Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Part one: Introducing the pay model and pay strategy: The pay model -- Strategy: the totality of decisions -- Part two: Internal alignment: determining the structure: Defining internal alignment -- Job analysis -- Job-based structures and job evaluation -- Person-based structures -- Part three: External competitiveness: determining the competitiveness -- Designing pay levels, mix, and pay structures -- Part four: Employee contributions: determining individual pay: Pay-for-pay performance: the evidence -- Pay-for-performance plans -- Performance appraisals -- Part five: Employee benefits: The benefit determination -- Benefit determination process -- Benefit options -- Part six: Extending the system: Compensation of special groups -- Union role in wage and salary administration -- International pay systems -- Part seven: Management the system: Government and legal issues in compensation -- Management: making it work.