2013 Unit of Study

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Performance and Rewards
UoS Code WORK6030
Credit points 6
Offered Winter School
Prerequisites None
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Lectures 13 contact hrs per week x 3 weeks
Assessment Performance management case analysis (2000 words; 40%), in class quiz (20%), final exam (2 hours; 30%), class participation (10%)
Description This unit examines the processes and practices associated with contemporary performance and reward management. Results-based, behaviourally-based and competency-based methods of performance management are examined, along with processes of performance review, planning and developing. Coverage of reward management issues includes: job- and person-based approaches to building base pay structures; methods for rewarding individual performance; work group incentives such as gainsharing, goal-sharing and team pay; methods of rewarding employees for organisational performance, including employee share ownership; and performance-related rewards for executives. The unit also examines approaches to developing strategically integrated performance and reward management systems.
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