Base Pay Administration and Pay for
Performance Module 5 Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
In order for a merit pay plan to be effective, several conditions must exist; - ANS Individual
performance must be important and measurable.
Employees must have some control over their performance.
Managers must be effectively trained.
Sound internal controls must exist.
There must be open and continual communication
Pay for performance can be looked at as a 3 stage process - ANS Establish measures
Communicate links between measures and assessment
Assess performance against measures
Establish Measures - Types of measures may be - ANS financial or non-financial
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Establish Measures - ANS Types of measurements
Performance measurement systems
No one-size-fits-all approach
Establish Measures - Performance measurement systems are - ANS Balanced Scorecard
Business Excellence Model
Shareholder Value Added
Activity Based Costing and Cost of Quality
Competitive Benchmarking
A company must communicate Links between - ANS established measures and performance
assessment.
Assess performance against measures, usually in 3 forms - - ANS Individual
Team/group/lob
organization
How does an organization assess employees? - ANS Formal