HRM307 Compensation & Benefits Case Study 1 - Workforce Solutions Services Inc. (WSS)

1) Of the three generic business strategies that most organizations follow (cost-cutter, customer-centric, prospector, innovator, or something else), which strategy does your case study seem to fit and why? Review the following to help you; the article in Unit 1 titled The linkages between business strategies, culture, and compensation using Miles & Snow's and Hofstede culture framework in conglomerate firms, Three Compensation Strategies (Exhibit 2.1), and Tailor the Compensation System to the Strategy (Exhibit 2.3).

2) What compensation objectives can you conclude from your case study (review Exhibits 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, and 2.3 to help you gather some ideas for your case study)? List several unique compensation objectives for your case study and explain why you have inferred your unique objectives.

3) Review Formulating a Total Compensation Strategy (Exhibit 2.6) and Contrasting Maps of Microsoft and SAS (Exhibit 2.8). Map a total compensation strategy for Competitiveness and Employee Contributions. Discuss your company's profile in these two areas and explain why you have answered in this way.

4) In the case study you have selected, how might the company's values be reflected in your compensation system design and why?

5) Review Hierarchical versus Egalitarian Structures (Exhibit 3.6) and Layered versus Delayered Structures (Exhibit 3.7). What types of internal structures do you believe would fit best for your case study and why?