Earle C. Traynham

Implications of Salary Structure and Merit Pay in the Fifty American States

The burgeoning literature concerning merit pay in the public sector primarily focuses on themes such as its ability to improve performance, implementation problems in merit pay system maintenance, and a much more limited review of how merit pay should be integrated with salary structure. There are no studies of merit pay and salary structure, however, that compare experiences across local, state and federal government. Compensation specialists from all 50 states were surveyed to determine current practices in the area of pay structure and merit pay systems. Results indicate that many states are having difficulty in effectively integrating structure and merit pay.

LABOR-MANAGEMENT COOPERATION IN A PUBLIC SERVICE INDUSTRY

Labor-Management Cooperation in a Public Service Industry outlines the historical aspects of labor-management cooperation and the characteristics of the transit industry which made it conducive to this cooperation. The second chapter discusses different cooperative programs such as employee input programs, safety programs, performance incentive programs, and training programs. Administrative considerations are examined in chapter three, along with the potential difficulties and calculating cost benefits. The two appendices offer a case study analysis format and quantitative assessment of four quality circles. This book contains extensive interviews with nearly seventy mass transit practitioners.

Compensation Control Mechanisms in the American States

There are few studies which report on the personnel practices in the American states. A survey of state compensation analysts in the Summer of 1987 elicited information concerning the use of compensation controls in state government. Results indicate that with the exception of wage and salary surveys, data concerning compensation controls is rarely collected. Initial analysis indicates that the role of the legislature and the existence of collective bargaining may have an impact on the number of controls used.

GlobalMBA: A Blueprint for Creating an Integrated, International Trilateral MBA Program.

Abstract Graduate business education is becoming increasingly international. However, the complexity of creating truly integrated, cross-country curricula has stifled the development of innovative degree programs, leading most institutions to rely on the tried-and-true semester-abroad model. This article makes the case for a significantly more integrated joint curriculum, such as that embodied in the GlobalMBA Program http://GlobalMBA.unf.edu jointly developed by the Fachhochschule Köln, Germany; the Université de Provence, France; and the University of North Florida, United States. In order to stimulate other consortia to create integrated international programs, the paper identifies several sources of difficulty inherent in designing such programs and provides recommendations for overcoming them, resulting in a blueprint for program creation.

Labor Relations in a Public Service Industry: Unions, Management, and the Public Interest in Mass Transit.

Reviewed Work(s): Collective Bargaining by Objectives by Reed C. Richardson Labor Relations in a Public Service Industry: Unions, Management, and the Public Interest in Mass Transit by Kenneth M. Jennings, Jr.; Jay A. Smith, Jr.; Earle C. Traynham, Jr. Organized Civil Servants: Public Employer-Employee Relations in California by Winston W. Crouch The Public Interest in Government Labor Relations by Richard P. Schick; Jean J. Couturier Collective Bargaining in Public Employment: The TVA Experience by Michael L. Brookshire; Michael D. Rogers Scope of Public-Sector Bargaining by Walter Gershenfeld; J. Joseph Lowenberg; Bernard Ingster James L. Perry