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Assignment: Chapter 11 Total Rewards and Compensation
Question 1: What are your views on pay secrecy? How much do you think employees should be told about how their pay is determined?
Question 2: What are the factors that you need to consider in deciding how much pay an employee should receive?
Written Assignment: Reasons for Different Compensation
Identify three major reasons employees doing the same job in an organization might receive different compensation.
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Written Assignment: Incentive Plans
Incentive plans are important tool managers have at their disposal to motivate employees to work harder. However, an incentive plan may not be effective in achieving its goal. Why do incentive plans work or not work?
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Chapter 12 Managing Employee Benefits
Question 1: More and more employers are asking employees to participate in health screenings to receive a reduction in cost for health insurance. Discuss the ethical and legal issues that might result from such a requirement. Take a stand on the issue and justify your response.
Question 2: Review 12-5 Retirement Benefits of the textbook and answer the following question: What is the difference between defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans?
Question 3: Read section 12-7e: Wellness Initiatives and Other Innovative Health Care Programs of the textbook and answer the following questions: Do you think more companies should establish wellness programs? Why or why not?
Written Assignment: Benefit You Want
Choose one type of voluntary benefit you are not very familiar with but think you would like to receive as an employee. Research that benefits and prepare a half-page summary of your research. Write the summary as if you were trying to convince management to offer that benefit to employees.
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Chapter 13 Risk Management and Worker Protection
Question 1: What has worked best for you in dealing with stress in your life?
Question 2: What steps should management take to increase the motivation of their employees to operate safely?
Written Assignment: Risk Management and Worker Protection_Safety Management
The culture in your company emphasizes making money more than ensuring safety. However, you know that a safe workplace will save the firm money in the short run and the long run. How would you make a case to senior management that developing a culture of safety would yield high returns for the company?
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