2013 Unit of Study
The session(s) below are for 2013. For Summer School 2013 unit of study availability please visit the Summer School website (main Summer session January/February 2013).
The University of Sydney session calendar shows exact dates for sessions.
| Performance and Rewards | |
|---|---|
| UoS Code | WORK6030 |
| Credit points | 6 |
| Offered | Winter School |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Corequisites | |
| Prohibitions | |
| Assumed Knowledge | |
| Additional Information | |
| 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. |