Course Syllabus Benefits and Compensation HRPO 2306 NOTE: This Professor reserves the right to modify the course requirements, assignments, grading procedures, and other related policies as circumstances may dictate. Semester with Course Reference Number (CRN)

Fall 2016 14633

Instructor contact information (phone number and email address)

Dr. Nora Jo Sherman 713.718.5475 [email protected] Shirley Smith, Teaching Assistant [email protected]

Office Location and Hours

By Appointment Only

Course Location/Times

Distance Education/Eagle Online 713.718.5275, Option 3

Course Semester Credit Hours (SCH) (lecture, lab) If applicable

Credit Hours: Lecture Hours: Laboratory Hours: External Hours:

Total Course Contact Hours

48.00

Course Length (number of weeks)

8 Weeks

Type of Instruction

Lecture

3 3

Course Description:

An overview of employee compensation systems. Topics include compensation systems, direct and indirect compensation, internal and external determination of compensation, benefits administration, managing and evaluating for effectiveness, legal and regulatory issues, pay equity, job analysis affecting job compensation and competencies.

Course Prerequisite(s)

FREQUENT REQUISITES   

College Level Reading MATH 0312 (Intermediate Alegbra) College Level Writing

Academic Discipline/CTE Program Learning Outcomes

1. Identify essential management skills necessary for career success. 2. Describe the relationships of social responsibility, ethics, and law in business. 3. Construct a business plan. 4. Examine the role of strategic human resource planning in support of organizational mission and objectives. 5. Describe the impact of corporate culture and atmosphere on employee behavior.

Course Student Learning Outcomes (SLO): 4 to 7

1. Define a total compensation system. 2. Identify objectives of an organization's compensation system 3. Discuss factors that affect compensation programs. 4. Discuss how a compensation systems is linked to employee performance. 5. Identify the steps to establish a total compensation system 6. Identify key legislation affecting the benefits function of human resource management.

Learning Objectives (Numbering system should be linked to SLO e.g., 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, etc.)

Define a total compensation system. Identify objectives of an organization's compensation system Discuss factors that affect compensation programs. Discuss how a compensation systems is linked to employee performance. Identify the steps to establish a total compensation system Identify key legislation affecting the benefits function of human resource management.

SCANS and/or Core Curriculum Competencies: If applicable

SCANS Define a total compensation system. Identify objectives of an organization's compensation system Discuss factors that affect compensation programs. Discuss how a compensation system is linked to employee performance. Identify the steps to establish a total compensation system Identify key legislation affecting the benefits function of

human resource management.

Instructional Methods

Student Assignments & Student Assessment(s)

Web-enhanced (49% or less) Hybrid (50% or more) Distance (100%) Face to Face

Benefits and Compensation 8 Week Course Schedule Week 1 2

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Assignment/Assessment Welcome to the Class Orientation, Syllabus, and Textbook Review

PART 1: Setting the Stage for Strategic Compensation 1. Strategic Compensation: A Component of Human Resource Systems 2. Contextual Influences on Compensation Practice PART 2: Bases for Pay 3. Seniority Pay and Merit Pay 4. Incentive Pay 5. Person-Focused Pay PART 3: Designing Compensation Systems 6. Building Internally Consistent Compensation Systems 7. Market-Competitive Compensation Systems 8. Building Pay Structures that Recognize Employee Contributions PART 4: Employee Benefits 9. Discretionary Benefits 10. Legally-Required Benefits PART 5: Contemporary Strategic Compensation Challenges 11. Compensating Executives 12. Compensating the Flexible Workforce PART 6: Compensation Around the World 13. Compensating Expatriates 14. Pay and Benefits outside the United States Epilogue 15. Challenges Facing Compensation Professionals Paper Due Course Ends

Instructor's Requirements

Students are required to log in at least twice weekly, preferably daily. Three tests (3) given this semester. Tests will consist of both objective and essay questions and will be valued as one-fourth of your final grade. Objective questions will cover textbook reading. I will prepare you for the essay questions using Eagle online. Historically, the essay questions raise the test grades of most students. A report will be assigned by the Professor via the Eagle Assignments Tool which will count as one-fourth of your final grade. NO MAKE-UP FINALS ARE PROVIDED, PER DISTANCE EDUCATION POLICIES.

Program/Discipline Requirements: If applicable

Business Administration is determined to prepare students with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in today’s dynamic work environment. Students in Introduction to Business must be able to budget their time and perform classrelated activities as assigned on a weekly basis. Opportunities are provided for students to recognize the important role personal qualities play in the business environment and activities have been enhanced to help students develop the attitudes and interpersonal skills that are in demand by employers.

HCC Grading Scale:

A = 100- 90 B = 89 - 80: C = 79 - 70: D = 69 - 60: 59 and below = F FX (Failure due to non-attendance) IP (In Progress) W (Withdrawn) I (Incomplete) AUD (Audit)

4 points per semester hour 3 points per semester hour 2 points per semester hour 1 point per semester hour 0 points per semester hour 0 points per semester hour 0 points per semester hour 0 points per semester hour 0 points per semester hour 0 points per semester hour

IP (In Progress) is given only in certain developmental courses. The student must re-enroll to receive credit. COM (Completed) is given in non-credit and continuing education courses. FINAL GRADE OF FX: Students who stop attending class and do not withdraw themselves prior to the withdrawal deadline may either be dropped by their professor for excessive absences or be assigned the final grade of "FX" at the end of the semester. Students who stop attending classes will receive a grade of "FX", compared to an earned grade of "F" which is due to poor performance. Logging into a DE course without active participation is seen as non-attending. Please note that HCC will not disperse financial aid funding for students who have never attended class. Students who receive financial aid but fail to attend class will be reported to the Department of Education and may have to pay back their aid. A grade of "FX" is treated exactly the same as a grade of "F" in terms of GPA, probation, suspension, and satisfactory academic progress. To compute grade point average (GPA), divide the total grade points by the total number of semester hours attempted. The grades "IP," "COM" and "I" do not affect GPA. Health Sciences Programs Grading Scales may differ from the approved HCC Grading Scale. For Health Sciences Programs Grading Scales, see the "Program Discipline Requirements" section of the Program's syllabi. Instructor Grading Criteria

Test One 25% Test Two 25% Test Three 25% Paper 25% Total 100%

Instructional Materials

Martocchio, Joseph, Strategic Compensation: A Human Resource Management Approach, Ninth Edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. 2017. ISBN: 978013-432054-0

HCC Policy Statement: Access Student Services Policies on their Web site:

http://www.hccs.edu/district/about-us/procedures/student-rights-policies-procedures/

EGLS3 -Evaluation for Greater Learning Student Survey System

At Houston Community College, professors believe that thoughtful student feedback is necessary to improve teaching and learning. During a designated time near the end of the term, you will be asked to answer a short online survey of research-based questions related to instruction. The anonymous results of the survey will be made available to your professors and department chairs for continual improvement of instruction. Look for the survey as part of the Houston Community College Student System online near the end of the term.

Distance Education and/or Continuing Education Policies Access DE Policies on their Web site:

http://de.hccs.edu/media/houston-community-college/distance-education/studentservices/2015-HCC-DE-Student-Handbook-(Revised-1_7_15).pdf

Access CE Policies on their Web site:

http://www.hccs.edu/continuing-education/students/financialaid/continuingeducation/