Syllabus - Compensation Management
Syllabus - Compensation Management
Syllabus - Compensation Management
K L UNIVERSITY
II/II MBA – II SEMESTER
COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT (10MB62H4)
Course Syllabus:
Unit 1: Introduction Compensation, types of compensation, conceptual framework of
compensation management, Theories of wages: subsistence theory, wage fund theory,
marginal productivity theory, bargaining theory, criteria of wage fixation. Compensation
system design issues: Compensations Philosophies, compensation approaches, decision
about compensation, compensation- base to pay, individual Vs team rewards, Perceptions of
pay Fairness, legal constraints on pay systems.
Unit 2: Strategic Compensation Planning: Strategic perspectives towards
compensation – developing a total compensation strategy, Source of competitive advantage:
three tests, designing pay levels, mix and pay structures, Development of a Base Pay
System: Job evaluation systems, the compensation structure- Wage and salary surveys, the
wage curve, pay grades and rate ranges, preparing salary matrix, government regulation on
compensation, fixing pay, significant compensation issues, Compensation as a retention
strategy.
Unit 3: Variable Pay: Strategic reasons for incentive plans, administering incentive
plans, individual incentive plans – piece work, standard hour plan, bonuses, merit pay, group
incentive plans, team compensation, gain sharing incentive plans, enterprise incentive plans,
profit sharing plans, stock options, ESOPs. Executive compensation – elements of executive
compensation and its management, International compensation Management.
Unit 4: Managing Employee Benefits: Nature and types of benefits, employee benefits
programs- security benefits, retirement security benefits, health care benefits, time –off
benefits, benefits administrations, employee benefits required by law, discretionary major
employee benefits, employee services designing a benefits package.
Unit 5: Wage Determination: Principles of wage and salary administration, methods of
wage determination in India; internal and external equity in compensation systems, wage
administration in India: wage policy in India, wage boards: structure, scope and functions,
compensation practices in different industries, compensation practices of multinational and
global organizations.
1) Learning Support:
a. Recommended Text Books:
1. Milkovich & Newman, Compensation, TMH, 2008, 8th Edition
b. Reference Books: