Compensation Management, 2e: © Oxford University Press 2015. All Rights Reserved
Compensation Management, 2e: © Oxford University Press 2015. All Rights Reserved
Management, 2e
Dipak Kumar
Bhattacharyya
Oxford University Press 2015. All rights reserved.
Chapter 11
Executive Compensation
Introduction
Executive compensation correlates with organizational performance.
There are three main areas of focus in executive compensation:
Understanding the criteria
1.
2.
3.
base salary
annual incentives
long-term capital accumulation
deferred compensation arrangements
supplemental benefits and perquisites
special severance and retirement arrangements
employment and change of control agreements(golden parachutes)
Optimize the cost of compensation for health and welfare benefits, while identifying
vendors.
Rationalize the compensation budget by restructuring the deferral components of
compensation.
Optimize the cost of retirement benefits using funded pension assets through stock
build-up.
Identify wasteful HR costs by reviewing and restructuring the terms of contracts.