Rewarding Excellence: Pay Strategies for the New Economy. (Book Reviews). (book review)

Edward E. Lawler Ill. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000. 327 pp. $34.00.

Designing and administering compensation systems are formidable tasks. Compensation systems are not only complex, but they also permeate the organization's entire social fabric and can set the tone for the culture of the organization. Add to that the prohibitive costs associated with compensation management and payroll costs themselves and one is left with a recipe--either for success or disaster. In the latest of a long line of book offerings, Lawler attempts to provide interested readers with a b