******THIS ASSIGNMENT HAS 2 PARTS. PLEASE BE CAREFUL READING AND FOLLOW ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS. REMEMBER IN-TEXT CITATIONS, REFERENCES FROM TRUSTED SITES. NOT PLAGIARISM. DO NOT FORGET TO SEPARATE BOTH PARTS BY HEADINGS AND EAH PART SEPARATE IT AS WELL BY SUB-HEADINGS TO UNDERSTAND BETTER.*****

PART I: Michele needs your help with the current compensation and benefits plan for Lollipop Company, Inc. She expects you to use your evaluation skills, combined with or built upon your knowledge, application, and/or analysis skills, to help solve her dilemma. Michele feels the current plan is fair but several employees have complained it’s not enough. Her current employee status is as follows:

• 1 CEO with a base salary of $150,000 and benefits that equal 40% of the salary
• 3 additional executives (senior management) with a combined base salary of $300,000 and each receives benefits that equal 35% of the salary
• 6 middle management personnel with a combined base salary of $420,000 and each receives benefits that equal 30% of the salary
• 10 first-line supervisors with a combined base salary of $500,000 and each receives benefits that equal 25% of the salary
• 150 non-supervisory employees with a combined base salary of $4,500,000 with an average individual salary of $30,000 and each receives benefits that equal 25% of the salary

For this project assignment on Lollipop Company, Inc. complete a minimum *****3-pages **** business professional report selecting and organizing expert information that is useful for a CEO and addresses the following concepts:

• Visit the Rasmussen online Library and search for a minimum of 4 articles covering the topics of FMLA and workplace safety. Conduct academic research using the library’s databases, like:
  • Discovery
  • ASP: Human Resource Management Online
  • Business Source Complete via EBSCO
  • Business via ProQuest
• How would market research provide information about compensation and benefits when designing a compensation and benefits plan? How should Michele use this market research for her own plan?
• How does Michele achieve a balance between financial and non-financial compensation and benefits?
• What type(s) of primary and secondary research would you recommend Michele conduct? What are the benefits? Explain.
• Remember to integrate citations accurately and appropriately for all resource types; use attribution (credit) as a method to avoid plagiarism. Use NoodleTools to document your sources and to complete your APA formatted reference page and in-text citations.

PART II: Michele has identified a mid-level manager as someone to go through a training and development program for senior management. She gives you the task of training this person; however, after reviewing the employee’s current skills against senior management skills, you notice a considerable skills gap. Michele is quite stern that this person goes through the training and development program.

For this project assignment on Lollipop Company, Inc. complete a minimum of a 3-page business professional training proposal that addresses the following concepts:

• Describe the purpose of the training specific to this situation.
• How would a needs analysis solve the problem you face with a skills gap?
• Discuss the key elements of an effective training program for mid-level managers to become senior level managers.
• What may be some opposing or other perspectives regarding the training?
• Explain the best approach to help the manager develop the needed skills for this career path. Provide an argument as to why this is the best approach in spite of some of the other perspectives.
• Remember that this is a proposal and you are the consultant. Make sure to format your document appropriately for a proposal. Also, remember that your proposal for training will go to Michele, the owner of the company. Audience specific tone will be important for this document.

Requirements FOR PART I

Lollipop Company, Inc.

• Lollipop Company, Inc. is a small-sized company in the confectionary industry and is based in Minneapolis. The company originally began in 2000 by a single woman, Michele. Fifteen years later, Michele finds herself in need of a larger facility, new machines, more employees, and better compensation and benefits plan. On top of that, she needs to maintain her profit of 30%, but she would ideally like to increase her profit to 35%.
• Lollipop Company, Inc. is in need of a consultant. You have been hired by Michele to come into her business, review her business, and provide her with information on what she should do to reach her goals within the next 12 months:
  • Increase profit by 5% (from 30% to 35%)
  • Move to a facility that has a larger capacity, ideally double the size
  • Purchase new confectionary machines (minimum of 3 machines but up to 7 machines)
  • Hire 5 more employees, including one operations manager
  • Offer a more competitive compensation and benefits plan to employees

Using the information provided for Lollipop Company, Inc., your readings, and your own external research, you complete various project assignments and make recommendations to Michele that will help her obtain her goals.

Throughout your project, you will apply transferable skills. Transferable skills are skills that you develop that can be transferred and applied within your chosen career. They are highly valuable and essential for career success. The transferable skills that you will be applying as you complete your project include: Communication, Information Literacy, Critical Thinking, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Digital Fluency, and Diversity & Teamwork.
For more information on each of the six transferable skills see the guides below:

• Digital Fluency: http://guides.rasmussen.edu/digitalfluency
• Ethics and Professional Responsibility: http://guides.rasmussen.edu/ethics
• Communication: http://guides.rasmussen.edu/communication
• Diversity and Teamwork: http://guides.rasmussen.edu/diversity
• Information Literacy: http://guides.rasmussen.edu/informationliteracy
• Critical Thinking: http://guides.rasmussen.edu/criticalthinking

Deliverable Length: 2 pages

You, Mike, and Tiffany meet in a conference room to begin to assemble your final presentation.

This presentation will be the project deliverable, so you want to make sure you have provided all of the requirements.

Mike begins, “I think we’ve done some pretty good analysis on our strategy. We just have to put the pieces together before the final presentation.”

“We do have some solid information, but we have to look at all the parts to see if we can remain competitive,” Tiffany adds.

Complete the following:

• What are the considerations that you need to be aware of to remain competitive?
• Based on the research that you have done, can you compete in the market that you have chosen? Why or why not?
• What primary factors led you to this decision?
• What would you say to someone who would dispute your position?
• How do you plan on evaluating the global marketplace in the future?

Company Biography

In January of 2002, John Ferrer and his wife Deborah started their own corporation, a large custom furniture manufacturer located in Boston, MA. Their initial accounts were in the Northeastern region of the United States, and they annually observed a constant profit increase.Because of the recent housing market sales decline (8% from 2005–2006), home renovations have slowed significantly. This has impacted the amount of furniture and fixture sales and continues to impact revenue. Furniture sales in the United States have decreased significantly, and John and Deborah have recently been discussing the possibility of global expansion.

10 slides (excl. Title and Reference slides); Speaker notes 150 words/slide

The company is going to be affordable solar panels, especially for countries that do not have power or cannot afford power, like Puerto Rico that is struggling with power, and other countries. Need to create a Logo that comes from Microsoft Publisher not from an actual company. It is a fictious company not a real one.

After the meeting of the Board of Directors, the Chairwoman of the Board calls you into her office. She offers you a cup of coffee and is impressed with the information that you presented in the meeting and your understanding of new ventures. She says:

“We’re ready to invest in a new generation of business leaders. There is so much talent arising from business schools and the passion for entrepreneurism, innovation, and business excellence helps to build a strong economy. I’d like you to work with a multicultural team of entrepreneurs to develop a global small business. You will need to prepare an executive business plan presentation for the global small business for the board of directors, a brand logo, and a prospective commercial that could be used to advertise the global small business’s product or service. If the global small business idea is successful, the Board of Directors may approve startup funding of up to 1 million dollars.”

Using Bloomberg Businessweek B-School Connection resources, research entrepreneurism and small businesses, and create an executive business plan presentation of 10 not including title and reference slides that includes the following:

• Company Logo: An original creative graphic that identifies your company or brand.
• Company Information: The name and background of your global small business including founders, history, current number of employees, and location.
• Mission Statement: The purpose of your global small business. Needs to have a mission statement,
• Product or Service: A description of the products or services that your global small business will offer.
• Market: The market for your global small business, including regions served and competitors.
• Advertising: An original creative commercial for the products or services. The commercial should be created using an online video technology or a presentation technology. Provide a link to the commercial in your PowerPoint presentation. (This part don’t worry about it I will take care of this just leave this part out). Thank You. Or if you can provide some insight as to what I can do to make a good commercial for this particular company would be helpful.
• Financials: The projected operational financial needs for your organization and the potential investments needed. Give a break down of the financial budget to operate and fund this operation or company.
• Growth Potential: The projected financial and market growth of the company over 5 years.

Provide a reference list at the end of your presentation must have 5 references, does not need to be from Bloomberg Businessweek B-School Connection articles, and include in-text citations for the articles in APA format.

Details:

Research on the nervous system is controversial. In this assignment, you will explore nervous system research and the controversies surrounding it.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:
•Instructors will be using a grading rubric to grade the assignments. It is recommended that learners review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment in order to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.
•Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.
•This assignment requires that at least two additional scholarly research sources related to this topic, and at least one in-text citation from each source be included.
•You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.

Directions:

Write a paper of 1,000-1,250 words that summarizes the current research on the nervous system and the controversies surrounding this research. Include the following in your paper:
1.A brief review of the current empirical research regarding the construction of the nervous system and its role in shaping behavior.
2.A discussion of the controversies surrounding research on the nervous system.

For this assignment you will write a paper analyzing and critiquing a scholarly article of your choice. First you will select an article from the American Historical Review or Journal of American History [NO BOOK REVIEWS ALLOWED]. Both can be accessed through the USF Library.

This article can be on any topic that interests you, so long as it pertains to American history in some way and falls into the timeframe if this class [1865 – 2016].

After selecting your article you will answer the following questions:

1. Summarize the Article: What is the author discussing in this article? What is the argument/main point that the author is trying to make?

2. Evidence: What type of evidence does the author use to support their argument/main point. What do they use in their bibliography – newspapers, speeches, written histories? Are there any types of evidence you feel the author could have used to reinforce their argument?

3. Analyze the Article: After writing about the main point and type of evidence, answer if you thought the author made a convincing argument? Do you agree or disagree with the conclusions of the article? Why or why not?

4. Further Research: After reviewing your article do a little more research on this topic. Name one or two more articles that address similar subjects and see if they have a similar argument or different? Do they share the same sources?

All essays must be typed in 12 point, Times New Roman font using 1-inch margins. All papers must be double-spaced, grammatically correct, and refer back to the journal article you selected.

Please include a citation of your article at the top of your paper! Here is the MLA format:

Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Title.” Title of Journal, volume #, issue no., date published, page numbers.

Each question should be a new heading in the paper. I do not expect a flowing narrative with this assignment. Instead, I want you to simply provide the answers to the questions above in roughly 2-3 paragraphs per question.

I uploaded the article down.