Comments on: Basis for Compensation http://managementblog.org/2010/02/03/basis-for-compensation/ Managerial Leadership Practices based on the Time Span research of Elliott Jaques. Thu, 24 May 2012 21:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Justin Warren http://managementblog.org/2010/02/03/basis-for-compensation/#comment-2147 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:55:05 +0000 http://www.managementblog.org/?p=1691#comment-2147 This ‘Time Span’ method of determining compensation seems to reinforce the idea that managers should always be paid more than the staff they manage. Not so. Sometimes, perhaps, but not always.

I have a technical background, and also manage technical teams. Often, the specific technical skills required by a non-manager role are rarer and of more value to the organisation than those of a manager for that role (if we assume equal competence in the required skills). In those circumstances, the technical role deserves to be paid more than the manager.

In other cases, the reverse is true.

Paying based on the value of the role is, I think, closer to the mark than a purely Time Span approach.

]]> By: Mia http://managementblog.org/2010/02/03/basis-for-compensation/#comment-2146 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:50:19 +0000 http://www.managementblog.org/?p=1691#comment-2146 Can you expand on the “Time Span” “compensation banding” approach? I am not familiar with this concept and do not fully understand what is meant by either term. Thank you.

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