TROY UNIVERSITY
MASTER SYLLABUS
SORRELL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
HRM 6632
Compensation and Benefits
Prerequisites
Graduate standing.
Description
This course is designed to provide the student with both the theoretical and practical knowledge
to design, administer, and evaluate compensation and benefit systems. It addresses how both
monetary and nonmonetary rewards can be used to attract, motivate, and retain employees when
designed strategically and integrated into performance management systems.
Objectives
Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:
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Summarize key legislation and selected regulations affecting compensation and benefits.
Perform a job analysis and prepare a job description.
Apply principles of job evaluation to build an internally consistent compensation system.
Use compensation surveys to build a market-competitive compensation system.
Analyze the relationship between performance appraisal and incentive compensation
systems.
Explain the role of employee benefits in creating a total rewards strategy.
Discuss ethical issues surrounding executive compensation.
Identify methods used to compensate foreign and expatriate employees.
Align performance and compensation management strategies with organizational goals in
an apt scenario.
Purpose
To provide students with an understanding of how compensation and benefits operate to attract,
motivate, and retain a competent workforce focused on achieving organizational goals. Further,
students will learn how to assess reward systems in terms of the criteria of equity and cost
effectiveness and how to assess and diagnose compensation management issues and problems
and develop appropriate solutions.
Master Syllabi are developed by the senior faculty in each business discipline. This Master Syllabus must be used as the basis for developing the
instructor syllabus for this course, which must also comply with the content specifications outlined in the Troy University Faculty Handbook.
The objectives included on this Master Syllabus must be included among the objectives on the instructor’s syllabus, which may expand upon the
same as the instructor sees fit. The statement of purpose seeks to position the course properly within the curriculum and should be consulted by
faculty as a source of advisement guidance. Specific choice of text and other details are further subject to Chair guidance.
15 August 2015
Master Syllabus: HRM 6632
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Approved Text:*
Martocchio, J. J. Strategic compensation: A human resource management approach. Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Program SLOs Addressed by Assessment Component:
1. SLO 4.1: Students will demonstrate awareness of globalization and its potential
impact on human resource management practices.
2. SLO 4.2: Students will analyze the impact of cross-cultural issues on HRM practices
and propose appropriate HRM actions.
3. SLO 5.1: Students will demonstrate effective writing skills in preparing a research
paper.
Assessment: The following materials are required in this course for assessment purposes.
Assignment: “Jenkins Goes Abroad” (in Martocchio text, Chapter 14)
Related Rubric: Globalization Rubric – MSHRM Program
Assignment: Research Paper (length to be determined by instructor)
Related Rubric: Written Communication Rubric – MSHRM Program
See related “Instructor Guidelines for Administering MSHRM Rubrics.”
Student Engagement:
Instructors in this course will add videos, movies, site visits, guest speakers, service learning
projects, or other activities designed to engage students in experiential and active learning
activities designed to improve skills and the application of knowledge within the business
community.
Optional Reference Materials:*
Martocchio, J. J. Employee benefits: A primer for human resource professionals. Boston, MA:
McGraw-Hill.
Murphy, K. J., & Dial, J. General Dynamics: Compensation and strategy (A) [Case #9-494-048].
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School.
* Note: The most recent edition is required unless otherwise specified.
Troy University Faculty Handbook (2010): Section 3.9.2.8 [extract] — essential elements of the syllabus (somewhat modified for space):
1. Course title
2. Course number +
section
3. Term
4. Instructor
5. Prerequisites
6. Office hours
7. Class days, times
8. Classroom
location
9. Office location +
e-mail address
10. Office telephone
11. Course
description,
objectives
12. Text(s)
13. Other materials
14. Grading methods, 16. General supports
criterion weights,
(computer works,
make-up policy,
writing center)
mid-term grade
17. Daily assignments,
reports
holidays, add/drop
15. Procedure, course
& open dates, dead
requirements
day, final exam
18. ADA statement
19. Electronic device
statement
20. Additional
services,
statements
21. Absence policy
22. Incomplete-work
policy
23. Cheating policy
24. Specialization
requirements
(certification,
licensure, teacher
competencies)