OL 211 Milestone Four Guidelines and Rubric Overview: This milestone focuses on the topic of this week’s lessons: compensating employees. Using the material on compensation provided in this week’s lesson and the case study, write a short paper in which you:

 Describe the compensation philosophy of Maersk and how the market influences this philosophy.

 Determine the value of salary surveys to an organization.

 Describe the advantages of discretionary benefits to Maersk. Guidelines for Submission: Your submission should be two pages in length and double-spaced using 12-point Times New Roman font. Be sure to list your references at the end of your paper. Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Compensation: Compensation

Meets “Proficient” criteria and description is clear and detailed

Describes the compensation philosophy and describes how the market influences this philosophy

Describes the compensation philosophy and describes how the market influences this philosophy, but description is cursory or inaccurate

Does not describe compensation philosophy

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Compensation: Salary Surveys

Meets “Proficient” criteria and uses evidence to substantiate claims

Determines the value of salary surveys, and describes the advantages of discretionary benefits

Determines the value of salary surveys but does not describe the advantages of discretionary benefits

Does not determine the value of salary surveys

46

Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to-read format

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

8

Earned Total 100%