Explain the concept of market-competitive compensation systems and summarize the four activities compensation professionals engage in to create these systems.

Learning Objectives

7.1 Explain the concept of market-competitive compensation
systems and summarize the four activities compensation
professionals engage in to create these systems.
7.2 Discuss compensation survey practices.
7.3 Describe how compensation professionals integrate
internal job structures with external market pay rates.
7.4 Explain the basic concepts of compensation policies and
strategic mandates: pay mix and pay level