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1
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represents the rewards employees receive for performing their jobs

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compensation

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2
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represents employees’ critical psychological state that result from performing their jobs

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intrinsic compensation

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3
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includes both monetary and nonmonetary rewards

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extrinsic compensation

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4
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refers to the design and implementation of compensation systems to reinforce the objectives of both hr strategies and competitive business strategies

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strategic compensation

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5
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financial capital
equipment capital
human capital

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competitive business strategy

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6
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the use of multiple hr practices to reinforce the competitive business strategy

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human resource strategies

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7
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key to giving employees the necessary knowledge and skill to use new workplace technology effectively

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pay for knowledge and skill based pay programs

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8
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refers to the factors that enable companies to generate income, higher stock prices and economic value and reputation

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capital

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9
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refers to sets of collective skills, knowledge and abilities that employees can apply to create value for the employers

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human capital

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10
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reinforce excellent job performance

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well-designed merit pay and incentive programs

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11
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focus on being the lowest cost producer/seller of goods

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lowest cost strategy

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12
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focus on offering unique goods or service to the public

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differentiation strategy

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13
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core compensation
adjustments to core compensation
legally require employee benefits
discretionary employee benefits

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focuses of extrinsic compensation

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14
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hourly wage

annual salary

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base pay

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15
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skill level
effort
level of responsibility
severity of the working conditions

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compensable factors

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16
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cost of living adjustments
seniority pay
merit pay
incentive pay
person-focused pay or competency pay
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how base pay is adjusted over time

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17
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represent periodic base pay increases that are founded on changes in prices as indexed by the consumer price index

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COLAS- cost of living adjustments

18
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systems that reward employees with periodic additions to base pay according to employees length of service in performing their jobs

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seniority pay

19
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assumes that employees’ compensation over time should be determined at least in part by differences in job performance

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merit pay

20
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rewards employees for partially or completely attaining a predetermined work objective

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Incentive

21
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rewards managerial, service or professional workers for successfully learning specific curricula

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pay for knowledge plans

22
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is used mostly for employees who perform physical work and increased these workers pay as they master new skills

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skill-based pay

23
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provide family benefits, promote health an guard against income loss cause by such catastrophic factors as unemployment disability or serious illness

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protection programs

24
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provides employee with pay for time when they are not working

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PTO

25
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provides such enhancements as tuition reimbursement and day care assistance to employees and their families

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services

26
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promote worker safety and health
maintain family income
assist families in crisis
provide assistance in case of disability and unemployment

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legally required benefits

27
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determined by employees’ credentials, job knowledge and job performance

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pay structures

28
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based on compensable factors

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pay grades

29
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pay ranges

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built on grades, uses midpoint min and max pay rates

30
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merit plans
sales compensation plans
broadband structures
two-tier wage structures
executive compensation
contingent worker compensation
expatriate compensation
conpensation structures in countries other than the us
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alternative pay structure confgurations

31
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directly involved in producing companies’ goods or delivering their services such as manufacturing leaders

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line employees

32
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support the line functions, human resource professional and accountants are examples of

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staff employees

33
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report directly to the corporation’s ceo or head of a major division

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executives

34
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perform tasks in a variety of hr-related areas such as involvement in most or all of the compensation functions

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generalists

35
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work within only one of the areas of compensation practice such as compensation survey development

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specialists

36
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recruitment
relocation
selection
performance appraisal
training
career development
labor-management relations
employment termination
legislation
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practices implemented by hr professionals

37
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employees line managers executives
unions
us govt

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entities directly affected by compensation practices

38
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  • rely on compensation professionals to: develop and implement systematic training programs, inform them of training pay link, and offer discretionary benefits that provide income protection, paid time off, services
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employees

39
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– rely on compensation professionals to ensure knowledge of relevant laws to help make sound compensation judgments, advise for establishing pay differentials and train them how to properly evaluate jobs

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line managers

40
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  • rely on compensation professionals to develop and manage sound compensation systems, insure the company’s practices are legally consistent, sufficiently attractive to recruit and retain
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executives

41
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  • rely on compensation professionals to:a bide by their collective bargaining agreements, ensure they get their COLA adjustments and seniority pay
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unions

42
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the - - requires compensation professionals to: keep updated and comply with all employment legislation, demonstrate that alleged discriminatory pay practices are not in fact discriminatory; or, are a business necessity

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u.s. govt

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