This course studies the important components of managing total rewards (salaries, benefits and work/life environment) in a business. A “building blocks” approach will be utilized to learn compensation from the “ground up” enabling students to better integrate theory, concepts, and practices that build upon each other.  Concepts, methods and issues are explored in such areas as determining job value, pay philosophies, pay delivery, surveying, typical tasks and strategic approaches to plans design and communications. Key learnings are accomplished through reading (text/handouts), lecture, research, in-class exercises and weekly questions and answers assignments taken from the text and handouts.  The course concludes with student teams recommending and presenting a specific plan for a given business case scenario.