Statement

Compensating employees represents a critical human resource management practice, so without strategic compensation systems, companies cannot attract and retain the best qualified employees. Thus, in compensating their employees, work organisations try to adopt different pay methods for different jobs. However, the choice of the pay method is subject to various factors, such as: skill, effort, responsibility, working condition, and many other internal and external factors (laws, regulations, competition, market, etc.).

Requirement – Content

In light of the statement above and course reading, select a job that has more than just a base pay component, and research the different parts of its compensation elements. You need to explain why these compensation elements are important. To do so, you need to provide some form of analysis as to why the compensation package is created the way it is.

Requirement – Format

Your assignment should be submitted in essay format following the guideline set out in the Assignment Guidelines (see below…). The work must be word-processed and must not exceed 1000 words: only 10% below or above is permitted.

Your work should include the cover sheet for this assignment (it is provided below). The font type used for this essay must be ‘Times New Roman’ with a font size of 12. Line spacing of paragraphs should be 1.5.

Submission - Deadline

The completed assignment should be submitted online via Black Board.

Please, note that the deadline date for submission is Wednesday the 14th of March 2018.

Academic Guidelines for the Submission of Assignments

All your written assignments should adhere to the following guidelines:

• Hard copy to be handed in on the due date specified on Blackboard calendar. Soft copy submitted via Safe Assign. Assignments submitted by email will not be accepted.
• Black text on white paper, A4 size
• Word processed (typed), not handwritten
• Maximum font size 12 pt.
• Use a normal (non-italicized, non-bolded) font, Times New Roman is recommended
• 1.5" spaced paragraphs
• Quotations and footnotes may be single-spaced.
• Leave a 1" margin on all sides.
• The writing should be mechanically correct, meaning (minimally) at a level we expect of university students: proofread,written in complete sentences with correct spelling and punctuation and proper citation of sources.
• You do have to cite all sources you used.
• Use APA as your main form of citation. In-text citations are mandatory.
• Number all pages except for the title page (which is p.i) - the first page of the text is p.1.
• Staple the papers at the top left corner.

Cheating and Plagiarism: Those who copy or use the work of others without attribution will receive no credit for the assignment involved. More than one incident of cheating and/or plagiarism will trigger University disciplinary action.

Plagiarism Policy:

· The work you submit for credit must be your original work.

· Assignments that are not the original work of the student are considered plagiarized.

· Plagiarism occurs when another person’s work, words, or ideas are presented as one’s own without the use of a school-recognized method of citation, such as APA style (e.g., copied from another source such as an author or another student without properly acknowledging the actual writer/author).

· Plagiarism also occurs when knowingly giving or allowing one’s own work to be copied or otherwise duplicated by another for academic credit, or when resubmitting one’s own work for academic credit.

· All those who violate this policy will receive a zero for the assignment and the case will be turned over to the Dean of Student Affairs for further action.