WGU C202 Managing Human Capital (2022/2023) (Certified Quality)
Direct financial compensation ✔✔compensation received in the form of salary, wages, commissions, stock options or bonuses
indirect financial compensation ✔✔all the tangible and financially valued rewards that are not included in direct compensation including free meals, vacation time and health insurance
nonfinancial compensation ✔✔rewards and incentives given to employees that aren't financial in nature
base pay ✔✔reflects the size and scope of an employee's responsibilities
severance pay ✔✔give to employees upon termination of their employment
fixed pay ✔✔pays employees a set amount regardless of performance
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variable pay ✔✔bases some or all of an employee's compensation on employee, team, or organizational
pay structure ✔✔the array of pay rates for different work or skills within a single organization
pay mix ✔✔the relative emphasis give to different compensation components
pay leader ✔✔organization with a compensation policy of giving employees greater rewards than competitors
pay follower ✔✔an organization that pays its front-line employees as little as possible
resource dependence theory ✔✔proposition that organizational decisions are influenced by both internal and external agents who control critical resources
wage differentials ✔✔differences in wage between various workers, groups of workers, or workers within a career field
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labor market ✔✔all of the potential employees located within a geographic area from which the organization might be able to hire
cost of living allowances ✔✔clauses in union contacts that automatically increase wages base on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' cost of living index
market pricing ✔✔uses external sources of information about how others are compensating a certain position to assign value to a company's similar job
Compensation surveys ✔✔surveys of other organizations conducted to learn what they are paying for specific jobs or job classes
benchmark jobs ✔✔jobs that tend to exist across departments and across diverse organizations allowing them to be used as a basis for compensation comparisons
job evaluation ✔✔a systematic process that uses expert judgement to assess differences in value between jobs
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ranking methos ✔✔subjectively compares jobs to each other based on their overall worth to the organization
job classification method ✔✔subjectively classifies jobs into an exiting hierarchy of grades and categories
point factor method ✔✔uses a set of compensable factors to determine a job's value. skill, resp, effort, working cond.
compensable factor ✔✔any characteristic used to provide a basis for judging a job's value
skills, responsibilities, effort, working conditions ✔✔Four categories of compensable factors
Hay Group Guide Chart - Profile Method ✔✔a point-factor system is used to produce both a profile and a point score for each position.know how problem solving accountability
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