Human Resource Management (HRMT) 326

Wages and Benefits (Revision 4)

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Delivery Mode: Individualized study online (with eTextbook)

Credits: 3

Area of Study: Applied Studies
(Business and Administrative Studies)

Prerequisite: None

Faculty: Faculty of Business

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Overview

HRMT 326 is a three-credit, senior-level course examining strategic compensation management. This course explores the compensation process, issues and techniques involved in the development and administration of a compensation system. Specific topics include external competitiveness, designing pay structures, performance systems and evaluation of employees, employee benefits, compliance issues, salary administration, and skill/competency plans will be evaluated.

Outline

Unit 1: Strategy, rewards and behaviour
Unit 2: Formulating reward and compensation strategy
Unit 3: Determining compensation values
Unit 4: Designing, implementing and adapting compensation systems

Evaluation

To receive credit for HRMT 326, you must achieve an overall grade of D (50 percent) or better for the entire course and a grade of D (50 percent) or better on the final exam. The weightings for each assignment and the final exam are as follows:

Activity	Weighting
Assignment 1 Online test	15%
Assignment 2 Online test	15%
Assignment 3 Online test	15%
Assignment 4 Case Study	35%
Final Exam	20%
Total	100%

The final examination for this course must be taken online with an AU-approved exam invigilator at an approved invigilation centre. It is your responsibility to ensure your chosen invigilation centre can accommodate online exams. For a list of invigilators who can accommodate online exams, visit the Exam Invigilation Network.

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbook

Registration in this course includes an electronic textbook. For more information on electronic textbooks, please refer to our eText Initiative site.

Long, R. (2010). Strategic Compensation in Canada, 4^th Ed. Nelson.

A print version of the eText may be available for purchase from the publisher through a direct-to-student link provided on the course website; you can also acquire the textbook on your own if you wish.

Other Resources

All other learning resources will be available online.

Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.

Opened in Revision 4, September 9, 2014.