Lesson 11

Activities:
  1. Social Security and Retirement Planning at Taylor Foods
Lesson 12: Retirement and Healthcare

Readings:

Textbook

  • Chapter 9 (page 216 -- 219 starting with retirement programs up to paid time off), (pages 226 – 228 starting with legislation pertinent to discretionary benefits up to designing and planning the benefits program) and Chapter 10 (pages 248 - 256 starting with health insurance up to the benefits and costs of legally required benefits)

Course Commentary

  • Lesson 12

Activities:
  1. A Health Savings Account at Frontline PR
Lesson 13: Columbus Carpentry Case Study

Readings:

None

Activities:
  1. Columbus Custom Carpentry 
Lesson 14: Final Exam

Readings:

None

Activities:
  1. Final Exam 

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