You are the director of human resources of a new corporation that manufactures air conditioners. The board of directors has asked you to prepare an employee manual that includes several policies for the company’s employees, including engineers, lawyers, salespersons, marketing personnel, finance workers, and so on. The project’s name is Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual…

We examine two important topics in finance: external financing requirements and agency conflicts. Address the prompts below in your essay.       Include an introduction that summarizes the main points with an example. Critically reflect on the importance of external financing requirements. What key factors must be considered when determining external financing requirements? Briefly…

Continue your work with the company you selected in Week 1.   In preparation for the Week 4 Summative Assessment, research your company’s financial reports from the past fiscal year, along with the market conditions from that same year.       In a 1- to 2-page chart, compare your company’s current financial reports with…

You will continue to analyze and interpret the financial statements for American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. Using the financial statements (located in Appendix A: American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., 2020 Annual Report of the required textbook: Financial Accounting), review the company’s assets.   Link to textbook article; https://aiu.vitalsource.com/reader/books/9781264140336/epubcfi/6/46[%3Bvnd.vst.idref%3Dappendixa]!/4/2/2/2[page_A-1]   Consider the following questions:   What are the…

A company’s financial reports are used for a variety of reasons, including determining how the company is doing in the financial market. You decide to evaluate the effects of economic and market conditions on your company’s financial performance. Completing this exercise provides you with financial market research to present to your management team to inspire…

Week 6 Print Benefit Plans to Meet Specific Needs In addition to compensation, organizations offer varying benefits as part of their strategy to attract and retain talent. Benefits, which are generally non-monetary compensation, actually extend the monetary pay received by employees and provide additional value to the employee. It also allows organizations to design reward…

Week 5 Print Organizational Considerations When Defining Compensation for Work Groups Once you have completed the job analysis process, you can now begin designing the appropriate pay and benefits structure for each job family. The first step is job grouping, where you group jobs into job categories, and then set pay ranges for each category.…

Week 4 Print Advantages of a Good Benefits Package  The benefits package an employer offers current or potential staff can be a game-changer.  Long gone are the days of simply offering staff a few weeks of paid time off (PTO), along with healthcare insurance.  In today’s job market, employees are expecting much more, such as…

Week 4 Print Designing Compensation Systems Compensation is a big factor for individuals when they are seeking a job. Consider if you worked in an organization where there was a large disparity in pay among employees who did practically the same job. Or the organization was finding difficulty filling a vacancy due to compensation, while…

Week 5 Print Employee Motivation: The Unknown Employee motivation is a vital factor for all businesses. Laborers are not machines and cannot always do the same task with equal passion. When most of us think about job satisfaction and workplace motivation, you automatically think about pay.  However, a recent survey across all income levels showed…