6-2 Final Project Milestone Three: Section 2: External Competitiveness
1 Internally Consistent Compensation System at E-Sonic
Internally Consistent Compensation System at E-Sonic
Caroline Oti
Internally Consistent Compensation System
Following constant and maximum thoughts and conclusions, four jobs have been
developed according to great interest in them. The position of an office manager is of much
responsibility and keeps normal operations of the organization running. From the office manager,
the executive assistant follows in rank but their functions are quite many as substituted by the
administrative assistant. As a person who is actively serving in law enforcement duties, I have
not really seen such positions in the workplaces I’ve served in, although I deeply believe there is
a similarity of such positions with those in the sectors I have served. Choosing the administrative
assistant was driven by the fact that there is a close relation to my past jobs. The position of a
copy writer is the last that I chose which is an interesting position (Joseph, M., 2015).
Writing job descriptions requires much knowledge and is as well an important skill for all
professions. There is need for E-Sonic to develop absolute descriptions of every job they post
and make sure that marketing is easy as well as promoting the brand name E-Sonic (Glassdoor,
2018). Below, is a list of summaries of different jobs, duties of every job, and specifications of
work for every position within E-Sonic. The list consists of the office manager then, the
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administrative assistant followed by the executive assistant, and ends with the copy writer all in
the order of ranking from the highly to the lowly ranked.
Job Descriptions
� Office Manager: Summary of the Job: The office manager has the responsibility of organizing and
prioritizing all daily operations to motivate productive operations within E-Sonic’s
office settings.
Job duties: Must ensure that all of the equipment including fax machines, copiers, and
computers are regularly and well maintained. Also, maintenance of the budget in the
office and realizing any opportunities that save overhead costs, are the responsibilities
of the office manager.
Specifications of Work: As the office manager, one must possess a diploma from a
recognized high-school as a minimum and basic knowledge in management as well as
be familiar with the methods of managing professional office settings.
� Administrative Assistant:
Summary of the Job: This employee is entitled with management of E-Sonic’s clerical
tasks that arise every day.
Job duties: Must have special skills especially in multi-tasking, interpersonal skills are
also a requirement, and must be able to effectively perform in a vigorous environment
of the profession that experiences constant changes.
Specifications of Work: Must be a holder of at a minimum a recognizable high-school
diploma, although a college degree is more desirable. Records keeping skill is a
requirement for this position.
� Executive Assistant:
Summary of the Job: The executive assistant handles the tasks delegated by the
administrative assistant and other tasks within the office.
Job duties: This employee is entitled with the execution of clerical duties and analysis
of data for presentation purposes and decision making by the management of E-Sonic.
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Specifications of Work: To successfully perform as the executive assistant, one must
have an experience for a minimum of five years as an executive in a closely similar
profession. A recognizable college degree is also a requirement.
� Copy Writer:
Summary of the Job: In this position, a copy writer comes up with marketing
advertisements both in hard copies or online for the promotion of E-Sonic’s music
platform that enable online streaming.
Job duties: The responsibilities are editing ads to a clear, relatable and concise format
that the potential consumers understand with ease. Also, they should be able to develop
marketing strategies that can be incorporated for production. They should as well advice
the management on pitch ideas in marketing.
Specifications of Work: A degree (four year in college) is the minimum requirement
for this position. The specialization should be in advertising and marketing. A portfolio
must be provided of the completed tasks of marketing products through ads.
Job Structures
Administrative
Positions
Customer Service Software
Handling
Marketing
Office Manager Customer Service
Director (DCS)
Software
Development
Director (DSD)
Chief Marketing
Officer (CMO)
Administrative
Assistant (AS)
Customer Service
Specialist (CSS)
Software Project
Manager (SPM)
Marketing Director
(MD)
Executive Assistant
(EA)
Customer Service
Manager (CSM)
Software Engineer
(SE)
Market Research
Analyst (MRA)
Office Assistant
(OA)
Customer Service
Agent (CSA)
Software testing
Specialist (STS)
Creative Director
(CD)
(Martocchio, 2016)
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Build Point Evaluation Method
Coming up with the market rates for the mentioned positions in the organization
is important since through them, decisions on hiring, payments, promotions, pay rises
and compensations are planned. The chosen jobs will be evaluated and the for the
administrative assistant position, internal benchmarking is applicable since it is easy in
terms of research and application, the organization’s management will be in a position
of matching all of the assistants against job performance (Joseph, M., 2015)
Competitive benchmarking is essential for the Copy Writer’s position since it will
allow comparison of similar products as well as systems provided by other companies
like Spotify and Pandora. The office manager position as well as the one for the
executive can be evaluated or benchmarked easily through functional benchmarking
because through it, similar practices or functions in the industry can be compared to
those in E-Sonic (Martocchio, 2016).
The compensational considerations are the evaluations in the jobs where pay rates
can be created by professionals (Martocchio, 2016). There are specialists who based on
two considerations decide on different compensation aspects. The considerations are:
Job relation that describes a distinct job which must showcase the work. The other
consideration is what influence can promote the tactics of the organization.
Nonetheless, evaluation of the values as well as objectives of E-Sonic is the best way of
defining compensable factors (Martocchio, 2016).
Factor Degree Statements
These statements are developed around, working conditions, skills, and
accountability levels. The skills are based on technical, personal skills, managerial
expertise or knowledge, and experience at work. E-Sonic requires that the employees
stand accountable on the mandate of coming up with decisions as well as performance
where applicable. The organization is firmly devoted to the creation of an online
platform of music streaming that not only meets the expectations of customers but its
own are also considered (Joseph, M., 2015).
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Calculation of Point Values for E-Sonic Jobs
Compensable Factor
(CF)
Relative Value (%) Total Points
Achievable
Total Points for
every Compensable
Factor (CF)
Management/
Administrative
expertise
40 1250 1250 * .40= 500
Time Management 30 1250 1250 * .30= 375
Oral/Writing 20 1250 1250 * .20= 250
Computer
Application
Knowledge
5 1250 1250 * .5= 62.5
Financial Analysis
Skills
5 1250 1250 * .5= 62.5
(Martocchio, 2016).
Compensable
Factor (CF)
Relative
Value
(%)
Total Points
for every
Compensable
Factor (CF)
Maximum
1 2 3 4 5
Management/
Administrative
Expertise
40 500 100 200 300 400 500 500
Time
Management
30 375 75 150 225 300 375 375
Oral and or
Writing
20 250 50 100 150 200 250 250
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Computer
Literacy
5 62.5 12.5 25 37.5 50 62.5 62.5
Financial
Investigation
Skills
5 62.5 12.5 25 37.5 50.0 62.5 62.5
Totals 100% 1250 250 500 750 1000 1250 1250
(Martocchio, 2016)
For the Administrative Assistant: 200 + 200 + 37.5 + 25 = 462.5
For the Executive Assistant: 375 + 50 + 250 + 62.5 + 62.5 = 810
Positions Ranking at E-Sonic According to the Results of Point Evaluation
The table below can be reviewed applying the point method for ranking positions at
E-Sonic.
Administrative Customer Service Software Marketing
Office Manager
(1200)
Customer Service
Director (DCS)
(1100)
Software
Development
Director (DSD)
(1250)
Chief Marketing
Officer (CMO)
(1250)
Executive Assistant
(EA)
(810)
Customer Service
Specialist (CSS)
(862.5)
Software Project
Manager (SPM)
(862.5)
Marketing Director
(MD) (1112.5)
Administrative
Assistant (AS)
(462.5)
Customer Service
Manager (CSM)
(610)
Software Engineer
(SE)
(800)
Market Research
Analyst (MRA) (750)
Office Assistant
(294.5)
Customer Service
Agent (CSA) (380)
Software testing
Specialist (STS)
(640)
Creative Director
(CD)
(930)
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