64.(p. 633)Generally, management prefers a higher proportion of variable pay versus base wages and salary.
Difficulty: Easy
65.(p. 636)Manager self-service answers questions, explains compensation policy, and explains how systems affect their pay.
Difficulty: Easy
66.(p. 637)Employees in companies with open pay systems express higher satisfaction with their pay system but not their pay than employees in more secret pay systems.
Difficulty: Difficult
67.(p. 637)A key reason to communicate pay information is that the goodwill engendered by the act of being open about pay may also affect perceptions of pay equity.
Difficulty: Medium
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68.(p. 638)The final step in the compensation communication cycle is conducting the communication sessions.
Difficulty: Medium
69.(p. 640)If a pay system is not based upon work-related or business-related logic, it is best to not conduct a formal compensation communication program.
Difficulty: Medium
70.(p. 640)The most important components of a pay communication program are the business- and work-related rationales on which the system is based.
Difficulty: Easy
Short Answer Questions
71.(p. 622)What are the potential problems associated with headcount reductions?
Difficulty: Medium
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72.(p. 625)What is the top-down method of budgeting?


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