Systems Of Strategic Reward Management

This course discusses the key concepts and controversies in the design and implementation of a strategic reward system.

What you’ll learn
Discover the relationship between the external environment, business strategy, HRM strategy and systems of reward management.
Identify theoretical debates and research informing research management practice.
Explore the how to structure reward responses to address the strategic requirements facing an organization.

Requirements
No advanced preparation or prerequisites are required for this course.

Description
In this course we discuss the key concepts and controversies in the design and implementation of strategic reward systems. We start with a brief overview of the relationship between the external environment, business strategy, HRM strategy and systems of reward management. This leads to a conversation about the conceptual frameworks, theoretical debates and research informing management practice relative to both relational and transactional rewards. Then we explore the issues of internal and external reward equity in a range of contexts and structure reward responses to address the strategic requirements facing an organization. This course serves to examine a range of reward-related factors that affect achievement of organizational success.

Overview
Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction to Systems of Strategic Reward Management

Lecture 2 The Context and Systems of Reward Management

Lecture 3 The Gender Pay Gap

Lecture 4 Theoretical Debates and Research

Lecture 5 Theories on ‘Necessary’ Reward

Lecture 6 Rewarding the Employment Relationship

Lecture 7 Addressing Strategic Requirements

Lecture 8 Broadbands

Lecture 9 Composition of Pay

Lecture 10 Competence or Competency?

Lecture 11 Conclusion

Section 2: Supporting Materials

Lecture 12 Slides: Systems of Strategic Reward Management

Lecture 13 Systems of Strategic Reward Management Glossary/Index

Section 3: Review and Test

Anyone interested in Human Resources, Management or related fields.