Compensation
in Organizations

Why do companies pay the way they do—and how does it shape everything from effort to teamwork to your own career? Find out in three intensive weeks.

ECON 490 · UNC · Jacob Kohlhepp

Format

Maymester

Duration

3 Weeks

Department

Economics

Level

490 · Elective

What You'll Explore

💵

Performance Pay

Piece rates, bonuses & incentive design

⚖️

Risk & Incentives

Balancing motivation with insurance

🏅

Tournaments

Promotions, rank-order pay & competition

🤝

Teamwork

Free-riding, profit-sharing & group pay

📈

Stock Options

Equity compensation & startup incentives

🎯

Multitasking

When workers juggle many objectives

🎲

Gaming

How people manipulate metrics

🔍

Pay Transparency

What happens when salaries go public

🚀

Career Concerns

Reputation, signaling & long-run incentives

Think critically through business problems with economic models

Read & evaluate empirical research like a professional

Understand & negotiate your own future compensation