Discussion 1 - Compensation Administration & Total Rewards

Topic

A total rewards strategy is a system implemented by a business that provides monetary, beneficial, and developmental rewards to employees who achieve specific business goals. The strategy combines compensation and benefits with personal growth opportunities inside a motivating work environment.

Objectives

This discussion is designed to allow you to demonstrate the importance of viewing compensation to employees as more than money.

Directions

The Canvas Student Guide Links to an external site. provides instructions for replying to a discussion post Links to an external site.. Optional: Instead of typing your posts, you may use the video tool Links to an external site. to record your posts.

Please view the video above and, using the model shown below (also attached), discuss, in 100 words or more, one aspect of Total Rewards. 

In your discussion:

1. Please define (using examples) the aspect you chose.
2. Highlight the importance of the aspect you chose to both an employee and employer.
3. Project the long-term advantage of applying the aspect you chose.

Initial Post Due: Friday, March 28, 2025

Total Rewards Graph

Accessible version of the Total Rewards infographic

For your Response:

Expand the discussion by replying in at least 100 words to 2 classmates’ posts. Responses may include describing your work experience or other real-world situations related to the post, providing additional information from assigned or outside content (just be sure to cite or link to sources), disagreeing respectfully by describing your interpretation, proposing a new idea, or asking a probing question.

Response Due: Sunday, March 30, 2025

Rubric

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Netiquette

• Be kind and respectful to others
• Use full sentences
• Avoid jargon and acronyms
• Use language that supports others