You are a member of the senior executive group at your company.
The company has a reputation of compensating its executives at a
very high level. In fact your own compensation appears to be at
least 50% above that of your peers in like companies. Due to
pressure from the founder who recently sold a significant interest
in the company but has retained a controlling interest in the
company and now lives in another state the company is considering
developing an incentive system for all employees who other than the
executives are paid significantly below the levels of peer
companies. No incentive pay has been used in the company up until
now. You have been able to achieve this pay structure due to the
limited other job opportunities for the non-executive employees in
the immediate area. Employees below the executive level are not
consulted when even small decisions are made that impact how they
do their work, Task control is applied universally to monitor
operating performance on a day-to-day basis. In addition to
concentrating compensation at the top of the organization chart,
decisions are also made at the highest levels and no planning or
financial information is shared with employees outside this
executive group. You recently received input from a group of
private equity investors who are very vocal and have purchased a
40% interest in the company. You feel it is likely these investors
will eventually acquire all the company stock so they cannot be
ignored. They feel that overall employee pay, the salary and
benefits line on the income statement, in total is excessive and
they are demanding this issue be addressed. You have been
considering stock options, profit sharing and cash bonuses as
alternatives for an employee incentive system.
Required:
1) Given these facts and the culture in your company (control
methods that have been used, disparities in information sharing,
decision-making and incomes) and the apparent competing
/conflicting pressure from the new investors and the founder
discuss these three alternatives for an employee incentive system.
You are a member of the senior executive group at your company. The company has a...
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