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Due Date: 11:59 pm EST, Sunday of Unit 7
Points: 100
Overview:
To understand how to design a comprehensive compensation strategy, you will apply
your learning to the selected case study.
Instructions:
Continue using the same company from Case Study 1 and 2 analysis.
• 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 9-13 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.
Review the answers you have already provided to each of your assignments for your
case study. Consider how you answered the questions regarding your business
strategy, your compensation objectives, your company’s values, the factors that shape
your company’s external competitiveness, and your competitive pay policy, as well as
your internal pay structure and hierarchy. You have essentially begun the process of
designing your company’s total compensation policies.
With the information you have already built about your company, answer the following
questions to complete your total rewards design:
1) What behaviors do you want to reinforce in your company? Why are these
behaviors important? How will you link behaviors to performance?
2) What type of pay mix would you design for your company?
a) Discuss base pay increases (merit, COLA, promotions) that would best fit
your company. What (if any) would you implement and why (How will this
HRM307 – Compensation &
Benefits
Case Study 3
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improve performance)? What are the implications for the company and its
ability to pay?
b) Discuss individual variable pay incentives that would best fit your
company. Be specific. What (if any) type would you implement and why
(How will these incentives improve performance)?
c) Discuss team incentives that would best fit your company. Be specific.
What (if any) type would you implement and why (How will these
incentives improve performance)?
3) What type of performance appraisal would best fit your company and why?
4) What benefits would be important to your employee population? What and how
would you offer them and why?
5) What other total rewards strategies would you like to implement in your company
that have not been identified above that would best fit your unique organization?
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 3
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 3
