The compensation handbook : a state-of-the-art guide to compensation strategy and design / Lance A. Berger and Dorothy R. Berger, editors.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Berger, Lance A.
• Berger, Dorothy R.
• Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Compensation management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Compensation management.

Genre:

• Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xiii, 646 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill, [2000]

Summary:

Straight answers to your compensation questions An A-to-Z guide to compensation strategy and design, Compensation Handbook, Fourth Edition, has been completely revised and updated to keep you on top of the important changes that have taken place in this area. Editors Lance A. Berger and Dorothy R. Berger have assembled articles by leading compensation practitioners to give you authoritative solutions to a wide range of specific compensation problems. This important new edition shares with you the best thinking on attracting and retaining outstanding employees in a tight market...executive compensation...computers and compensation...how to use a mix of compensation devices...and much, much more.

Contents:

• 1 The Role of Compensation in Corporate Transformation / Lance A. Berger 3
• 2 Millennium Compensation Trends / Dorothy R. Berger 17
• 3 The Evolution of Compensation Practices / Lance A. Berger 27
• Part 2 Base Compensation
• 4 Compensation: An Overview / Martin G. Wolf 41
• 5 Job Analysis and Job Documentation / Deborah A. Grigson, Gerald W. Stoffel 55
• 6 Methods of Job Evaluation / Bernard Ingster 79
• 7 Compensation Surveys / D. Terence Lichty 91
• 8 Retrieving, Manipulating, and Analyzing Compensation Data / Diane Yellin, John Yurkutat 109
• 9 Developing Competitive Compensation Programs / Bruce I. Spiegel, Trista Slobodzian 117
• 10 The Development of Salary Structures / Hilary Belanger, Andrew S. Rosen 129
• 11 Pay for Skills, Knowledge, and Competencies / Gerald E. Ledford, Jr., Robert L. Heneman 143
• 12 Relating Competencies to Pay: A Desirable or a Dangerous Practice? / Duncan Brown 157
• 13 Budgeting, Auditing, and Controls Systems for Salary Administration / Bernard Ingster 173
• 14 Computers and Compensation Administration / Martin G. Wolf 183
• 15 Using Information Technology for Salary Budgeting and Planning / Anne C. Ilsemann, Mark Simms 189
• Part 3 Variable Compensation
• 16 Variable Pay: An Overview / H. N. (Rug) Altmansberger 199
• 17 Variable Pay: New Perspectives / John G. Belcher, Jr. 209
• 18 Improshare: Sharing Productivity Gains with Employees / Mitchell Fein 217
• 19 Gain Sharing: Sharing Improved Performance / Timothy L. Ross, Ruth Ann Ross 227
• 20 Nonmonetary Rewards: Cash Equivalents and Tangible Awards / Jerry L. McAdams 241
• 21 Team-Based Pay / Steven E. Gross 261
• 22 Optimizing Team-Based Incentives / Theresa Welbourne, Luis R. Gomez-Mejia 275
• 23 Increasing Sales Force Effectiveness through Compensation / Jerome A. Colletti, Mary S. Fiss 291
• 24 The Role of Competencies in Sales Force Success / Jay Jacobsen, Jim Holden 313
• Part 4 Executive Compensation
• 25 Executive Compensation Strategy / Marvin A. Mazer, Eric C. Larre 327
• 26 Designing and Implementing Total Executive Compensation Programs / Alan M. Johnson 339
• 27 Annual Incentive Plans for Management / Peter Chingos 349
• 28 Long-Term Incentives / Jeffrey S. Hyman 357
• 29 Executive Compensation Systems: Drivers or Results from Strategic Choices? / Johannes M. Pennings 373
• 30 Employment Agreements / Bruce E. Clouser 391
• 31 The Changing Landscape of Board Remuneration / Pearl Meyer 401
• Part 5 Performance and Compensation
• 32 Performance Measures: An Overview / Gloria A. Nofsinger 421
• 33 Performance Management / Tracey B. Weiss 429
• 34 Measuring the Hard Stuff: Teams and Other Hard-to-Measure Work / Jack Zigon 443
• 35 Changing Measures for Changing Times / Jack Dolman-Connell 467
• 36 Performance-Based Rewards: What Are the Best Practices? / Thomas B. Wilson 481
• 37 Measuring and Assessing Top Executive Performance / Craig Eric Schneier, Douglas G. Shaw 495
• 38 Merit Pay and Performance Appraisal / Frederic W. Cook 509
• Part 6 Corporate Culture and Compensation
• 39 Culture and Compensation / Louise R. Fitzgerald 531
• 40 Passing the Baton: Connecting Compensation, Behaviors, Culture, and Strategy to Win / Debra K. Besch, Eugenie S. Dieck 541
• 41 Rewarding Scarce Talent / Patricia K. Zingheim 551
• 42 Gaining a Competitive Edge by Improving the Return on Human Capital / Peter V. LeBlanc 567
• 43 The Role of Work-Life Benefits in the Total Pay Strategy / James F. Kisela 587
• Part 7 International Compensation
• 44 Establishing Global Compensation Strategies / Sydney R. Robertson 603
• 45 Expatriate Compensation Practices / Geoffrey W. Latta 609
• 46 Global Local National Compensation Practices / Neil K. Coleman 621.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0071343091

OCLC:

42397916

Online:

The Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund Home Page