Aligning HR Processes 4: Rewards and recognition

Working with managers, develop and apply effective compensation and incentive plans, and other types of rewards and recognition, to support the organization's efforts to achieve both its short- and long-term strategic objectives and priorities

On-the-Job

Study compensation survey data available from such organizations as William Mercer, Inc., the Hay Group, and the Institute of Management & Administration (IOMA)

Education and Training

• Performance Management and Rewards (The Walker Group, offered as an in-house workshop, 2 days, 203-431-1333)
• Strategic Sales Compensation (University of Chicago, 312-464-8732, 3 days, $2500)
• Pay Program Strategy and Design (University of Michigan, 313-763-1000, 2 days, $1100)
• Pay for Competencies, Skill, and Knowledge: New Research Findings (University of Southern California, 213-740-9814, 1 day, $595)
• Reward Strategy (Aubrey Daniels & Associates, 404-493-5080, 2 days, $695)
• American Compensation Association (602-922-2020)
     ---Compensation Management Issues, 1 day, $295
     ---Global Remuneration Forum, 2 days, $725
     ---Alternative Reward Systems: Improving Performance and Competitiveness, 3 days, $775
     ---Rewarding Teams and Team Members, 3 days, $775
     ---Total Compensation Management, 3 days, $775
     ---Elements of Executive Compensation, 3 days, $775
• American Management Association (518-891-1500)
     ---Strategic Issues in Compensation, 2 days, $1445
     ---Team-Based Compensation Systems, 2 days, $1345
     ---Economic Value Added and Executive Compensation, 2 days, $1495
     ---Linking Value-Based Performance to Incentive Compensation, 1 day, $695
     ---How to Design and Implement Team-Based Compensation Systems, 2 days, $1295
     ---How to Design and Implement a Successful Variable Pay Program, 2 days, $1345
• Attend Major Association Compensation/Benefits Conference:
     ---American Compensation Association (602-922-2020)
     ---Conference Board (212-339-0345). Separate Conference on Executive Compensation
     ---International Quality and Productivity Center (781-256-0211)
     ---Institute for International Research (212-661-8740)
     ---International Benefits Information Service (312-993-7900)
     ---International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (414-786-6710)
     ---Employee Benefit News (817-277-7167)

Reading

• The Conference Board (212-339-0345)
     ---Directors' Compensation and Board Practices, Report No 1259, 1999
     ---Top Executive Pay for Performance, Report No. 1113, 1995
     ---Top Executive Compensation, Report No. 1258, 1999
     ---Top Executive Compensation: Canada, France, The United Kingdom, and the United States, Report No 1250, 1999
     ---Pay for Performance Series: Report 1127 - Individual Incentive Programs; Report 1064 - Current Profit Sharing; Report No. 1006 - Goal-Based Pay; Report No. 967 - Gainsharing for Productivity
     ---Compensation: Present Practices and Future Concerns, Report No. 1129, 1995
     ---Taking Stock of Employee Stock Options, HR Executive Review, Report No. HRER-17, 1998
     ---Variable Pay: Nontraditional Programs for Motivation and Reward, Report No. 1031, 1993
     ---Employee Recognition Programs, HE Executive Review, Report No. HRER-23, 1999
  
• The End of Jobs as We Know Them: Planning and Managing Rewards in the New Work Paradigm (AMACOM, 518-891-1500)
• Aligning Work and Rewards: A Framework for Accelerating Change and Increasing Commitement (AMACOM, 518-891-1500)
• Compensation Basics for the Generalist: Understanding the Role of Pay in Human Resource Strategy (American Compensation Association, 602-922-2020, 1996)
• Pay for Results: A Practical Guide to Effective Employee Compensastion (Merritt Publishing, 1996)
• Michael Armstrong and Helen Murlis, Reward Management (3rd ed.) (Order from Hay-McBer, 800-729-8074)
• John G. Belcher, Jr., Results-Oriented Variable Pay Systems (AMACOM, 1996)
• Theresa Brother, Rethinking Corporate Compensation Plans (Conference Board Report, 1992)
• Elaine M. Evans, Compensation Basics for HR Generalists: Understanding the Role of Pay in Human Resource Strategy (ACA, 1995)
• Thomas P. Flannery, David A. Hofrichter and Paul Platten, People, Pay and Performance (The Free Press, 1996)
• James Galbraith, Created Unequal: The Crisis in American Pay (Free Press, 1998)
• Steven E. Gross, Compensation for Teams (AMACOM, 1995)
• Roger L. Hale and Rita F. Maehling, Recognition Redefined (Gray Media, 1993)
• Hay Group, Compensation and Benefits Strategies for 1998 and Beyond (Report) (781-239-1111)
• Richard I. Henderson, Compensation Management in a Knowledge-Based World (Prentice Hall, 1997)
• James S. Hilgren and David W. Cheatham, Understanding Performance Measures: An Approach to Linking Resards to the Achievement of Organizational Objectives (American Compensation Association, 1996)
• David Hume, Reward Management (Blackwell, 1995)
• Steven Kerr (ed.), Ultimate Rewards: What Really Motivates People to Achieve (Harvard Business Review Books, 1997)
• James Kouzes and Barry Posner, Encouraging the Heart: A Leader's Guide to Rewarding and Recognizing Others (Jossey-Bass, 1999)
• Edward E. Lawler, Strategic Pay: Aligning Organizational Strategies and Pay Systems (Jossey-Bass, 1990)
• Edward Lawler, Rewarding Excellence: Pay Strategies for the New Economy (Jossey-Bass, 2000)
• Jerry L. McAdams, The Reward Plan Advantage: A Manager's Guide to Improving Business Performance through People (Jossey-Bass, 1996)
• Thomas J. McCoy, Compensation and Motivation (AMACOM, 1992)
• George T. Milkovich and Jerry M. Newman, Compensation (5th ed.) (Irwin, 1996)
• Glenn Parker et al., Rewarding Teams: Lessons from the Trenches (Jossey-Bass, 2000)
• Sara Rynes and Barry Gerhart (eds.), Compensation in Organizations: Current Research and Practice (Jossey-Bass, 2000)
• Jay Schuster and Patricia K. Zingheim, The New Pay: Linking Employee and Organizational Performance (Lexington Books, 1992)
• Steven Seltz, Linking Pay to Performance (ACA, 1993)
• Robert E. Sibson, Compensation (AMACOM, 1990)
• Patrick L. Townsend and Joan Gebhardt, Recognition, Gratitude and Celebration (Crisp Publications, 1997)
• Thomas B. Wilson, Innovative Reward Systems for the Changing Workplace (McGraw-Hill, 1995)
• Thomas B. Wilson, Rewarding Group Performance (ACA, 1996)
• Thomas B. Wilson, Rewards That Drive High Performance: Success Stories from Leading Organizations (AMACOM, 1999)
• Patricia Zingheim and Jay Schuster, Pay People Right: Breakthrough Reward Strategies to Create Great Companies (Jossey-Bass, 2000