COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT SYLLABUS

OBJECTIVE: The objective is to enable the students to understand the various aspects of Compensation Management

UNIT-1: JOB EVALUATION AND PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
Job Evaluation - Definition - Traditional and New Techniques - Performance Appraisal -Basic concepts - performance standard - Appraisal methods.

UNIT-2: COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT
Compensation - Definition - Classification - Types - Incentives - Fringe Benefits.

UNIT-3: WAGE AND SALARY ADMINISTRATION
Theories of wages - wage structure - wage fixation - wage payment - salary administration. Difference between salary and wages - Basis for compensation fixation- Components of wages - Basic Wages - Overtime Wages - Dearness Allowance - Basis for calculation - Time Rate Wages and Efficiency Based Wages - Incentive Schemes - Individual Bonus Schemes, Group Bonus Schemes - Effect of various labour laws on wages-Preparation of Pay Roll

UNIT- 4: REWARDS AND INCENTIVES
Rewards for Sales personnel - Pay - commission- Performance based pay system - incentives - executives compensation plan and packages.

UNIT- 5: REGULATORY BODIES FOR COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT
Wage Boards - Pay Commissions - Compensation Management in Multi-National organizations.


SKILL DEVELOPMENT
  • List out the fringe benefits offered to employees of any two companies
  • Discuss the role of regulatory bodies in compensation management
  • List out various Incentive Schemes of wage payments

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE
  1. Compensation & Reward Management, BD Singh, Excel Books
  2. Compensation, Milkovich & Newman, TMH
  3. Strategic Compensation, Joseph J. Martocchio, 3rd Edition, Pearson Education
  4. Compensation Management in Knowledge based world, Richard I. Anderson, 10th edition, Pearson Education
  5. Compensation Management, Er Soni Shyam Singh, ExceL Books.
  6. Richard Thrope& Gill Homen : Strategic Reward Systems - Prentice-Hall.
  7. Thomas. P. Plannery, David. A. Hofrichter & Paul. E. Platten: People, Performance & Pay – Free Press.
  8. Michael Armstrong & Helen Murlis: Hand Book of Reward Management – Crust Publishing House.
  9. Joseph. J. Martocchio: Strategic Compensation – A Human Resource Management Approach - Prentice-Hall.
  10. Edwarde. E. Lawler III: Rewarding Excellence (Pay Strategies for the New Economy) – Jossey -Bass.