Building Pay Structures

Chapter 8 reviews how and why pay structures are created.

It is typical for industry to use pay grades and pay ranges in this process.

There are multiple questions in this discussion.

Assume that you are Compensation Manager for a mid-size manufacturing firm.

The firm has recently hired several professional engineers.

Your assignment (as the Compensation Manager) is to write a presentation (in paragraph/letter format) that will explain the compensation structure of the firm.

Understand that your audience has no knowledge of compensation terms or compensation theory. Write your presentation accordingly.

In your written presentation include –

The definition and explanation of pay grades – be sure that your explanations will be understood by your audience

The definition and explanation of pay ranges – be sure that your explanations will be understood by your audience.

Assuming that the mid-point for Engineer I has been set at $40,000, calculate and explain in your presentation the minimum and the maximum pay range for the Engineer I position. The company has determined the range spread should be set at 30%.

Your organization has established four pay grades for professional engineers. All of the new engineers have been slotted into the lowest level or Engineer I. Explain how pay levels increase from Engineer I to Engineer IV. You can make assumptions about the pay differences between the four grades.

Explain how employees in the Engineer I pay grade may progress into the higher pay grades for engineers.

Research and list at least three outside sources.

Your submission should be between 300 and 400 words.

 

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Hello, Please see the below:

As a change leader or consultant, you must determine the catalysts driving the changes in your organization to design an effective case for change and change-strategy. Beyond Change Management [a second book written by the author from which some topics are included in the textbook for this course] introduces seven drivers of change which, taken together, expand leaders’ typical view of the scope of change. All seven drivers must be addressed to accurately scope your change effort and plan its rollout strategy—especially if it is transformational. The Drivers of Change Model is shown in Figure 1.1 in the Introduction of [the textbook], and the sidebar [on page 57] briefly defines each driver. Each provides essential data for the determination of what must change in the organization and why. They might also inform what must not change. Remember, explore all seven drivers; do not stop at organizational imperatives. A full scope for transformation must include culture, behavior, and mindset. (Ackerman-Anderson & Anderson, 2010, p. 56)

Instructions

1. respond to the following questions:
2. 1. Determine catalysts driving change in your organization, with reference to each of the seven drivers of change: environmental forces, marketplace requirements for success, business imperatives, organizational imperatives, cultural imperatives, leader and employee behavior, and leader and employee mindset.
   2. Describe the primary types of change you hope to accomplish through your capstone project: developmental, transitional, or transformational.
3. Provide a detailed post that demonstrates clear, insightful critical thinking. Your initial posting should be 200 words long.
4. Your posting is to include, at a minimum, one resource properly cited and referenced: Ackerman-Anderson, L., & Anderson, D. (2010). The change leader’s roadmap: How to navigate your organization’s transformation (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.

 

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Case study – Social Media Research Centre

During a meeting with his boss (David Wright), Bruce has been asked to establish a researcher centre. The research centre, which will commence operations in February 2018 first as an informal research group, should be established by June 2017. Alex’s decision to proceed with this major project is spurred by the fact that an associated organizational centre, which researches in a closely related area, has recently ceased operations. There is also a tremendous pressure from David’s senior executives to produce high quality research that is focused in nature. In fact one of David’s senior executives’ comments was that David’s Unit does not have a clear identity when it comes to its scholarly research output compared to the one in Australian National University. After several meetings with subject matter experts (consultants) and a rigorous analysis of the current trends in research in the area of information technology it has been decided that the most appropriate research area for the proposed research centre to focus on is social media. Fortunately several of David’s Unit staff are active researchers in this area. What made this direction even more attractive is that demand from Master and Doctoral students has been largely for programs in this area. David’s Unit also enjoys a very good relationship with an international expert Craig Bamworth in the social media area who has kindly agreed to offer his expertise to Bruce (the program manager).

One of the projects within the Social Media Research Centre larger project that Bruce has identified as important is the development of a web application for the proposed centre.

This application would include an internet website and section for members on the intranet. Bruce has appointed You as the manager of this project commencing work on 1 April 2017. Bruce’s team has conducted the feasibility study and financial analysis to confirm that project must go ahead and must commence as you join your role.

You must assist Bruce in preparing the project charter that need to be submitted within first week of May 2017 via a kick-off meeting to be held with all major stakeholders presenting and discussing the charter before they all signoff and approve charter.

This website should contain information about the major research projects, list of supervisors, Masters and PhD student projects, publications (conference and journal papers), and project reports. The application manager Sonia Reed should update all these details on the website using the intranet login. Members can also update their project details via their member account. It has also been identified by Bruce that displaying the information, program, recorded presentations and reports/publications of the events held in the area of social media research will help in promoting the centre. Sonia would collect this information from the events manager and update the information on the web application before, during and after the events as needed.

Your team must include appropriate experts to assess the application, network and database software and hardware needs to support this project.

Your manager, Bruce has given you guidance that the project needs to be completed within 8 months and that costs should be minimised wherever possible with given budget of AUD 50000.00

Case study – Social Media Research Centre

During a meeting with his boss (David Wright), Bruce has been asked to establish a researcher centre. The research centre, which will commence operations in February 2018 first as an informal research group, should be established by June 2017. Alex’s decision to proceed with this major project is spurred by the fact that an associated organizational centre, which researches in a closely related area, has recently ceased operations. There is also a tremendous pressure from David’s senior executives to produce high quality research that is focused in nature. In fact one of David’s senior executives’ comments was that David’s Unit does not have a clear identity when it comes to its scholarly research output compared to the one in Australian National University. After several meetings with subject matter experts (consultants) and a rigorous analysis of the current trends in research in the area of information technology it has been decided that the most appropriate research area for the proposed research centre to focus on is social media. Fortunately several of David’s Unit staff are active researchers in this area. What made this direction even more attractive is that demand from Master and Doctoral students has been largely for programs in this area. David’s Unit also enjoys a very good relationship with an international expert Craig Bamworth in the social media area who has kindly agreed to offer his expertise to Bruce (the program manager).

One of the projects within the Social Media Research Centre larger project that Bruce has identified as important is the development of a web application for the proposed centre.

This application would include an internet website and section for members on the intranet. Bruce has appointed You as the manager of this project commencing work on 1 April 2017. Bruce’s team has conducted the feasibility study and financial analysis to confirm that project must go ahead and must commence as you join your role.

You must assist Bruce in preparing the project charter that need to be submitted within first week of May 2017 via a kick-off meeting to be held with all major stakeholders presenting and discussing the charter before they all signoff and approve charter.

This website should contain information about the major research projects, list of supervisors, Masters and PhD student projects, publications (conference and journal papers), and project reports. The application manager Sonia Reed should update all these details on the website using the intranet login. Members can also update their project details via their member account. It has also been identified by Bruce that displaying the information, program, recorded presentations and reports/publications of the events held in the area of social media research will help in promoting the centre. Sonia would collect this information from the events manager and update the information on the web application before, during and after the events as needed.

Your team must include appropriate experts to assess the application, network and database software and hardware needs to support this project.

Your manager, Bruce has given you guidance that the project needs to be completed within 8 months and that costs should be minimised wherever possible with given budget of AUD 50000.00

Value: 25%

Due date: 19-May-2017

Return date: 09-Jun-2017

Submission method options

Alternative submission method

Task

This assignment follows from the case study used in Assessment 2. For the same case study, complete the following tasks by creating the following:

1. WBS first using indented format. (25 marks)
2. Gantt chart-Take the WBS you have already developed. Define all of the activities that will be necessary to create each deliverable in your WBS. Create a schedule for your project. First create the schedule by hand using Post-it Notes, and then put the information into MS Project. Take screenshots of the schedule to be pasted in your word document that you are submitting. Be sure to include all of the summary rows (including the first row for the project title) and any key milestones. Make sure the critical path is easy to see.- 10 marks
3. Create a time-phased budget for your example project using bottom-up estimating. To the extent your sponsor will supply rates for workers, use those. Approximate rates for ones you cannot get. Ask your sponsor how they treat indirect costs. Be sure to include direct labour costs for you and your team mates and add 20% for fringe. State all assumptions and constraints you have used when creating your budget. State how confident you are in your estimates and what would make you more confident. Give examples of known knowns and known unknowns on your project. Tell how you have budgeted for both of them plus how you have budgeted for unknown unknowns. (15 marks)
4. Create a risk register ( 4 risks- 3 negative and 1 positive risk)for your example project. (20 marks)
5. Quality Management Plan. (10 marks) It should include:
   A short statement that reflects your team’s philosophy or objective for ensuring that you deliver a quality system to your client. ( 4 marks)
   Develop and describe 3 quality issues related to this project that your project team could implement to ensure quality ( 6 marks)
6. Closure checklist and project evaluation. (20 marks) :
   Develop a closure checklist that the project team will use to ensure that the project has been closed properly.
   Develop a project evaluation –outline and discuss how your project’s MOV will be evaluated.
   

Rationale

This assessment task covers topics 5 to 9 and has been designed to ensure that you are engaging with the subject content on a regular basis. More specifically it seeks to assess your ability to:

• demonstrate how a practicing project manager actually applies project management skills,
• methods, techniques and tools ;
• use an industry standard project management software tool (Microsoft Project);
• apply project management skills, methods, techniques and tools to a real world problem typical of a project manager;

Marking criteria

	STANDARDS
Criteria	FL	P	C	D	HD
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)- 20 marks	unclear attempt that is ambiguous / incomplete	WBS is mentioned with some breakdown of Project Scope.	WBS is structured, having detailed coverage for Project scope / Phase of project.	WBS is well structured, having logical and complete coverage for Project Execution	WBS is structured, having logical and complete coverage for Project Execution and integrated into Project Schedule and Resource Matrix.
Gantt Chart ( 10 marks)	unclear attempt that is ambiguous / incomplete	Gantt chart shows- some activities included, schedule created, summary rows shown, few /none milestones shown	Gantt chart shows- some activities included, schedule created, summary rows shown, first row shows project title , total duration shown, some milestones shown, critical path shown	Gantt chart shows- most activities included, schedule created, summary rows shown, first row shows project title , total duration shown, most milestones shown, critical path shown	Gantt chart shows- all activities included, schedule created, summary rows shown, first row shows project title , total duration shown, all necessary milestones shown, critical path shown and easy to see
Budget ( 15 marks)	unclear attempt that is ambiguous / incomplete	Bottom-up estimating done, few assumptions and constraints you have used when creating your budget stated. Budget extracted from MS Project showing overall budget	Bottom-up estimating done. some assumptions and constraints you have used when creating your budget stated. Examples of known knowns and known unknowns on your project given. Budget extracted from MS Project showing overall and breakdown for all summary tasks and resource	Bottom-up estimating done. Direct labour costs for you and your team mates and 20% for fringe included. Most assumptions and constraints you have used when creating your budget stated. Confidence level for estimation stated. Examples of known knowns and known unknowns on your project given. Budget extracted from MS Project showing overall and breakdown for all summary tasks and resource	Bottom-up estimating done. Direct labour costs for you and your team mates and 20% for fringe included. All assumptions and constraints you have used when creating your budget stated. Confidence level for estimation stated. Examples of known knowns and known unknowns on your project given with explanation. Budget extracted from MS Project showing overall and breakdown for all summary tasks and resource along with various costs
Risk Register ( 20 marks)	unclear attempt that is ambiguous / incomplete	Some values of Risk register are accurate and Consistent, some items of the register complete.	Most values of Risk register are accurate and Consistent, most items of the register complete.	All values of Risk register are accurate and Consistent, all items of the register complete.	All values of Risk register are accurate and consistent, all items of the register complete. Risks are relevant to the case study
A ClosureChecklist is produced alongside the development of a project evaluation. (10 Marks)	The closure checklist has been used to close the project, and the evaluation was documented minimally.	The closure checklist has been used to close the project, and the evaluation was documented minimally.	The closure checklist has been used appropriately to close the project, and the evaluation has been adequately documented.	The closure checklist is detailed, and has been used accurately to close the project. The evaluation has been well documented	The closure checklist is detailed,and has been used accurately to close the project. The evaluation is comprehensively and accurately documented.

Requirements

Students are required to submit the range of documents describing their proposed project solution for the above tasks.

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

• The first major section (1.0) should be project management and include the various project management deliverables such as charter, WBS, schedule, progress reports, etc.
• Deliverables should match those in the charter.
• Each item on the WBS should have a unique name. If there is possible confusion between two items add an extra adjective to differentiate them. For example, two items could be “first draft report” and “second draft report.”
• Each line should be numbered with major sections being 1.0 then 2.0, etc.
• Each major section should be broken down into between three and twelve subsidiary sections. If further breakdown is needed, more levels should be used.
• All items on WBS are deliverables oriented (they are the “whats” of the project). Activities are defined as an outgrowth of the WBS and will appear in the schedule.
• The WBS can be submitted in free-form, org-chart, or indented-outline format.
• The WBS should appear to be complete with all interim and ending deliverables included.

Schedule / Gantt chart

• The schedule should appear to be complete given the charter and WBS.
• The schedule should appear to be reasonable without requiring heroics to complete on time.
• Include WBS column to left of task name column.
• Include overall project name as top row.
• Have all summaries stated in noun only format (or adjective noun – but on present tense verbs).
• Have all tasks (activities) stated in present tense verb-adjective-noun format.
• Have all milestones stated in noun and past tense verb format.
• All tasks should have dependencies shown – no loose ends.
• Display Gantt portion of schedule as large as possible.
• Show critical path in red (or distinctive hash marks if printer is only black).
• Show arrows with dependencies.
• Include no more than 40 lines per page – ensure it is large enough to read easily.
• Include no more pages than necessary so there is little need to align multiple pages for reading unless it is a large schedule.

All referencing in the project material must be in accordance with the APA style guide. A guide to the APA style of referencing (the style now used by the Faculty of Business) is available at: http://student.csu.edu.au/study/referencing-at-csu

 

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COLLAPSE

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“Cooperative Strategy” Please respond to the following:

• From an ethical perspective, determine how much information a firm is obliged to tell a potential strategic alliance partner about what it expects to learn from the cooperative arrangement. Explain your rationale.
• From the e-Activity, determine which type of cooperative strategy would most benefit the two companies you researched. Provide specific examples to support your response.

 

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Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to display lessons learned about designing a change management plan and the implications for performance management promoting a high performance work environment.

In this assignment, you will apply lessons learned about the strategic management process in relation to performance and change management.

Assignment Steps

Resources: Human Resource Management, Supplemental Resources (web links that are of recommendation for us to use: https://www.shrm.org/ https://www.bls.gov/http://www.skillscfa.org/ )

Choose your organization or one you know well to use for this assignment. For this I chose Starbucks Coffee.

Interview a HR leader or another leader in a management position in your chosen organization about a recent change in the organization. (For this section, since at my local Starbucks coffee shop that I go to a lot, got a chance to talk to some management teams over there since I frequent that coffee shop quite a lot, and a type of change in their organization they told me about is with regards to their organizational culture that is trying to influence both their employees and business performance. An example that was given to me was how cafe employees work with each other and how they interact with customers are sort of like indicators of their organizational culture when it comes to their warm greetings and ambience of welcome to their cafe shops, which they think may be part of the company’s distinction from other coffee shop competitors).

Develop a 1,225-word Change Management Plan for the organization. (For this section this is my instructor’s request for what he is look for in the grading of this assignment specifically:

• No more than 1,225 words in length. Yes, I do look at this each week, and deduct points when papers run over the limit, not including cover and reference page words. Remember that in business communication, brevity and accuracy is very important!

Include how the change affected the human resources function.

Consider the following for your plan:

• Introduction
• The purpose for the change;
• The people involved in the change;
• The change implementation methods;
• The budget concerns, timeline, and measurement of success/metrics;
• Recommend a follow-up plan to review impact of the change on the human resources function, additional personnel required, ways to recruit personnel, organizational alignment, and cost changes.
• Include a schematic diagram of your plan.
• Conclusion

Format your assignment consistent with APA and Citation guidelines. Per instructor, here is his recommendation on this for what he will be strictly looking for specifically upon grading:

• Remember to include a Title Page and a separate Reference Page for each paper. Follow the APA and citation guidelines.
• Graduate level courses require a higher level of included research. As a general rule, I look to see that you have researched and referenced at least five good and reliable sources for your paper, not including the textbook for this course. And I do reduce points on the papers if there are not at least five good references, so please be aware. For those not included, I do run each paper through the Plagiarism Checker, so be sure to cite properly and use quotation marks where required!

Instructor’s Plagiarism Message to Class:

Class,

During this course, you will be required to use the proper APA format along with citing your sources correctly and carefully. Over the years that I have been facilitating courses, I have found that many students have similar questions. Here are some commonly asked questions (and answers).

I am publishing this to provide you with information that will help you be successful throughout the program. Please be sure to ask me if you have any questions about the policies. CWE provides a handout on how to cite properly … use it. I keep it at my side as I grade your papers.

Frequently Asked Questions about Plagiarism

Question – What is plagiarism?

Answer – Simply put, plagiarism is lying, cheating, and stealing others’ words instead of using your own. Not putting quotes around words you copy from a site is lying to the instructor. Using material you didn’t write yourself is cheating the other students who did it the honest way. Taking material from others and using it as your own is stealing. Remember, websites that sell student papers (yes, we know they are out there) didn’t write it themselves – they stole it from the owner first.

Question – Why do I need both a text citation and a reference at the end of the paper? Isn’t it enough just to put the reference at the end?

Answer – You must have both because they serve different purposes. The purpose of a text citation is to show the reader the extent to which you are using someone else’s words or ideas. The purpose of the reference is to provide the reader enough information to look up the actual quotation or article to understand it in more detail. If you only include the reference at the end, the reader cannot distinguish your thoughts from those of others.

Question: If I am using ideas from our textbook, do I need to provide a citation and reference for them?

Answer: Yes. Anytime you use ideas from any source, you need to acknowledge their source. If you are quoting your source (even the text), word-for-word, you should enclose it in quotation marks, followed by a text citation. If you are paraphrasing or summarizing something, include a text citation at the end of the paraphrase or summary.

Question: What if materials are from my company handbook or intranet, and not available to anyone outside the company?

Answer: You still must cite the source in the text. This is considered a non-retrievable source, so you do not need to include the reference at the end of the paper, but you do need a text citation, which should include words like internal company document to show that it cannot be retrieved outside of the company.

Question: Isn’t information on the Internet common knowledge and available to use without citation?

Answer: No! Remember, the purpose of the citation is to show that the ideas you are presenting came from someone other than you — so you must always cite your sources — regardless of whether they are from the Internet or some other source.

Question – Do our facilitators have to give us a warning before using more serious sanctions?

Answer – No. Each facilitator has the academic freedom to determine the appropriate sanction for plagiarism. You will receive a 0 in this class for the first instance of plagiarism and fail the class for the second instance.

Question – If I read an article and use some ideas from it, but put them in my own words, do I still need a citation and reference?

Answer – Yes. Even if you change the words (by paraphrasing) or summarize, you must cite ideas that are not your own (both in the text and with a reference). This tells the reader that the idea comes from someone else. The purpose of citation is to show that you are incorporating others’ ideas into your work; therefore, all uses of sources must be carefully documented.

Question – Does this apply to forums or just to formal writing, such as papers?

Answer– It applies to everything you write. Remember, the purpose of a text citation and references is to give credit to the original author. Therefore, whether you are writing a discussion question response, responding to a classmate, or writing a formal paper, if you use someone else’s words to help you make your point, you must give proper credit!

Question – As long as I use proper citations and references in my paper, is it ok for me to cut and paste large sections of my paper?

Answer – No. While this may not be “plagiarism” in the sense that you have properly given credit to your sources, using others’ work instead of your own is not good writing! The purpose of the assignments in our courses is to assess your mastery of the course learning objectives. If you simply cut and paste others’ words, you cannot demonstrate your mastery of the subject matter. Short direct quotes (properly cited) that support your points are fine, but extended quotations or simply cutting and pasting from other sources will typically not meet the assignment requirements and should be avoided.

Side Note: Attached are a Master’s Level Course Essay Format. Appreciate any help that I can receive on this since Management along the lines of a Human Resource Function is not rally my strong area and could use some help to give me an idea on how to go about this essay.

 

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