| Course | BUSI 440 Compensation Management (BUSI440) |
|---|---|
| Credit hours | 3 |
| Program | BS in Business Administration |
| Length | 8 Module/Weeks, online |
| Weeks with written work | 7 of 8 |
| Samples on this site | 7 week sample papers |
| Sources | Liberty's 2026-2027 catalog and the published BUSI 440 course guide |
| Updated | October 2026 |
What BUSI 440 covers
Milkovich, Newman and Gerhart's Compensation is read two or three chapters a week, with Koss's Solving the Compensation Puzzle and its practical tools alongside, and eight timed quizzes of ten questions each.
Regular forums need a 300-word thread and 150-word replies, case study forums a 500-word thread, and every post a Scripture reference, the textbook and peer-reviewed research; the group final project has a wage survey due in Module/Week 5 and a Hay point-method compensation structure due in Module/Week 7, each followed by a peer evaluation.
This course develops the philosophy and fundamental guiding principles for wages and salaries in business institutions. This comprehensive study of compensation management also includes job analysis, administrative job evaluation, basis compensation plans, executive compensation and administrative controls.
BUSI 440 week by week, with the sample for each
| Week | Written work in the course guide | Points | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Discussion Board Forum 1 (Quiz 1 also due) | 60 | Read the Week 1 sample |
| Week 2 | Discussion Board Forum 2 (Quiz 2 also due) | 60 | Read the Week 2 sample |
| Week 3 | Case Study Forum 1 (Quiz 3 also due) | 85 | Read the Week 3 sample |
| Week 4 | Discussion Board Forum 3 (Quiz 4 also due) | 60 | Read the Week 4 sample |
| Week 5 | Final Project Deliverable I: Wage Survey (peer evaluation and Quiz 5 also due) | 180 | Read the Week 5 sample |
| Week 6 | Reading, presentation and Quiz 6 only | No written paper this week | |
| Week 7 | Final Project Deliverable II: Compensation Structure (Case Study Forum 2, peer evaluation and Quiz 7 also due) | 200 | Read the Week 7 sample |
| Week 8 | Discussion Board Forum 4 (Quiz 8 also due) | 60 | Read the Week 8 sample |
Where BUSI 440 papers lose points
BUSI 440 work loses points when a reply skips its own peer-reviewed source or Scripture, when benchmark jobs lack summaries precise enough to match, when the wage survey never says how data will be aged and weighted, and when the compensation structure sets ranges without a market line or ignores employees who fall outside them.
Using a BUSI 440 sample well
The samples draw on research about pay and motivation, incentives and quality, pay dispersion, pay level satisfaction, quit patterns, skill-based pay, wage surveys, performance pay, team incentives, performance management, organizational justice, pay communication and pay transparency, with Milkovich et al., Koss and Scripture.
BUSI 440 questions, answered
What is the BUSI 440 final project?
A two-part group project: a wage survey designed with the benchmark-job approach in Module/Week 5 and a compensation structure built with the Hay plan point method in Module/Week 7.
How long are BUSI 440 forum posts?
Regular forum threads run at least 300 words and replies at least 150; case study threads run at least 500 words; every post needs Scripture, the text and peer-reviewed research.
What textbooks does BUSI 440 use?
Milkovich, Newman and Gerhart's Compensation (2017) and Koss's Solving the Compensation Puzzle (2008), which supplies practical tools for several weeks.
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