For decades, the federal government has looked to reform the General Schedule (GS) and link pay directly to performance rather than reward employees based simply on years of service.

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A survey among 175 corporate executives was undertaken in late 2003 by the Forum for People Performance Management and Measurement to study the relationship of the marketing and human resources functions in motivating the behaviors of customer-contact employees and the impact of that behavior on organizational performance.

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Do high-powered incentives in executive compensation really motivate performance, or do they just provide CEOs with an incentive to manipulate performance? In view of current debate in academic and policy circles, Senbet discusses the reform of executive compensation and its role in the governance of financial institutions.

Employee compensation is usually the single largest company expense and therefore, organizations continually try to optimize this cost.

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What a difference a year makes! The past 12 months have seen remarkable shifts in the global economy. These, and the expected recovery period, are challenging employers to be nimble and adapt to continuing market fluctuations. 

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Associate Professor of Finance Yaniv Grinstein talksa bout implications of President Obama's proposed cap on cash compensation to CEOs of distressed banks.

In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up with the University Of Marylands Robert H. Smith School Of Business, Michael Faulkender, assistant professor of finance, shares his findings from research into executive compensation practices and how firms decide what to pay their CEOs.

In this video Korn/Ferry consultants Russell Miller and Eric Hosken present an overview of the executive compensation landscape and trends impacting the compensation season of 2009.

It's been said that - "Money Isn't Everything . . . (but whatever's in second place is a heck of a long way behind!)".

I am often asked to explain why cash is so ineffective in recognizing employees. The question comes in a variety of ways, for multiple reasons, but always gets down to the same underlying issue.