Compensation and Reward Management Training

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
09 Aug 2026 Riyadh, KSA $ 3,900 Register
22 Nov 2026 Dubai, UAE $ 3,900 Register

Compensation and Reward Management Training

Introduction

Compensation and benefits are part of human resources that works behind the scenes. It is usually the specialization in human resources that professionals in the field typically avoid for its seemingly complex nature and dependency on mathematics. By attending this course, you will change your mind about this HR specialty. You will learn an approach that is easy to understand and which explains the specifics of compensation and benefits. This approach will also help you in applying the principles of compensation and benefits practically at work.

Objectives

    By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

    • Define and demonstrate an understanding of the importance of compensation to the overall aims of human resources management
    • Design a comprehensive compensation system
    • List the benefits of job evaluation and choose an appropriate system for your own organization
    • Assess and provide advice on regional compensation practices
    • Recite the principal steps in a compensation survey and answer questions relating to the criticality of job matching to the success of any compensation survey

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practices. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.

Who Should Attend?

Professionals with at least 2 to 3 years’ experience in the compensation and benefits field, HR administrators, officers, specialists, team leaders, managers, and business partners who wish to enhance their knowledge and skills in this important area of human resources.

Target Competencies

  • Deciding and initiating action
  • Working with people
  • Relating and networking
  • Presenting and communicating
  • Analytical thinking
  • Applying expertise and technology
  • Formulating concepts and strategies
  • Following instructions and procedures

Course Outline

Day 1: Managing Compensation: an Overview

  • Compensation objectives
  • Total compensation
  • Direct and indirect compensation
  • Balancing compensation components
  • Compensation and benefits cycle
  • Internal consistency
  • External consistency
  • The hierarchy of needs and compensation

Day 2: Job Analysis and Job Descriptions

  • Uses of job descriptions
  • Job analysis explained
  • Carrying out the job analysis process
  • Conducting a proper job analysis interview
  • Explaining a typical job description
  • Job analysis: a summary

Job Evaluation

  • Definition of job evaluation
  • Job evaluation systems
  • Introduction to our system
  • The job evaluation system explained
  • Introduction to the Hay system
  • Job grading
  • Sources of error in the job evaluation process

Day 3: Compensation Systems

  • Objectives of compensation
  • Decisions to take
  • Designing base salary structures
  • Allowances to offer
  • The structuring of benefits’ programs
  • Important considerations in compensation
  • Managing your compensation programs

Day 4: Competitive Compensation

  • Staying competitive
  • Designing and carrying out compensation surveys
  • Four basic survey methods
  • Data requirements
  • Issues related to the implementation of change

Day 5: Performance-Based Rewards

  • The definition of Performance Management (PM)
  • Objectives of performance management
  • Current and prevailing PM systems
  • Rewarding performance
  • Rewarding the right behaviors and results
  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

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