BUS 409: Compensation Management

ASSIGNMENT PREPARATION FOR WEEK 8

Your Effective Compensation Plans assignment is due next week. Take a moment to familiarize yourself with the assignment instructions and scoring guide. Make sure you understand the instructions and how you will be evaluated on the assignment. Ask your faculty member about any questions you have.

This assignment is a research-based paper. You will need to conduct independent research on what constitutes effective compensation plans, ones that attract, retain, and motivate employees. Here is some helpful information to help you get started on your research:

• Access Basic Search: Strayer University Online Library or iCampus University Library Research.
• You may also use Google Scholar or government websites, such as the U.S. Small Business Administration.
• Wikipedia and personal blogs do not quality as quality resources.

You may find these resources helpful for your research:

• PayScale.
• Salary.com.
  • Be sure to check out the Data and Learn tabs.
• U.S. Small Business Administration.
  • Click on Manage Your Business.
  • Click on Hire and Manage Employees.