Compensation Management

Paper Code: 
HRG 517
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Objective: 

 The objective of this subject is to promote an understanding of issues related to the compensation in the organizations.

10.00
Unit I: 
Employee Compensation Management

Employee Compensation Management: Concept, Process of determining compensation, Significance of Employee Compensation,

Wage concepts – Minimum wage, Fair wage, Living wage; Wage Theories, wage policy in India.

8.00
Unit II: 
Wage determination

Wage determination: wage determination metods,Job Evaluation, Wage Differentials, Wage Fixation – Statutory wage fixation, Wage Boards & Pay Commissions, Collective bargaining, Adjudication.

9.00
Unit III: 
Wage Components

Wage Components: Basic Salary, DA , Fringe benefits, Bonus,  Wage Incentive system in india, Profit sharing and stock options, VRS

Methods of wage payment – Time, Piece Rate.

8.00
Unit IV: 
Managerial Compensation

Managerial Compensation: Recent trends in Managerial compensation in Indian Organizations and Role of HR Department in compensation management.

10.00
Unit V: 
Legislation Concerning Wages

Legislation Concerning Wages: Payment of Wages Act, 1936; Minimum Wages Act, 1948

Essential Readings: 
  • Aswathappa, K., Human Resources and Personnel Management , Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd., New Delhi
  • Rao.V.S.P, Human Resource management, Excel Book, New Delhi.
  • Monappa  Arun, Industrial Relations, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., New Delhi
  • Subramaian K.N. Wages in India, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., New Delhi :

Verma, Pramod Wage Determination: Concepts and Cases , Oxford and IBH, Publication, New Delhi :

References: 
  • Sharma, A.M. Industrial Relations, Conceptual and Legal Framework, Himalaya Publishing House
  • Poole Michael, Industrial Relations; Origins and Patterns of National Diversity; Routledge & Kegan paul, London.
  • Keer, Clark and Staudohar, Paul D., Industrial Relations in a New Age, Jossey- Bass Publishers, San Franciso;
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