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All Reading Materials were retrieved and available on November 16, 2012.Required MaterialsArthur, D. (1995). Chapter 6: Compensation. In Managing Human Resources in Small and Mid-Sized Companies. New York: AMACOM Books.Anonymous (2009, Dec 15). Corporate Compensation Strategies Driven By Past Pessimism Rather Than Future Optimism: Deloitte Study :New Research Reveals Shortfalls in Compensation Plans and Retention Programs. (15 December). PR Newswire.Dickel, T., & Watkins, C. (2008, July). Hiring and Compensation Trends. The China Business Review, p;nbsp;35(4), 20-23.Mercer Issues Study of US CEO Compensation Trends. (15 May, 2008). Business Wire.Mercer Issues Study of US CEO Compensation Trends. (15 May, 2008). Business Wire.McNamara, C. (1999). Employee benefits and compensation. Retrieved May 23, 2010, from http://www.mapnp.org/library/pay_ben/pay_ben.htmEdward P. Lazear has a book on "Personnel Economics" (1995)Zingheim, P. K., & Schuster, J. R.. (2007, June). What Are Key Pay Issues Right Now? Compensation and Benefits Review, 39(3), 51-55.Optional MaterialsAon Consulting, Inc. (2004). eComp [web-site]. Retrieved May 23, 2010, from http://www.ecomponline.com/Anonymous. (2004, March). 3 studies help set pay for the HR department. IOMA's Report on Salary Surveys, 4(3), 1, 10-14.Anonymous, (n. d.), Presentation, in employee compensation.Baker, Thomsen Associates. (2004). Salary [web-site]. Retrieved May 23, 2010, from http://www.salaryexpert.com/Doyle, A. (2004). How much are you worth? Retrieved May 23, 2010, from http://jobsearch.about.com/library/weekly/aa022700a.htmNancy Brown Johnson, N. (n.d.), An interactive and important presentation on compensation and equity.McNamara, C. (1999). Employee benefits and compensation. Retrieved May 23, 2010, from http://www.mapnp.org/library/pay_ben/pay_ben.htmSalary surveys and calculators. (2004). Retrieved May 23, 2010, from http://jobsearch.about.com/od/salary/a/compensation.htmEdward P. Lazear has a book on "Personnel Economics" (1995) with chapters related to compensation (note these pages are very short, and you should only read the first one or two pages in each chapter, unless you are an economics major). It is available in NetLibary (see instructions above for how to access):Chapter 2: Fixed or Variable Pay (pg 13-24)Chapter 3: Relative Compensation (pg 25-38)Chapter 4: Team Compensation (pg 47-56)Chapter 6: Other Issues in Compensation (pg 57-76)If you need help with access, email support@trident.eduIOMA's Report on Salary Surveys is a publication that identifies salary trends in very specific and up-to-date areas. If you put 'IOMA's Report on Salary Surveys' into Proquest, you'll see some of the current titles and articles that are being written.Read at least two or three articles written by this group, including the March 2004 report "3 Studies Help Set Pay for the HR Department"The AFL/CIO is, not unreasonably, interested in getting higher pay for workers. As a way of leveraging the debate about wages, they have been calling attention to the widely increasing gap between the pay of average workers and higher-level executive compensation.Salary Expert (http://www.salaryexpert.com/) Look up salaries for types of jobs. You can also see what type of salary to expect for jobs in a particular area of the country.
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