Please submit your learning team paper: Strategic compensation here. Note this and all papers in this course should use APA format. This Powerpoint file on APA gives a brief overview.
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Recently orders have been much slower due to a recent downturn in the overall economy, and there have been a few layoffs. Paul was directed by the owners to “keep good workers who will stay” and to “keep us out of court.” The company has a single location which is in an industrial park outside a major metropolitan area. Until recently turnover was very high although Paul had been able to reduce it some since he arrived. Right now there are a couple of openings in several job classifications. Although hiring is limited at the present time, the owners expect business to pick up soon. When it does, Paul needs to be ready to hire additional workers.
Before Paul’s arrival, department managers did their own