Mod5 Course Project – Benchmarks and Goals

Michele needs to implement a system of measuring staffing activities against goals and benchmarks for a new idea of opening a small confectionery store. She expects you to use your skills, combined with or built upon your knowledge, application, and/or analysis skills, to help set benchmarks and measuring metrics. She needs benchmarks and a measurement system for the following:

• A goal of sales for $50,000 in 1 year and an increase of 20% in 3 years
• A template with staffing needs to include skills, competencies, and qualifications for each position of candy maker and cashier to be open 6 days a week from the hours of 8:00am to 3:00pm
• Benchmarks for the hiring process of candy makers and cashiers

For this project assignment on Lollipop Company, Inc., complete a minimum of a 3-page business professional report selecting and organizing expert information that is useful for the company as well as a presentation that addresses the following concepts:

• What is the staffing problem Michele has encountered? Discuss solutions for the staffing activities problem Michele has. What is her best option? Give specific details and examples.
• Discuss how to achieve benchmarks when aligned to goals. How would a company stay on track of goals and strategy? Give specific details and examples.
• Search for a minimum of 3 articles covering diversity and culture and teamwork. Conduct academic research using the library’s databases, like Business Source Complete via EBSCO and Business via ProQuest.
• Remember to integrate citations accurately and appropriately for all resource types; use attribution (credit) as a method to avoid plagiarism. Use NoodleBib to document your sources and to complete your APA formatted reference page and in-text citations.

To complete this assignment, develop a PowerPoint and video presentation that contains the following:

• Create a PowerPoint with voice capture as a presentation to Michele. Incorporate charts and pictures appropriate to your audience.
• A minimum of 10 slides.
• A cover slide (not included in the minimum 10 slides).
• A slide containing references (not included in the minimum of 10 slides) from credible sources that you used in your research for this presentation, formatted using APA formatting.
• Include a minimum of 150 words to the notes section of each slide that explains your rationale and provide further details for the information included in your slides.
• Include pictures and at least 1 SMART Art graphic.
• Use a free video recording program such as screencast-o-matic to record a video of your presentation. Make sure that both your voice and the PowerPoint slides are captured on the video. Your presentation should be 10 minutes or less.
• Include a link to the location of your live video on the last slide of your PowerPoint presentation.
• Make sure to use audience specific language and tone in your PowerPoint.