HR911 Assignment Paper: Total and Average FTE Pay

Dear writer please answer each question in separate paper the first 4 question ( no need for reference) References should be for question 5 only I am attaching the case study document

Background information The company determines pay of an individual basis based on an amalgamation of the following  Pay prior to joining the organisation  Performance determined annually based on the income generated by the individual and the use of performance assessment by the manager using the following criteria o Work ethic o Departmental/functional contribution that is then moderated with the use of a bell curve so that a normal distribution of results are provided  A market rate survey for similar roles in the financial sector The company does not publish or does not have a pay policy as such, nor does it monitor individual pay. This company does not publish its performance related pay criteria to the staff This company does not recognize an independent trade union There is a clause in everyone’s contract that it is a disciplinary offence to discuss individual pay with others. 3 Guidance Reading This assignment draws on learning throughout the course and students however some key areas that students might find particularly useful for this exercise are in weeks one, three, five, eight and nine. For an assignment you should consider the following areas of study:  Different pay systems and structures, including fixed and variable pay  The law and theory of equality in pay  EHRC guidance on pay audits Style The paper should be presented in report format with the completed table inserted into your report. Thus it should be presented section by section addressing the particular questions posed numbered one to five. On this occasion references should be submitted as full citations within the footnotes and these do not count towards the overall word count. Remember to take into consideration the background information where it is appropriate to do so. What do we mean by the term “critically examine”? To be critical means that you need to question the information and opinions in the text in an attempt to judge it’s overall worth. It should include an account of the strengths and weaknesses of any proposal- not solely a negative or positive view - and in order to do this think about the following. Most articles will set out their aims and objectives clearly at the outset but make sure that you understand these, check through your lecture notes or the recommended text book to find relevant definitions and or explanations of terms/ theories for which you need further clarification. Think about whether you have understood the concepts /theories? Sometimes in academic articles theories and concepts that are introduced may be new to you particularly when you are new to studying a subject so again check through your lecture notes or the recommended text book to find relevant definitions and or explanations of terms/ theories for which you need further clarification. Remember that we often make assumptions that underlay the concepts and theories we use and the proposals we make. Most research is based on some fundamental assumptions from which new research develops but it is important to understand what assumptions are being relied upon. If these are not clearly specified you should ask yourself what assumptions are being made in the article or paper under consideration, for example if the research is about pay and motivation based on a laboratory experiment on students, does it assert that all individuals in employment 4 will react the same way, that is assuming that everyone is motivated in the same way by additional pay, no matter the culture, age, occupational and existing earnings? Again, for the assignment you should consider checking the following From what point of view am I approaching this question, problem, or issue? Should I consider an alternative point of view? What is the key concept or idea I need to understand to make sense of the data and to answer the question, solve the problem, or resolve the issue? As I think through this question, problem, or issue, what am I taking for granted or assuming? Am I justified in doing so? Is my thinking clearly stated? Will my tutor understand what I have written? Do I need to elaborate my ideas more? Do I need to provide an illustration of what I mean? Do I need to give an example from the literature for example a case study or other quantitative evidence? Do I need to be more specific? Before submission consider the following Is what I have written relevant to the objective/s of the assignment? How does that relate to the questions? How does that bear upon the problem I am concerned with? How does this information help me effectively deal with the issue? Does my answer deal with the complexities of the question? A statement can be clear, accurate, precise, and relevant, but superficial (that is, lack depth). For example, the statement "do as I say" which is often used to discourage actions, is clear, accurate, precise, and relevant. Nevertheless, it lacks depth because it treats what might be an extremely complex issue, perhaps the pervasive problem of poor performance, superficially. It fails to deal with the complexities of the issue. So think about what factors make this difficult or complex? What are some of the complexities embedded in this assignment? Which, if any, of the difficulties do you need to deal with? A line of reasoning may be clear, accurate, precise, relevant, and deep, but lack breadth (as in an argument from either the conservative or liberal standpoints which gets deeply into an issue, but only recognizes the insights of one side of the question). Do you need to look at this from another perspective or consider another point of view? Do different elements in the assignment follow logically from one another? Does my conclusion follow from the evidence or is there a more logical conclusion? Is my work focusing on what is most significant? Which of these facts are the most important for me to consider? Which concepts are the most essential upon which I should focus? And for your conclusion consider: Given the information I have at my disposal, what tentative conclusions can I come to? How can I best interpret the information I have? Given what I have reasoned through thus far, what does my reasoning imply? If I act on my conclusions, what are the implications or consequences likely to be?