Compensation: 2026 Release ISE

Part One: Introducing the Pay Model and Pay Strategy

1. The Pay Model

2. Strategy: The Totality of Decisions

Part Two: Internal Alignment: Determining the Structure

3. Defining Internal Alignment

4. Job Analysis

5. Job-Based Structures and Job Evaluation

6. Person-Based Structures

Part Three: External Competitiveness: Determining the Pay Level

7. Defining Competitiveness

Appendix 7-A: Utility Analysis

8. Designing Pay Levels, Mix, and Pay Structures

Part Four: Employee Contributions: Determining Individual Pay

9. Pay-for-Performance: Theory and Evidence

10. Pay-for-Performance: Types of Plans

11. Performance Appraisals

Appendix 11-A: Balanced Scorecard Example: Department of Energy (Federal Personal Property Management Program)

Appendix 11-B: Sample Appraisal Form for Leadership Dimension: Pfizer Pharmaceutical

Part Five: Employee Benefits

12. The Benefit Determination Process

13. Benefit Options

Part Six: Extending the System

14. Compensation of Special Groups: Executives and Others

15. Union Role in Wage and Salary Administration

16. International Pay Systems

Part Seven: Managing the System

17. Government and Legal Issues in Compensation

18. Management: Making It Work

21. Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Control

22. International Financial Management

23. Options

24. Risk Management

Part Eight: Conclusion

25. What We Do and Do Not Know about Finance

Appendix A: Present Value and Future Value Table