Bauer, Human Resource Management
SAGE Publishing, 2020
Instructor’s Manual
Chapter 13: Managing Benefits
Chapter Summary
– Benefits are part of an organization’s reward and compensation system.
Chapter Learning Objectives:
After completing this chapter, students should be able to:
LO 13.1: Understand how benefits act as rewards and support organizational strategy.
– Benefits motivate individuals to help organizations attract and retain employees.
LO13.2: Identify the different types of legally required benefits.
LO 13.3: List the additional health care requirements certain U.S. employers must abide by.
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LO 13.4: Describe the different types of voluntary benefits.
– Health care programs
LO 13.5: Assess the common challenges and opportunities associated with benefits
administration and communication.
– Flexible Benefit Plans
Suggested Exercises or Projects
Exercise 13.1 Put the class into groups of three and have them identify benefits that they receive
as students of the present school. Are these mandated benefits or voluntary benefits? What
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benefits could the school put in place for students that would not cost the school any financial
resources?
Exercise 13.2 Have a “check in” question for your students that asks what benefits are most
Discussion Questions:
1. Identify a study that investigates the relationship between benefits and an organizational or
individual outcome in the workplace. As you consider this relationship, would the application of
the results of the study work better in a specific industry?