Building a Fair Pay Program [Paperback]

Roger J. Plachy (Author), Sandra J. Plachy (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0814479650 | ISBN-13: 978-0814479650 | Publication Date: September 22, 1998 | Edition: 2nd

Since 1986 this definitive, step-by-step resource has guided compensation and human resources professionals in one of the most challenging tasks they face: designing and implementing an effective pay program.

Now, in this expanded and updated edition, readers learn the critical importance of linking pay to performance by focusing on actual results achieved. The book provides a ready-to-go model to adapt for the particular needs of individual companies. It shows how to: tie the pay program into the organization's strategic plans
-- understand and choose among the many options available
-- analyze and evaluate specific jobs
-- communicate the plan to employees.

Product Details

• Paperback: 463 pages
• Publisher: AMACOM; 2nd edition (September 22, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814479650
• ISBN-13: 978-0814479650
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 9.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,858,018 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A helpful, complete and clearly written how-to manual., March 28, 1999

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This review is from: Building a Fair Pay Program (Paperback)

This is an excellent how-to manual that covers job analysis and evaluation, developing pay grades and ranges, surveying the market, and writing policies and procedures. The book presents guidelines and a detailed plan of action for building a pay program. The process involves nine phases beginning with knowing the organization (its aims and issues) through maintaining the program.

This a detailed, do-it-yourself manual, which includes numerous key question guides, examples, formats, and illustrations. Overall, this book offers a specific approach that does NOT leave readers on their own to figure things out. Recommended. Reviewed by Gerry Stern, author of Stern's Sourcefinder The Master Directory to HR and Business Management Information & Resources, the CyberSpace SourceFinder, and the Compensation and Benefits SourceFinder.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An exceptional guide for HR / compensation practitioners, April 25, 2001

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Turgay BUGDACIGIL (Istanbul, Turkey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Building a Fair Pay Program (Paperback)

'Building a Fair Pay Program' is an important contribution to compensation/pay management literature. Roger J. Plachy and Sandra J. Plachy summarize their main themes that distinguish this book from other books on pay management as following:

1. Pay management is built on an integrated and coherent job results management strategy.

2. An organization's mission is fulfilled by employees through contributions of job results.

3. The critical architecture for managing job contributions is a profile of job results, job duties, and four possible outcomes.

4. Pay is based on job contributions.

5. Results-oriented (nonbehavioral), objective (nonsubjective) thinking is applied in detailed to each element of pay management.

For any compensation and HR practitioners who want to gain a competitive advantage through the strategic use of their compensation system, R.J.Plachy and S.J.Plachy provide an exceptional guide.

Highly recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding!! Perfect for compensation novices, December 12, 2005

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Chris Moyer (Decatur, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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I run my own company where more often than not, I have to be chief cook and bottle washer. I knew some aspects of setting up a compensation program, but this book was a revelation. The first 80 pages or so are about getting a comp plan through corporate obstacles and so didn't apply to my small business, but the rest of the book was perfect. It logically guides you through establishing the purpose of your company in written form, and then building every single job description as an extension of that purpose and rewarding the job accordingly. It makes so much practical sense, and yet it wasn't obvious from the outset. This book will be invaluable to anyone trying to cook up their own compensation structure.