You have learned that it is common to have separate compensation plans for certain employee groups (e.g., sales professionals, research scientists, or executive officers).
One particular pay plan, CEO compensation, continues to be a lightning rod issue for many organizations, attracting a lot of attention and media coverage.
What makes CEO compensation unique and problematic? What are some options for improving the effectiveness of, and public reaction to, CEO pay?
Read the article, "The Whys and Wherefores of Executive Pay." Then, respond to the following:
Discuss whether or not the changes in the composition of CEO pay have been effective in increasing company performance. Justify your claims.
Explain why there might be other alternatives that work better for long-term company growth and profitability. Provide an example of such an alternative pay option.
When responding to others, move the discussion toward a description of best practices in CEO compensation.
Things to Remember!
Post your primary response on the discussion board in 2 to 4 paragraphs (approximately 300 words). Justify your explanations by including in-text citations and APA-formatted references, as applicable.
Guidelines
Throughout the course, you will be expected to engage in discussions that are designed to:
- Engage students in the course materials and resources in order to enhance their understanding of the course content,
- Foster lively debates which serve as a platform for students to learn from each other,
- Enable students to share their understanding and expertise with their classmates,
- Allow students to work collaboratively and create a sense of community among themselves, and
- Enable the instructor to evaluate students' understanding of key course concepts and outcomes and to clarify important points identified in readings and assignments.
When posting, your goal should be to prepare and submit substantive and meaningful comments, which demonstrate critical thought that is informed by evidence. The goal of critical thought is to assess the good and bad qualities of your own and others' ideas, and to use evidence to justify your opinions or thinking. As such, you should examine whether the point you are making-or responding to- is consistent or inconsistent with what you have learned so far. Additionally, you should think about the potential implications of your idea.
Listed below are some tenets of what is included in substantive posts:
- Focus on ideas and concepts relevant to the course content and objectives
- Integrate or apply relevant readings. When referencing materials external to the class, you should select current, reliable and accurate sources of information, which are based in real research.
- Challenge the ideas presented by other students and the instructor (without being combative)1
- Constructively disagree with the material using evidence to support your claims
- Ask insightful questions to further discussion or clarify key ideas
- Provide meaningful answers to others' questions
- Utilize real-world scenarios and events to exemplify a point, concept, or idea.
Other important elements of discussion posts are:
- Initial discussion posts should be submitted early to facilitate engagement and academic discourse among students.
- You should reread and edit your responses carefully before finalizing your submission, making sure you use spell check prior to submitting your post.
- A reasonable font size for discussion board posts is 11-12 point font or size 3-4 in HTML. Smaller print is difficult to read; larger and it may come across as yelling.
- Please properly cite, quote, and reference your resources (plagiarism is not acceptable in discussion posts any more than it is in a paper you are submitting for grading.2 You are expected to cite material using standard APA style formatting.