Lifelong Learning Faculty Seminars - Additional Reading: Jackson Library: Stanford GSB

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Lifelong Learning Faculty Seminars: Additional Reading

Tuesday, May 2, 2006
"The Money Trap: How Organizations
Can Ruin Things with Pay"

James Baron, Walter Kenneth Kilpatrick Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources

In this seminar Professor Baron will summarize what theory and practice can teach us about common compensation traps and how to avoid them. His research focuses on the determinants and consequences of organizational structures and human resource policies, particularly their effects on workers' careers and organizational performance.

Selected Articles

Additional reading material has been selected by Jackson Library Staff. Due to contractual arrangements, remote access is only available to the current Stanford community and the subscribers of the "Library Databases" offered through the GSB Alumni's Lifelong Learning Program. Other access is limited to onsite at Jackson Library. Inclusion below does not imply University endorsement of ideas expressed.

McDonald's Rewards Program Leaves Room for Some Local Flavor. Workforce Management, April 2006
With more than 400,000 managers and senior staff members in 118 countries around the world, the leadership at McDonald's knew that developing a consistent global compensation strategy was imperative.
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Integrated Technology: The Infrastructure of Performance. Workforce Performance Solutions, March 2006
Throughout 2005, the unemployment rate hovered around 5 percent, a sign that the labor market had stabilized after a rocky few years in which the rate spiked to 6.3 percent in June 2003. These lower unemployment figures have been warmly received by the Bush Administration, Capitol Hill and millions of American workers. But for the nation's employers, this same data has been a call to battle-a battle for top performers.
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Rising Frustration with Microsoft's Compensation and Review System. WashTech News, March 2006
Internal Microsoft documents obtained by WashTech News show that Microsoft salaries have been stagnant or nudged only slightly higher over the past two years. Comments from current and former employees about the company's compensation and performance review system suggest a growing level of frustration among rank-and-file workers.
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Reward Systems That Really Work. Harvard Management Update, Sept. 2005
The article discusses methods for compensating employees. One should stretch goals with bonuses for success.
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The Evolution from Taylorism to Employee Gainsharing: A Case Study Examining John Deere's Continuous Improvement Pay Plan. Issues in Accounting Education, Nov. 2004
With over $15 billion in annual sales, John Deere is one of the largest equipment manufacturing and distribution organizations in the world and is widely known as the world's premier producer of agricultural equipment. In the wake of significant downturns in the U.S. agriculture industry during the 1980s, John Deere believed it needed to change the manner in which employee performance was measured and rewarded.
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Selected Books

	Rewarding Excellence: Pay Strategies for the New Economy Edward E. Lawler IIÍ. Jossey-Bass, c2000 HF5549.5.C67 L382 2000
	*Innovative Reward Systems for the Changing Workplace* Thomas B. Wilson. McGraw-Hill, c2003 HF5549.5.I5 W45 2003

Selected Websites

James Baron

Stanford Project on Emerging Companies