Top Pay is an extremely topical and contentious area and compensation and benefits is a well-defined area of interest in HR. This book investigates how the field of top pay developed? Why is there so much interest in top pay? Why governments take such an interest? Separation of ownership from control. The issues of Institutional shareholding, globalisation, comparisons between countries,equity theory and government policy are all addressed

Shaun Tyson, Frank Bournois

Chapter 1 Introduction, Shaun Tyson, Frank Bournois; Chapter 2 'Fat cat' pay, Shaun Tyson; Chapter 3 Shareholders' attitude to directors' pay, Paul Norris; Chapter 4 Accountability, transparency and performance, Sébastien Point; Chapter 5 Director performance standards and rewards in France, Frank Bournois, Jean-Pierre Magot; Chapter 6 Developments in top-level compensation in Germany, Alexander von Preen, Marc Glaeser; Chapter 7 Designing reward packages, Don McClune; Chapter 8 Equity incentives, Wayne Guay, David Larcker, John Core; Chapter 9 Remuneration committees, Keith Cameron; Chapter 10 Human resource strategy and top-level pay, Shaun Tyson;