This unit focuses on how internal and external business factors influence reward strategies and policies, the financial drivers of the organisation and the impact of reward costs. It considers the importance of the role of people practice in supporting managers to make robust and professional reward judgements and the impact of rewarding performance.
Scenario
The board at GA Pensions has decided to undertake a review of its reward strategies across the whole company. It is aware that the way reward is currently being implemented is fragmented and is causing elements of dissatisfaction amongst employees which is affecting business as well as employee performance outcomes. In your role as Reward Advisor, the board has asked you to provide it with a report that gives it an understanding of the context and approaches to reward and how these might influence a range of organisational and psychological factors. It also needs you to clarify the role that people professionals have in supporting line managers to make reward decisions.
Task One –Report Section One
To complete the task, you should provide a written response to each of the points below, making appropriate use of academic theory and practical examples to expand your response and illustrate key points. To help the reader, please make use of headings and assessment criteria references to signpost the assessment criteria being addressed.
1) Evaluate the principles of reward and its importance to organisational culture and performance management.
2) Explain how policy initiatives and practices are implemented.
3) Explain how people and organisational performance can impact on the approach to reward.
4) Compare two different types of benefits offered by organisations and the merits of each.
5) Assess the contribution of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards to improving employee contribution and sustained organisational performance.
6) Assess the business context of the reward environment.
7) Evaluate the most appropriate ways in which benchmarking data can be gathered and measured to develop insight.
8) Explain how organisations use insight to develop reward packages and approaches.
Task 1 – Report Section One Assessment criteria
1.1 Evaluate the principles of reward and its importance to organisational culture and performance management.
1.2 Explain how policy initiatives and practices are implemented.
1.3 Explain how people and organisational performance can impact on the approach to reward.
1.4 Compare the different types of benefits offered by organisations and the merits of each
1.5 Assess the contribution of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards to improving employee contribution and sustained organisational performance.
2.1 Assess the business context of the reward environment.
2.2 Evaluate the most appropriate ways in which benchmarking data can be gathered and measured to develop insight.
2.3 Develop organisational reward packages and approaches based on insight.
Task Two – Report Section Two
This task requires you to provide understanding of the role that people professionals undertake in supporting line managers to make reward decisions.
9) Explain the legislative requirements that impact reward practice. (AC 2.4)
10) Assess different approaches to performance management. (AC 3.1)
11) Review the role of people practice in supporting line managers to make consistent and appropriate reward judgements. (AC 3.2)
12) Explain how line managers make reward judgements based on organisational approaches to reward. (AC 3.3)
Task 2 – Report Section Two Assessment criteria
2.4 Explain the legislative requirements that impact reward practice.
3.1 Assess different approaches to performance management.
3.2 Review the role of people practice in supporting line managers to make consistent and appropriate reward judgements.
3.3 Explain how line managers make reward judgements based on organisational approaches to reward.
