HR647 Compensation
Chapman University
Concord, California Campus

Course Overview

Couse Syllabus
Course Outline

Current Course Offering by Robert C. Hughes, M.S. - BUS 319 Management Information Systems
Sonoma State University - Spring Term - 2003

In this Compensation Course taught by Mr. Hughes, Total Compensation Plan Policy and Design is covered along with Modern Job and Competency Analysis and Job Evaluation strategies and methods. Impact of Federal laws and guidelines such as the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, American with Disabilities Act, and relevant case law will be discussed as they bear on contemporary practices in Job and Competency Analysis and Job Evaluation.

Traditional and Contemporary Wage and Salary structure design and mechanics will be explored as well as survey project management and analysis.

Components of Human Resource software applications designed to aid in developing and managing compensation planning and administrative systems will be reviewed. Wage and hour law at both the Federal and State levels will also be covered.

Robert C. Hughes Jr, M.S. is the course instructor. RC ' Bob' Hughes has over 23 years experience in Human Resources Managment and has specialized and consulted in the areas of Human Resource Systems Management and Development and Compensation Planning and Research Systems. Mr Hughes has developed organization wide Compensation Policies and Procedures, Base and Variable Compensation Plans including Incentive and Gainsharing programs and has built complex Total Compensation Planning and Analysis Systems.

Mr. Hughes has practiced and consulted in HRMS and Compensation Systems development, evaluation, deployment and management in both the public and private sectors including finance, insurance, health care, college and universities, transportation and the federal government.

Mr. Hughes has developed commercial Compensation Planning Software and Online Compensation Planning Systems and has worked as a Compensation Planning Consultant in a wide variety of corporate and public sector settings.

Mr. Hughes has been a member of the American Compensation Association since 1984 and received APS/PHR certification in Compensation and Benefits from HRCI in 1986. He holds a Master in Science Degree in Industrial Psychology from San Francisco State University and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Compensation Assocation(renamed WorldatWork in 2000).


Course
Resources
CompBuilder Salary Structure Modeling Software
Online Pricing and Order Forms for CompBuilder Student Pack Edition
Cases in Compensation Course Workbook Software Access
Course Outline
Course Syllabus
Age Discrimination Act of 1967
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Equal Pay Act Charge Statistics FY1992-2000
Executive Compensation Case Study
Agilent Technologies - 2002 Proxy Statement
Conference Board Recommended Best Practices
Sample Job Class Description
The Changing Nature of Work: Implications for Occupational Analysis,
(1999), National Academy Press, Online Book
Women Work and Wages:Equal Pay For Jobs Of Equal Value,
(1981), National Academy Press, Online Book

Related
Links
BLS Home
CODAP Occupational Job Analysis System Site
History of the Air Force Occupational Analysis Program (AFOMS/OMY)
Compensation Resource Institute
CompExec - Total Compensation Planning and Analysis
OMF Job Evaluation / Job Evaluation Systems Compared
CompBuilder - Wage and Salary Structure Modeling System
OMF Job and Compentency Analysis Software
compensation-online.com
Compensation Bookshelf - Modern and Classic Texts and References
Human Investment Research And Education Institute at CSUH
IHRIM - International Human Resource Information Management Association
IPMA - International Personnel Management Association
U.S. OPM Federal Classification Systems(FCS)
U.S. OPM Strategic Compensation Policy Center
SHRM - Society For Human Resource Management
WorldatWork (formerly ACA - American Compensation Association)


Last Updated: May 18, 2003

 

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