BUSI 645 Compensation Management

The course will focus on the critical issues related to the strategic management of the organization’s compensation and benefit system. Topics discussed will include the components and strategic analysis of compensation systems, bases for pay, designing compensation systems, legally required and discretionary employee benefits, and contemporary strategic compensation challenges. Students will learn to apply tools for decision-making complex, compensation related environments, as well as design, develop, and implement compensation strategies that achieve value-added results, thereby enabling organizations to more effectively and efficiently achieve their goals.

For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.

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The human resources manager must have the necessary skills to design, implement, and manage an effective compensation and benefit program to support the organization’s mission. In addition, anyone within an organization must be aware of how employees are compensated.


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After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to post 1 thread of 500-750 words. The student will also post 2 replies of 250-300 words each. For each thread, assertions must be supported with the current textbook, at least 2 peer-reviewed sources within the last 5 years, 1 quoted Bible verse, and at least 3 sentences of biblical integration connecting Bible verse to topic in current APA format. The student is not to repeat sources or the contents from the sources, content from textbook, quoted Bible verses, or biblical integrations.  

The student will submit an essay answering questions posed in the assignment prompt. Each assignment requires 3–4 full pages, a cover page, an abstract, and a reference page formatted in current APA formatting. Each assignment should utilize at least 5 peer-reviewed sources, 1 quoted Bible verse that is correctly cited, and biblical integration that ties the verse to the topic by using a minimum of 3 sentences to substantiate the student’s position in his/her answer. These exercises are meant to foster the student’s comprehensive research skills. The essay should not be written in question/answer format and should refrain from using the questions as headings to avoid point deductions.

The Quiz: Midterm will cover the textbook material for the Chapters 1 through 8. The quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain 40 multiple-choice questions, and have a 1-hour time limit.

The Quiz: Final will cover the textbook material for Chapters 9 through 16. The quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain 40 multiple-choice questions, and have a 1-hour time limit.


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