4-2 Why would the inventory turnover ratio be more important for someone analyzing a grocery store chain than an insurance company? The inventory turnover ratio is important to a grocery store because of the much larger inventory required and because some of that inventory is perishable. An insurance company would have no inventory to speak of since its line of business is selling insurance policies or other similar financial products--contracts written on paper and entered into between the company
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Compensation is the total amount of the monetary and non-monetary pay provided to an employee by an employer in return for work performed as required. Compensation is based on: • market research about the worth of similar jobs in the marketplace‚ • employee contributions and accomplishments‚ • the availability of employees with like skills in the marketplace‚ • the desire of the employer to attract and retain a particular employee for the value they are perceived to add to the employment relationship
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Chapter 1 Setting the Stage for Strategic Compensation‚ Page 31 2. Presumably‚ five core job characteristics promote intrinsic compensation. Give examples of jobs that you believe rate highly on these core job characteristics. Explain your answer. Director of Daycare Facility * Skill Variety-Knowledge of upcoming changes in the facility‚ upcoming health and safety issues regarding children‚ knowing the many different disabilities that you serve as a daycare and how to handle them. * Task
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Determine whether base pay should be an important component of compensation for the sales staff. If so determine the most appropriate method of determining base pay for the sales staff. What factors did you consider in making these decisions? Ben Hanlon ORGS 3146 February 8‚ 2014 Base Pay as Compensation Base pay is the amount of money an employee is making prior to any sort of compensation or other benefits. Compensation methods such as bonuses‚ indirect pay‚ and performance
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Olympic Athlete Compensation DAN Management and Organizational Studies Compensation and Benefits Management Thursday‚ April 4 2013 Purpose The purpose of this research on compensation of Canadian Olympic athletes is to determine how athletes that represent Canada on the National level are compensated and rewarded for the time they put in to their rigorous training to prepare for an event once every four years. Professional athletes in leagues such as the National Basketball Association‚ the National
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Compensation and Benefits Strategies Lydell Beverly‚ Myia Davila‚ Nancy Rodriguez‚ Lakesia Wilburn HRM/531 December 5‚ 2014 Doreen Lawrence Compensation and Benefits Strategies In today’s world of business‚ most organization must have a compensation and benefits strategies. All organizations must follow these strategies in order to be successful in a small‚ medium‚ or large business. All size businesses need packages to be able to pat their employees and offer some type of benefits to its employees
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The 17th Amendment of the Korean constitution states‚ “Every man is given the right to privacy and freedom which are not to be infringed upon.” The ultimate law in any country is the constitution and no exceptions exist in its implementation. In line with this‚ the CCTVs in schools should be eliminated in respect for students’ privacy. The first reason is that CCTVs do not do any good to reduce crime. An MBC news report aired last August 27‚ 2013 disclosed a shocking statistic. The stat showed
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Assignment Five College Athletes and Compensation Professor Adam Lawrence Strayer University June 9‚ 2013 PART I: PROBLEM The goal of this paper is to focus on evidence that college athletes‚ specifically‚ football players should be compensated for the talents they demonstrate on the field; for many reasons. It is well documented that college presidents‚ coaches‚ athletic directors often think of athletics as the “front porch” of their campuses (Weaver‚ 2011)‚ as it relates to college
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benefits and advantages of compensation management and its impact on employee’s performance‚ it cannot still be said that having compensation management policy is a panacea for success in appraising‚ and managing employee’s performance. It is therefore the duty of all managers to ensure that the use of compensating policy meets employee’s expectation in order to have good and effective performance. The first basic requirement for effective and functional performance system is to have a common
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Executive Compensation Executive Compensation When we think of compensation‚ the first thing that comes to mind for most people is in the form of their income such as wages earned‚ or cash. However‚ compensation can come in many forms. Employers provide compensation to inspire and motivate employees’ performance to accomplish the organizations goals and objectives. Executive compensation is a governance mechanism that seeks to align the interests of managers and owners through salaries‚ bonuses
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