Harvard Business Review on Compensation or Nat Turners Slave Rebellion

Harvard Business Review on Compensation

Author: Alfred Rappaport

The Harvard Business Review Paperback Series is designed to bring today'smanagers and professionals the fundamental information they need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. From the preeminent thinkers whose work has defined an entire field to the rising stars who will redefine the way we think about business, here are the leading minds and landmark ideas that have established the Harvard Business Review as required reading for ambitious businesspeople in organizations around the globe.

This collection will help managers and human resource professionals weigh the pros and cons of different compensation plans and provide a framework for thinking about this important aspect of the war for talent. The articles discuss a variety of compensation-related issues such as: making salaries public, stock options, executive compensation, and incentive plans.

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Reprints eight articles published in the that explore issues related to employee compensation, such as making salaries public, stock options, and incentive plans. Topics include the salary system at Egon Zehnder recruiting, how to link executive pay with performance, and six dangerous myths about pay. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	New Thinking on How to Link Executive Pay with Performance	1
	Why Incentive Plans Cannot Work	29
	Rethinking Rewards	51
	A Simpler Way to Pay	77
	What You Need to Know About Stock Options	93
	When Salaries Aren't Secret	119
	Six Dangerous Myths About Pay	141
	Growing Pains	167
	About the Contributors	197
	Index	201

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Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion: Including the 1831 Confessions

Author: Herbert Aptheker

The first full-length study of the bloodiest slave uprising in U.S. history, this meticulously researched document explores the nature of Southern society in the early 19th century and the conditions that led to the rebellion. Aptheker's book includes Turner's "Confessions," recorded before his execution in 1831.