Overview

Different audiences require different communication styles and media. In this assignment, you will communicate the same information to different audiences in different formats.

You have been coordinating with the benefits team to modify the current employee benefits package to support your long-term employee engagement and retention strategy.

After a lot of research and communication with different providers, the benefits team has sent you the following memo regarding the change. As part of the team spearheading the benefits change process, you are tasked with communicating details of the new package to the affected audiences.

Memo

From: Benefits Department

To: Director, Strategic Planning

RE: Change in Benefits

Overview: The company has had the same benefits provider for ten years and we have reached the end of the contract. As premiums and the cost to the company have increased every year, benefits have remained the same and even decreased in some areas. Additionally, employees have been sharing concerns regarding the cost, co-pays, coverage, and options of the current provider. Therefore, in order to conduct due diligence, the benefits team began reviewing other providers last year. Based on the feedback of employees and needs of the company, the following criteria were considered in the search:

• Price of premiums
• Lower deductibles
• Improved dental plan option
• Improved eye care plan option
• Inclusion of health care savings or spending accounts
• Enhanced long- and short-term disability coverage
• Wellness programs
• Reduced premiums for nonsmokers

After reviewing the different plans offered and extensive consultation with other stakeholders, the benefits team has selected a new program. Compared to the current program, employees will experience the following enhancements in the new program:

• Plans with multiple deductible options
• Health care savings account
• A wellness program that offers access to a weight loss application, incentives for wellness visits and activity logs, and reimbursement for gym memberships and smoking cessation programs
• Improved dental plan

Although these were part of the search criteria, the new program does not include:

• Lower premiums
• Improved eye care plan options
• Reduced premiums for nonsmokers
• Enhanced long- and short-term disability coverage

Benefits to the company include:

• Reduced premiums for the employees engaging in wellness programs
• Additional reduction in rates for in-network usage
• The option of a “gold plan” for executives that is significantly more cost-effective than the previous plan

The new benefits plan will go into effect on January 1 of the new fiscal year and will be rolled out during the open-enrollment period of the current year.

Please contact the benefits department if you have any questions.

Prompt

Using the information in the memo above, create the following pieces of communication. Remember to tailor the information to be appropriate for the target audience.

1. An email to all affected employees
   1. Describe what is changing and why.
   2. Explain the benefits of the change and how it will affect employees.
2. A brief three- to four-slide presentation to the human resources team with speaker notes as needed
   1. Describe what is changing and why.
   2. Explain the benefits of the change and how it will affect these teams.
3. An audio script for a two-minute presentation for the CEO
   1. Describe what is changing and why.
   2. Explain the benefits of the change and how it will affect the CEO.

Guidelines for Submission

1. Email: Submit a 1- to 2-page Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins.
2. Presentation: Submit a 3- to 4-slide PowerPoint presentation.
3. Audio Script: Submit a 2-minute audio script in a Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins.

Give a good discussion and look at some of the frameworks that are used to manage risk within organizations and enterprises. provided an introduction and comparison of different frameworks. As with anything, there are going to be strengths and weaknesses to all approaches. please address the following in a properly formatted research paper:

• Do you think that ISO 27001 standard would work well in the organization that you currently or previously have worked for? If you are currently using ISO 27001 as an ISMS framework, analyze its effectiveness as you perceive in the organization.
• Are there other frameworks mentioned has been discussed in the article that might be more effective?
• Has any other research you uncover suggest there are better frameworks to use for addressing risks?

Paper should meet the following requirements:

• Be approximately four to six pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.
• Follow APA 7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.
• Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations.
• Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.

• Introduction: Purpose of the project and key information for the company (no more than 300 words), choose an European company
• Definition of the customers and their behavior: Addressing geographic and demographic segmentation and developing psychological and behavioral
  aspects.
• Key considerations: Factors that affect the behavior of consumers considering the profile given in the previous definition.
• Consumer trends: What are the current trends affecting the behavior of consumers? It is mandatory that you include updated information and
  references.
• Strategic recommendations: Considering the report that you have developed, and the information analyzed, recommend two strategies for the
  company to implement concerning consumer behavior. Make sure that they are specific, the company should know exactly what to do and how to do it; avoid using general statements or simply pointing out to strategies. Rather, fully develop them including all pertinent details and explaining why the company should do these two actions.
  Please beware that the quantity and quality of references are of the utmost relevance towards the credibility of your work, make sure you include in-text citations alongside an appropriate list of references.
  Formalities:
• Wordcount: 1500-2000 words.
• Cover, Table of Contents, References and Appendix are excluded of the total wordcount.
• Font: Arial 12
• The in-text References and the Bibliography must be in Harvard’s citation style.

Overview

Internal controls are methods and strategies used to keep information and inventory safe from theft and to easily tell if something is compromised or missing. In this assignment, you will recommend internal controls for safeguarding inventory from an accounting perspective and explain which financial statements are affected by missing inventory.

Scenario

One of your friends has opened a new wholesale electronics business and wants your help figuring out some inventory issues they are facing.

One night last week, there seemed to be fewer HD televisions in the warehouse than they expected. The last time they were in the warehouse was a week earlier, and they hadn’t noticed anything amiss.

As they looked around, they saw that the evening warehouse worker was filling the last orders of the day. The delivery driver and day warehouse worker were gone for the day, and the delivery van keys were on the desk that the warehouse workers shared. The doors to the loading dock were open, as was the door to the office area where the accountant, two customer service specialists, and the owner worked.

Knowing that you are familiar with accounting principles, they asked for your help in figuring out how to prevent this in the future.

Prompt

Based on what you have learned about internal controls, provide recommendations on what controls the business owner should put in place to prevent loss of inventory and ensure that any losses are reported immediately. Also, specify which parts of the financial statements are affected by these losses.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

• Role of Internal Controls
  Explain the role of internal controls in business settings. Also explain how not having internal controls in place may impact the accurate analysis of any wrongdoing.
• Recommendations
  • Recommend at least two internal controls that should be put in place to prevent inventory from going “missing,” noting any assumptions you are making about the root cause of the missing products and how your recommendations will help address them.
  • Recommend at least one control that should be put in place to alert the owner if something is actually missing.
• Financial Statements
  If you found that two $400 HD televisions were missing, explain which financial statements you would correct and how. Be specific as to accounts and amounts.

Guidelines for Submission

Submit a 1- to 2-page Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

The primary function of HRM is to increase the effectiveness and contribution of employees attaining organizational goals and objectives. Consider all the areas of HRM that have been discussed in this course:

• Performance management
• Human resources planning, recruitment, and selection
• Human resources development
• Compensation and benefits
• Employment and labor laws and regulations

In your final paper,

• Provide a high-level overview of each HRM area listed above.
• Discuss HR functions within a performance management system that contribute to effective training and development.
• Explain how an effective performance management system along with compensation and benefits can attract, develop, and retain talented employees.
• Analyze employment and labor laws and regulations that impact these areas of HRM listed above and the relationships between employees and employers.
• Explain how the functions of HRM work together in order to optimize organizational and employee behavior.

For additional support with completing your final paper, please refer to the following tools:

• Finding HR Journals in the UAGC Library (Links to an external site.). This tip sheet will support you in researching through the University of Arizona Global Campus Library.
• What Is CRAAP: A Guide to Evaluating Web Sources (Links to an external site.). This will assist you in determining the reliability of an HR website.
• Scholarly and Popular Resources(1) (Links to an external site.). This tutorial explains the differences between scholarly and popular resources.
• Human Resource Research With Library OneSearch (Links to an external site.). This tip sheet will support you in researching through the University of Arizona Global Campus Library.

The Functions of HRM paper

• Must be seven to eight double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) resource.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
• Title of paper
• Student’s name
• Course name and number
• Instructor’s name
• Date submitted

For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).

• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
• Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.
  • For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.), refer to the Writing Center resources.
• Must use at least five scholarly, peer-reviewed, or credible sources in addition to the course text.
  • The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
• Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.