Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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Incentive Effect

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o Degree to which pay influences motivation

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2
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Incentive Effect

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o Degree to which pay influences motivation

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3
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Sorting effect

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o Effect pay has on the composition of the workforce

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4
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Direct Returns

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Total compensation (cash and benefits)

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5
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Indirect returns

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Relational, (recognition, opportunity)

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6
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Merit is based on?

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Changes in others pay, living costs, and experience or skill

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7
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Merit pay

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increases base salary, but meritbonus is aone time payment

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8
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Incentives are

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objective and don’t increase base salary, must eb reearned

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9
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Pay Model Objectives

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Efficiency, Fairness, Compliance, Ethics

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10
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Pay Model Policies

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Internal alignment, external competition, employee contributions, management

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11
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Sorting effect

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o Effect pay has on the composition of the workforce

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12
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Direct Returns

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Total compensation (cash and benefits)

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13
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Indirect returns

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Relational, (recognition, opportunity)

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14
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Merit is based on?

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Changes in others pay, living costs, and experience or skill

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15
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Merit pay

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increases base salary, but meritbonus is aone time payment

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16
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Incentives are

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objective and don’t increase base salary, must eb reearned

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17
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Pay Model Objectives

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Efficiency, Fairness, Compliance, Ethics

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18
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Pay Model Policies

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Internal alignment, external competition, employee contributions, management

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19
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Best practice

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Socio, HRRp, Strat Form, Gainign comp adv

20
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Best fit

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Socio, Strat form, HRP, gaining comp adv

21
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AMO Theory

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Ability,, MOtivation, Opportunity, P=f(A,M,O)

22
Q

SAS Institute Hr Policy

A

work/life programs > cash compensation

23
Q

RBV must

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add value
unique and rare
imperfectly imitable
not substitutable

24
Q

Internal Alignment

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is pay relations among jobs/skills in an organization

25
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External Competitive ness includes:

A

Econmic Pressures
Government policies and regulations
External stakeholders
cultures and customs

26
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Three features of internal pay structure

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Hierarchal or compressed
How to distribute
Work content

27
Q

Hierarchal (layered, dispersion)

A

Description of work done at each level, incentive effect ( lower turnover)

28
Q

Egalitarian (delayered, compression)

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Removing job titles, negative or detrimental sorting effect

29
Q

Two features of external competitiveness

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Pay level - Avg rate an employer pays

Pay mix- various types of payments leading to total comp

30
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Mods to labor demand side

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Compensating differentials - employers offer higher wages if job has negative characteristics
Efficiency wage - high wages increase efficiency and lower labor costs
Signaling theory - pay levels to emplpyee signaling behavior

31
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Mods to labor supply side

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Reservation wage - lowest wage they’ll accpet

Human Capital - people paid at marginal value of what they provide

32
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Competitive pay policies

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Lead, match, lag

33
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Job analysis

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systematic process of collecting observable info that identifies similarities and differences between work

34
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Job Description

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Tasks, duties, responsiblities

35
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Job specification

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KSAO necessary for the job

36
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Job analysis to compensation

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Internalyl fair and aligned job structure, provides rationale for differences

37
Q

Enhance flexibility in job design

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Broad descriptions, easily changing tasks

38
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Usefulness of job analysis

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Reliability, validity, acceptability, currency, usefulness

39
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Job evaluation

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Process for dtermining the relative value of jobs to create a job structure

40
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Job eval methods

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ranking, classification, point

41
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Ranking

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Alternation, orders alternaitng at each extreme

Paired, matrix compares all jobs

42
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Classification

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Jobs -> Class

43
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Point

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Compensable factors numerically scaled and weighted

44
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Skill-based pay

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Link pay to depth and breadth of the KSAO relevant person

45
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Competency based pay

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Underlying KSAO needed to succeed