1-Compare and contrast the pay and employment practices that are common in japan with the pay and employment practices that are common in germany?

2- What kind of information should be collected before performing a job analysis ,and why is that information needed?

3- What are some of the reason for the growth of employee benefits over the past half century?

4- How can describing a present value of a stream of earnings be used to help a possible new hire overcome objections to a small starting salary?

5- Why is it important to continually reassess an organization total compensation strategy?

6- Define differentials and discuss some of the major factors that go into determining them.

7- Define job analysis and describe why its an important step in the compensation process?

8- Define ranking and discuss the pros and cons of using this as a job evaluation method?

9- Describe how a skill based plan become more expensive for an employer as compared to another employer who isnt using a skill based plan?

10- Describe the differences between the marginal product of labor and marginal revenue of labor?

11- Describe the differences between cash profit sharing and gain sharing?

12- List and describe the four major cost containment strategies for benefit?

13- What are the differences between a third country national and a local country national?