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BUS 434 Entire Course (Ash Course)

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•  BUS 434 Week 1 DQ 1 (Employee Satisfaction)
• BUS 434 Week 1 DQ 2 (Global Wage Rates)
• BUS 434 Week 1 Quiz
• BUS 434 Week 2 DQ 1 (Compensation System)
• BUS 434 Week 2 DQ 2 (Job Descriptions)
• BUS 434 Week 2 Quiz
• BUS 434 Week 3 DQ 1 (Job Evaluation Methods)
• BUS 434 Week 3 DQ 2 (Survey Preparation)

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BUS 434 Week 1 DQ 1 (Employee Satisfaction)

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• "Employee satisfaction relates directly to income
  obtained from work performed and the lifestyle
  opportunities made available to the workers and
  their families from this work-related income."
  Elaborate on the link between work-related income
  and employee satisfaction in today's workplace

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BUS 434 Week 1 DQ 2 (Global Wage Rates)

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• Wage rates in the United States are higher than
  similarly skilled workers in other countries such
  as China, Mexico and India. Consequently, many
  U.S. businesses have outsourced their
  manufacturing and
• production needs to take advantage of these lower
  wage rates. Discuss how, working collaboratively,
  the federal government and U.S. businesses can
  modify employee compensation packages to become
  more globally competitive.

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BUS 434 Week 1 Quiz

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• 1. Question All but which one of the following
  conditions will influence jobs and job-related
  opportunities in the future?
• 2. Question Which of the following is a
  noncompensation benefit rather than a
  compensation benefit?
• 3. Question An organization designs and
  implements a reward system to
• 4. Question Claims on goods and services made
  available and paid for either totally or in some
  percentage by the employer are
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BUS 434 Week 2 DQ 1 (Compensation System)

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• A basic premise of a market-based economy is that
  each individual has the opportunity through
  education, experience, hard, work, etc. to
  improve his or her job earning potential. As a
  result, some employees may enjoy greater earnings
  than their colleagues. Assess how an
• organization can create a fair,
  market-competitive compensation system that
  provides greater rewards for those who earn it,
  yet is viewed as fair and equitable by the
  organization.

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BUS 434 Week 2 DQ 2 (Job Descriptions)

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• Today, there is considerable debate whether job
  descriptions should be broader and more generic,
  versus narrow and more specific. Distinguish
  between the advantages and disadvantages of each
  approach, and which you see as the more
  preferable approach.

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BUS 434 Week 2 Quiz

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• 1. Question An organization's _____________
  describes in broad or general value-laden terms
  what the organization wishes to accomplish in the
  long termthe kind of product it intends to
  provide and how it intends to provide it.
• 2. Question Which one of the following jobs is
  not exempt from the minimum wage and overtime
  requirements outlined by the FLSA?
• 3. Question The 1935 National Labor Relations
  Act
• 4. Question The most common type of sales
  compensation plan is

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BUS 434 Week 3 Assignment Employee Relations
Manager Paper

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• The most effective compensation strategy is one
  that develops a clear link between
• 1. Work that an employee is expected to perform
  (typically detailed in the job description)
• 2. Work that the employee performed (typically
  detailed in a performance evaluation)
• 3. and, finally, pay provided to each employee
  (typically determined through external survey and
  internal equity).
• In a 2-3 page paper, examine and elaborate on the
  interrelationship between these three links. In
  presenting your analysis, it would be beneficial
  to
• Select one position or classification that you
  are familiar with (Administrative Assistant,
  Human Resource Manager, Maintenance Worker, etc)
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BUS 434 Week 3 DQ 1 (Job Evaluation Methods)

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• There are two general types of job evaluation
  methods those that investigate the job as a
  whole and those that investigate the job from a
  variety of components. Choosing one job
  evaluation method, examine how that method would
  be the preferable approach to attain comparable
  worth throughout the organization, and where it
  would not be the preferable approach.
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BUS 434 Week 3 DQ 2 (Survey Preparation)

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• Surveys are an important tool to assess the
  competitive forces in the marketplace regarding
  pay practices. The most critical step in the
  survey process is obtaining the proper job match.
  For an organization you are familiar with,
  identify a position that would be the match to
  utilize in your survey, including a brief
  discussion on the limitations of using this
  position to determine your organization's overall
  salary competitiveness in the market.

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BUS 434 Week 3 Quiz

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• 1. Question The term going rate implies that
  there is
• 2. Question In the following array of data,
  which value is the 9th decile?
• 3. Question Many specialists who make extensive
  use of survey data believe that _______ values
  provide valuable information for establishing
  minimum and maximum pay values for a job or a
  grade.
• 4. Question The optimal number of pay grades to
  be included within a pay structure is
• 5. Question The term sore thumbing when
  applied to the job evaluation process relates to

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BUS 434 Week 4 DQ 1 (Performance Standards)

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• Describe the relevance of performance standards
  for today's knowledge-directed workers, and how
  their use will result in a more competitive
  compensation and benefit strategy.

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BUS 434 Week 4 DQ 2 (Performance Incentives)

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• To Compare and contrast when it would be
  preferable to motivate employee performance
  through short-term incentives versus long-term
  incentives, and vice-versa.

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BUS 434 Week 4 Quiz

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• 1. Question The National Association of
  Suggestion Systems claims that a dollar spent in
  rewarding suggestions
• will return ______ dollars in improved operations
  to the organization.
• 2. Question The size of a bonus received by an
  operating manager will quite often be determined
  by all but which one of the following criteria?
• 3. Question Which of the following statements
  is least descriptive of why many suggestion plans
  have failed?
• 4. Question Which one of the following is not a
  benefit to the employer when offering an ESOP?
• 5. Question In contrast to compensation systems
  in the private sector, those for government
  employees are less
• likely to include use of
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BUS 434 Week 5 DQ 1 (Executive Compensation)

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• Construct an argument supporting your position
• The market trend towards escalating executive
  compensation reflects the critical importance of
• an executive to an organization's long-term
  viability.
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BUS 434 Week 5 DQ 2 (Benefit Packages)

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• Today's globally competitive business environment
  has caused many U.S. businesses to reduce
  thevalue of their employee benefit packages.
  Examine how an organization can maintain its
  costly benefit structure while remaining
  competitive against countries whose companies do
  not offer such benefits.
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BUS 434 Week 5 Final Paper Holland Enterprises
Compensation and Benefit System

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• Final Paper
• Attracting and retaining the most talented
  employees is essential for long-term
  organizational success. An important component
  to attracting and retaining such employees is the
  design and implementation of an effective
  compensation and benefit system.
• In the final project, you are to assume the role
  of a highly regarded human resource consultant
  hired to review, analyze, and revise the
  compensation and benefit system utilized by your
  citys largest employer, Holland Enterprises.
  The firm employs 3,500 employees, but since 2007
  has lost 25 of its staff.
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