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Due Date: 11:59 pm EST, Sunday of Unit 3
Points: 100
Overview:
To understand how to design a comprehensive compensation strategy, you will apply
your learning to the selected case study.
Instructions:
Select one company to use throughout the course (the company information document
is attached to the assignment). You will use this company case study to apply your
learnings from the class.
• Record your name, the date, and the company name you have chosen for your
case study on the title page of your paper.
Take time to read and review Chapters 1-4 to answer these questions.
Answer the following questions for the case study you have chosen. Read all aspects of
your case study carefully. Please make sure you address each question thoroughly and
clearly. Each question should be at least 2-3 paragraphs to illustrate your
understanding. Review the grading rubric before writing your paper.
1) Of the three generic business strategies that most organizations follow (cost-
cutter, customer-centric, prospector, innovator, or something else), which
strategy does your case study seem to fit and why? Review the following to help
you; the article in Unit 1 titled The linkages between business strategies, culture,
and compensation using Miles & Snow’s and Hofstede culture framework in
conglomerate firms, Three Compensation Strategies (Exhibit 2.1), and Tailor the
Compensation System to the Strategy (Exhibit 2.3).
2) What compensation objectives can you conclude from your case study (review
Exhibits 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, and 2.3 to help you gather some ideas for your case
study)? List several unique compensation objectives for your case study and
explain why you have inferred your unique objectives.
3) Review Formulating a Total Compensation Strategy (Exhibit 2.6) and Contrasting
Maps of Microsoft and SAS (Exhibit 2.8). Map a total compensation strategy for
HRM307 – Compensation &
Benefits
Case Study 1
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Competitiveness and Employee Contributions. Discuss your company’s profile in
these two areas and explain why you have answered in this way.
4) In the case study you have selected, how might the company’s values be
reflected in your compensation system design and why?
5) Review Hierarchical versus Egalitarian Structures (Exhibit 3.6) and Layered
versus Delayered Structures (Exhibit 3.7). What types of internal structures do
you believe would fit best for your case study and why?
Requirements:
• Submit a Word document in APA format (double spaced with references and
APA in text citations).
• Maximum 6 pages in length, excluding the Title and Reference pages.
• At least two resources.
Be sure to read the criteria below by which your work will be evaluated before
you write and again after you write.
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Evaluation Rubric for Case Study 1
CRITERIA Deficient Needs
Improvement
Proficient Exemplary
0 – 17 points 18 – 23 points 24 – 29
points
30 points
Relevance Does not
understand
each question
nor its
relevance to
the learning
material
Generally,
understands
each question
and its relevance
to the learning
material
Mostly
understands
each
question and
its relevance
to the
learning
material
Completely
understands
each question
and its
relevance to
the learning
material
Complete and
Concise
Fails to answer
each question
thoroughly and
concisely
Somewhat
answers each
question
thoroughly and
concisely
Mostly
answers
each
question
thoroughly
and concisely
Thoroughly
answers each
question
completely and
concisely
Support Fails to provide
relevant
examples
and/or sources
supporting
each answer
Generally, it
provides relevant
examples and/or
sources
supporting each
answer
Mostly
provides
relevant
examples
and/or
sources
supporting
each answer
Completely
provides
relevant
examples
and/or sources
supporting
each answer
0 – 5 points 6 – 7 points 8 – 9 points 10 points
Clear and
Professional
Writing and
APA Format
Errors impede
professional
presentation;
guidelines not
followed.
Significant errors
that do not
impede
professional
presentation.
Few errors
that do not
impede
professional
presentation.
Writing and
format are
clear,
professional,
APA compliant,
and error-free.
- Overview:
- Instructions:
- Requirements:
- Evaluation Rubric for Case Study 1
