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PLEASE SELECT A TABLE AT WHICH NONE OF THE PEOPLE OF YOUR REGULAR GROUP ARE SITTING GOAL IS TO REARRANGE ALL GROUPS (JUST FOR THIS MEETING). IMPORTANT. Introduction into Compensation and Ocean Park Case. Session 18. Agenda. What determines pay levels?
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PLEASE SELECT A TABLE AT WHICH NONE OF THE PEOPLE OF YOUR REGULAR GROUP ARE SITTING GOAL IS TO REARRANGE ALL GROUPS (JUST FOR THIS MEETING) IMPORTANT
Introduction into Compensation and Ocean Park Case Session 18
Agenda • What determines pay levels? • Elements of compensation • Ocean Park case discussion
Decisions About Pay • Job Structure • Relative pay for different jobs within the organization • Pay level • Average amount the organization pays for a particular job • Pay structure • The pay policy resulting from job structure and pay-level decisions
Issues in Developing a Pay Structure • Market Forces • Product markets • Labor markets Legal Requirements • Organization’s Goals • High-quality workforce • Cost control • Equity and fairness • Legal compliance Pay Level Decision Job Structure Decision • Pay Structure Decision • Pay rates • Pay grades • Pay ranges • Pay differentials (Re-arranged from Figure 11.1)
Legal Requirements in Hong Kong • Minimum wage • No minimum wage except for foreign domestic helpers. • Child labor • Children under to age of 15 are prohibited to work (13 and 14 is allowed in some non-manufacturing industries as part-timers). • Working hours • Shift to five-day workweek. • Discrimination Ordinances (EOC)
Economic Influences on Pay • Product Markets • Number and diversity of organizations that offer competing goods and services • Labor costs are a key consideration to stay competitive • Labor Markets • Companies have to stay competitive with regard to pay to attract the best employees • Cost-of-Living
Employee Judgments about Pay Fairness What might employees do if they perceive pay unfairness?
Job Structure: Relative Value of Jobs • Job evaluation • An administrative procedure for measuring the relative internal worth of the organization's jobs • Hay Guide-Chart Profile Method • Method of job evaluation that creates a profile for each position based on its • Required know-how • Degree of problem solving • Accountability
Pay Structure: Putting it all Together • Pay may be in terms of • Salary, hourly rate, piecework rate • Pay policy line • Shows the mathematical relationship between job evaluation points and pay rate • Pay Grades • Sets of jobs having similar worth or content, grouped together to establish rates of pay
Test Your Knowledge • To correct a Red-circled employee, I would….. • Give them a raise • Demote them • Give them a bonus, but no raise • Move them to a job with a higher pay range
Pay Structure and Actual Pay • HR is typically responsible for setting the pay structure and monitoring it over time • Compa-Ratio: ratio of average pay to the midpoint of the pay range Figure 11.7
Base Compensation • The fixed pay an employee receives on a regular basis • Salary or hourly wages • The most standard part about pay
Pay Incentive • A program designed to reward employees for good performance • Bonuses, profit sharing
Indirect Benefit • Benefits • Health insurance, housing scheme, annual leaves • Perquisites, perks • Car, parking, club member, etc.
Strategic Aspects • Compensation constitutes the single most important cost in the firm • 60% or even higher of the total cost • The pay strategy should be consistent with overall business strategy • Hi-tech industry: Research & Development
Ocean Park Case Study • Small Group Discussion • Wrap-up and questions for Mr. Ho
Allan Zeman Chairman of the Board Thomas J. Mehrmann Chief Executive Brian Ho HR Director (and OUR GUEST SPEAKER for next week) Ocean Park: Key Players
Redevelopment Master Plan 2006-2010 • HKD 5.5 Billion • 33 additional animal species, number of rides will double to 70. • Two new hotels providing 1200-1500 rooms • From 4.3 mln visitors in 2004 to 5 mln visitors in 2010 • 50% of visitors from mainland, 40% local, 10% overseas.
Growing Number of Mainland Visitors ** Over 10 percent annual growth in the number of visitors!
How’s HK Disneyland doing? • Not many statistics available • Walt Disney revealed in an SEC filing that Hong Kong Disneyland drew fewer visitors from October to December 2006 than in the same period a year ago. • Missed target of 5.6 million visitors for 2006. • Disney also disclosed that if business doesn’t improve quickly, it will fail to meet performance pledges to its creditors, forcing it to refinance $294 million in debt.
Competitive advantages • What are the competitive advantages of Ocean Park? • What are those of Hong Kong Disneyland?