Visioning Before Strategizing

Prepare a 1–2-page guiding principles document for staff compensation at a new company.

For the human resource (HR) manager, the focus is on designing policies that consistently reflect the company's business image. Being incongruent is simply not a winning strategy. If a company chooses to be the best in field, it automatically requires its policies to be the same. One of the major roles for human resource practitioners in this process is to ensure that the compensation polices reflect the organization's image. If a company strives to be the best in the field and attract and retain top talent, the compensation strategy must be designed accordingly.