Management and Organizational Studies 3342A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Basic Belief, Equal Pay For Equal Work, Workflow

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 3342A/B
• Professor: Gail Robertson

Document Summary

3 common bases for today"s pay structure: the content of the work, the skills and knowledge required to perform it, relative value for achieving the organization"s objectives. Internal alignment addresses relationships inside the organization relationships among different jobs inside an organization form a job structure that should support the organization"s strategy, support the workflow, and motivate behaviour toward organization objectives. Deciding how much to pay levels in a job structure creates a pay structure. The organization"s strategy indicates how it plans to achieve its purpose. Internal job structures aligned the strategy help to achieve it. Workflow refers to the process by which goods and services are created and delivered to the customer. The structure should support the efficient flow of that work and the design of the organization. Internal job and pay structures influence employees" behaviour by providing pay increases for promotions, more challenging work, and greaterresponsibility as employees move up in the job structure.