Category: Business and Management : Business

The chief financial officer (CFO) discussed your analysis and strategy with the executive team and feels that you are the perfect person to work on the corporate budget. Based on the current external environment, the organization has limited resources, and each department has been asked to reduce costs. Based on your experience, answer the following questions:
What type of costs should the departments reduce first and why?
How can the organization prevent budgetary slack in the budgeting process since the bonuses of managers are tied to the budget?
What are some potential ethical issues all organizations deal with in the budgeting process? What are some ways of dealing with these potential problems

Scenario
You are a human resources generalist at a start-up company. As new business volume grows, the employer needs to add more talent to the organization. New employees are being added to all departments, including your own. As an HR generalist, you are part of the group that manages orientation for new employees. Your next new employee orientation session includes new human resources colleagues.
The new HR employees will be working in a distributed work design, either at the company site or 100% remote. You will need to give both sets of new employees the same basic information about your company, as well as information that is specific to their role as an HR generalist. To support this distributed workforce, you will create an orientation presentation that can be used either in person or in a remote setting.
Directions
Create a PowerPoint presentation that you will use for the new HR employee orientation. Use the Project One New Hire Orientation Presentation Template provided in the What to Submit section. In addition, you will use the Project One Speaker Notes Template provided in the What to Submit section to record full speaker notes for your presentation. Alternatively, you may record a voice presentation onto your slides. You may find it useful to use the Project One Speaker Notes template to draft your script prior to recording your audio.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Overview
Human Resources Overview: Describe the major functions of HR as they relate to the employee life cycle.
Organization Structure: Describe how human resources contributes to an organization’s strategy.
Explain the role of an HR professional and how the role supports an organization.
Describe how HR uses KPIs to support organizational needs.
Talent Acquisition and Retention: Describe the organization’s approach for attracting and retaining talent.
Explain the roles of job analysis, job design, and job specifications.
Describe how job analysis, job design, and job specifications support talent acquisition and retention.
Promoting Culture: Describe methods that Human Resources uses to promote and drive culture in an organization.
Describe why supporting a culture of development, diversity, and inclusion adds value to an organization.
Technology
Technology Evaluation: Describe the process that HR uses to evaluate technology to support their needs.
Describe the criteria for selecting human resource information systems (HRIS) for meeting organizational needs.
Discuss how a new employee might contribute to the selection process.
Diversity and Accessibility: Discuss how recruitment and engagement technology and tools can assist with diversity and accessibility for employees or potential employees.
Automated Processes: Explain how automated processes can impact a business.
Describe how automated workflows can affect training, recruitment, and other HR functions.
Technology Example—Social Media: Describe how use of social media can increase employee engagement and improve retention.
Consider ways that different types of social media resources can be used when hiring or communicating employee initiatives.
Give examples of appropriate social media channels that can be used in the workplace.
What to Submit
To complete this project, you must submit the following:
New Hire Orientation Presentation
Your presentation should be 8 to 10 slides in length, not including the title and references slides. Sources should be cited according to APA style.
Speaker Notes Document or Recorded Audio on Slides
Use complete sentences to outline what you would say in a verbal presentation. Sources should be cited according to APA style when using the document. If audio is used instead, each slide should contain 1 to 2 minutes of audio, not including the title and reference slides.

n this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:
Explain the purpose and use of total rewards
Scenario
You are a human resources professional who works for a start-up company. As is typical for a start-up, the company needs to offset the costs of starting a new business with lower compensation. They intend to do this by designing a new total rewards package. Total rewards packages can be used to attract and retain talent by offering them desirable benefits in addition to their salary. Your manager has asked for your input on what to include in the new package. Senior management is concerned that the current total rewards package is not attractive enough to a distributed workforce. Your manager has tasked you with creating a proposal summary that will contain your recommendations for a new total rewards program. You will include a brief overview of a total rewards package and its purpose, as well as why it adds value to the company. Your manager will use these recommendations in their presentation to senior management.
Directions
Create a proposal summary that will contain your recommendations for a total rewards program. Use the Project Two Template, provided in the What to Submit section, for your proposal summary. You will include four suggested total rewards components for the new program in the Talent Retention section of your document. Each component should contain the title of the item, describe what it is, and explain why this component would be attractive to current and prospective employees. You should summarize your proposal with an explanation of the employee value proposition (EVA) and how it relates to total rewards.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Total Rewards: Define the concept of total rewards and its purpose.
Explain why a company would use a total rewards package.
Discuss how total rewards is important for employee retention.
Discuss why total rewards packages are valuable to an employer.
Total Rewards Package: Explain the components of a total rewards package.
Describe the different parts of a total rewards package and what value they bring to the company.
Differentiate between monetary and non-monetary rewards.
Talent Retention: Explain how total rewards components are used to attract and retain talent.
Give four examples of suggested total rewards components and why they might be attractive to an employee.
Consider how additional incentives might affect talent retention.
Employee Value Proposition: Explain the concept of EVP and its relation to total rewards.
What to Submit
To complete this project, you must submit the following:
Total Rewards Proposal
Submit this assignment as a Word document, 2 to 3 pages in length. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Consult the Shapiro Library APA Style Guide for more information on citations; you can access Shapiro Library resources through the Academic Support area of the course. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

Purpose: Nutting (2019) suggests that websites are essential marketing tools for small businesses. The purpose of this assignment is to provide students with an opportunity to gain hands-on experience with some of the free online tools that are available to help market their businesses.
Step 1: Go to www.wix.com
Create an account using your PennWest email address.
Under ‘What kind of website do you want to create?’ please select Business
Select how you want to create your website (it is easiest to use the Wix Editor)
Search and select a template that matches your business concept
Most sections are ‘click and edit, drag and drop’ style
Need Extra Help? Wix offers tutorials within the website or here are a few from YouTube:
Brad Scott Fitness Wix Testimonial 
Wix Tutorial by Ed Lee 
Trouble Shooting in Wix:
Wix offers an interactive support center to help guide you through any issues. If the diagnostic tool does not solve your problem, you will be prompted to submit a ticket. Issues are usually resolved within 24 hours.  You can find the ‘support’ tab in the top right-hand corner of the website or by clicking this link.
Step 2: Creating the website
This assignment allows you to have creative freedom in an effort to help you ‘build your brand’ and send the right message to your potential target market. Your website can go into as much depth as you want, but please do not purchase additional features. Refer to the grading rubric below to ensure you have included all the required elements.
Step 3: Publish your website (you can deactivate upon completion of the course)
Step 4: Cut and paste a link to your website onto the discussion board. Home Page: This is the first impression! You will want to make sure it is a true representation of you and your business. This is the perfect place to highlight your branding (logo, slogan, mission and vision statement, testimonials, etc.). 5 points
About Us: This section allows you to make a personal connection with the target market by providing a personalized page about your business. This is a great place to discuss your personal philosophy related to your business venture (personal training, yoga, wellness coach, etc.), a biography about yourself, upload pictures to help establish an interest. Remember the whole concept of marketing is to engage the audience to the point where they want to learn more! 10 Points
Upcoming Events/Promotions: Based on the readings from this week, create a promotion, activity calendar or purchase/sales incentive. Be creative and informative! This is an opportunity to attract more clients, increase participation and/or focus on retention. Details are very important here! You will want to ensure the reader is fully informed about the promotion, activity or incentive. The text discusses several examples in chapters 12, 13 & 16 to help spark your inspiration. 10 Points
Contact Information: This section of your website should show your hours of operation, address and basic contact information. For the purpose of the assignment, please do not provide your personal address or details. 5 Points
Facilities/Services: On this page you will provide an overview of the facilities and/or services your business offers. Highlight the unique features of your business that will set you apart from the competition. Feel free to include pictures. 10 Points
Virtual Component: Here, you must have a virtual component within your website. This is unscripted/open-ended. Be creative! 10 Points
Overall Design: Finally, you will be graded on the overall cohesiveness and comprehensiveness of your website. Does your platform send a clear message to your target market? Did you include pictures or videos to personalize the design? Is the website free of spelling and grammatical errors? Is there consistency in terms of font, size, and design? 10 Points

Week 5 – Executive Summary
Assignment Point Value: 40 pts
“An executive summary is a component of a business document (for example, business plans and project proposals) or research documents used in academia, government, and the healthcare industry. The goal is to summarize the important information found in the rest of the document and is often listed in the table of contents as a separate section. When not listed as a formal section, it is the reader’s first introduction to the purpose of a plan, report, or proposal. An executive summary might be a paragraph, a summary memo, or occasionally the first page. When it is written well, it tells a story quickly and efficiently with a clear purpose.” (https://www.smartsheet.com)
“A well planned, well written executive summary accounts for the user’s time and by doing so, serves as a valuable tool. Decision-makers don’t have the time to read everything, and the average time an online user spends actually reading content is already at a premium. If you’re creating business plans, project proposals, product launch presentations, or making a sales pitch, the executive summary is an opportunity to convey the most important aspects of your content to the reader.
Even if it is the only thing your target audience reads, a well written executive summary creates value if the reader takes action without having to read the rest of your content word for word. If there is a business case for your document, a strong argument to make, or a story to tell, do it in the executive summary first.” (https://www.smartsheet.com)
Directions for Compiling an Executive Summary
Background
Even though the executive summary is the second item in the business plan and the first item to be presented, you should write it after the other sections are finished so that you can give an accurate description. This is your chance to give an overview of your business plan and highlight the key points of your company’s future success.
Technical directions
Please follow these instructions exactly and respond to the suggested description of this template found in your text, pages 221-222.
NOTE: Under the Financial Summary segment, you are only required to provide info for Year 1 and NOT years 2 and 3.
Using the attached template, make this document as professional as possible, just as if you were submitting it to your investors, stakeholders, or whoever would need to review to approve. This document must be no longer than 4 pages.  There is a minimum of two pages and a maximum of three pages of content; page 1 is the title page. Make sure that you have uniform spacing between titles and content.  Ensure that your technical writing, including spelling, punctuation, and uniform font style and size are correct.
Link to Executive Summary Template
Title PageYou may insert [your] company logo (real or hypothetical) with the contact info and project title in APA 7.
Page 2 should be your cover letter (sample found on page 220 in textbook). Please customize your own letter and don’t copy/paste the sample letter.
The Subsequent Pages 3, 4 and 5 should describe/outline Letters A – I as per the attached template. This template somewhat follows the outline found in the textbook on pages 221-222.

Instructions:
read the blogs https://www.socra.org/blog/developing-effective-study-start-up-processes/
https://pharmafile.com/features/clinical-trial-success-how-relationships-are-key/

Budget Development and Negotiation for Investigative Sites

Initial Post
Create your initial post by answering the following questions:
In your opinion, what is the most important activity in the study start-up process and why?
What communication strategies do you think will effectively maintain a relationship between the site and the sponsor/CRO and why?
Which strategy do you think would be most effective in avoiding common budgeting mistakes shared by the author of the blog and why?

You will upload your personal business plan to canvas with the name of the attached file in the following format: “Last & First Name MGT 4900-XX Summer-2024” (where XX refers to the course’s section number). Use doc/docx (Word) or pdf format.
This assignment is worth 15% of your grade, and due on canvas by 6/21 11 p.m. Please elaborate our answers. Go beyond simple bullet points

You have been requested by the Institutional Review Board at Liberty University to justify your study using a qualitative research design.  You have selected the use of focus groups with 12 participants in each of two groups.  Address how you will protect the human subject participants in your study.  Consider the following issues:
informed consent,
voluntary participation,
confidentiality,
mitigation of risks,
maintenance and security of all data and materials,
use of audio/video,
participant’s right to drop out of study, and
deception/coercion.

In this project, you will demonstrate an understanding of management and leadership. You will be exposed to various leadership skills and styles. After reading the project’s case scenario, you will apply what has been learned to make recommendations for a new position at Tasty Products. Keep in mind that this project is a research project and not an essay. The student is expected to make significant use of coursematerials.  
Your completed project will be 5-6 pages in length, excluding its title and reference page.    
How to Set Up the Paper
Create a Word or Rich Text Format (RTF) document that is double-spaced using 12-point font.  
Create an APA-compliant title page to include: the project title, date, course number, section numbers, student’s name, and instructor’s name.
Scenario 
Tasty Products, a billion-dollar multinational company, has for more than 25 years has developed, produced, and distributed organic food products to major retailers (e.g., Whole Foods; Costco, Safeway) throughout the United States. These products are noted for their salutary effects, including stable blood glucose levels. Tasty Products has recently decided to launch a new line of products. 
It will develop, produce, and distribute all-naturally flavored protein bars to its new and existing clients. This new line of all-naturally flavored protein bars will necessitate establishing a new division to develop, produce, market, and distribute the product. A new Executive Vice President will need to be selected to establish and lead the new division.    
Your company, Wiz Consultants, has been retained to help Tasty Products’ Human Resources Director make the final selection from the candidates she has previously interviewed and narrowed to three (3) possibilities. She has prepared a detailed written profile for each candidate.   
Tasty Products’ Human Resources Director has explained to you that she has been directed to find the best person to establish and run the new division. The Human Resources Director further explained that the protein bar industry consists of many well-established companies. Accordingly, the ideal candidate will need to learn quickly and handle many complex leadership and management tasks. 
These complex management and leadership tasks include the following: developing innovative strategy, creating well-made products, effective product marketing, developing and managing the processes and procedures for employees to follow, and creating and articulating a clear vision for the new division. Strong leadership will be the key to the all-naturally flavored energy bar’s success. 
The Executive VP will be the face of Tasty Products’ new brand to existing and prospective clients (e.g., Whole Foods, Safeway, Costco, and the like). The key to success with existing clients and prospective clients will be the ability to communicate to them, “What makes Tasty Products naturally flavored protein bars special.” The new Executive VP must be viewed as a person of integrity and an innovative problem solver. 
The Executive VP must be seen by current employees and newly hired employees and their managers, who will all work in the new division, as a leader who understands and supports the culture, values, and traditions of Tasty Products. In a short period of time, Tasty Products’ leadership expects the new Executive VP to have met the leadership and management expectations discussed above and have the new division running efficiently and productively.   
In summary, Tasty Products desires that the new Executive VP for the Energy Bars Division have the array of excellent management and leadership skills necessary to lead the new division. 
Your specific role is to analyze the candidate profiles that follow and answer the specific questions (as identified below the last candidate profiles) the company’s management has asked you.  
Candidate Profiles  
T.J. Max
T.J. has spent the past 13 years working for Star Lite Foods, a mid-sized, $220 million in annual sales, vegetarian food distribution company, headquartered and operating its largest facility in Arizona. She started with the company working on the production line that selected the vegetables suitable for distribution throughout the western section of the United States. For the next 4 years, she worked in a variety of management jobs overseeing production.  
T.J. then worked for 7 years as a Regional Manager in Idaho, responsible for increasing the production of vegetables on farms that Star Lite used as sources for vegetables needed for their own vegetable production. During her run as a Regional Manager, she was responsible for making visits to farms to help each farm in the Safe Lite network develop a business plan. The focus of these business plans was to help each farm develop a vision, mission, and general operations plan to help ensure production was stable.   
T.J. credits her success in that role to her ability to get local farmers to work together instead of independently. She created a program, Community Communications, to keep farmers up to date on farm news affecting the region and encourage cooperative relationships. T.J.’s staff set up a blog and website and expanded social media channels to supplement her Community Communication initiative. These enhancements enabled the latest up-to-date sources of information for farming-related issues and encouraged the cooperative development of strategic goals and plans.  
T.J. was promoted and has served for the past 3 years as Star Lite Foods Vice President of the New Product Design and Marketing Department. She proposed focusing on making quality products that can be sourced from local vendors. She stated that once established the company could initiate a move to being more environmentally attentive to the well-being of consumers. T.J. has long advocated for natural products whenever possible and the need for more nutritious and healthy food lines. Management sees T.J. as clever and creative.
T.J. proudly stated that she likes to surround herself with good people. T.J. indicated she likes to delegate because she feels her team of workers needs the freedom to make decisions. She feels people produce more and like work better without strict guidance. She is hands-off. T.J. boasted that the team was instrumental in helping Star Lite obtain a double-digit increase in market share. 
T.J. is well-liked by her employees. She communicates what is important and has a good sense of timing. They, at times, describe her as distant, but when they seek her judgment or she offers an opinion, they respect it. T.J. is very open to conversations with others and is known to be truthful and subtle. She often indicates she’d like to think about the issue or question before she answers, but she always follow-ups, even if it is a day or so later. T.J. likes people. T.J. will not tolerate employees that don’t work well with others, and she is very comfortable working with everyone.  
T.J. is confident that her hard work to advance her career and track record in various complex jobs makes her capable of taking on the new role. T.J. earned her B.A. in Business in a part-time program at a local college in Idaho. 
L.L. Bean 
L.L. started Bean’s Frozen Health 15 years ago. L.L. started Bean’s Frozen Health in his basement. The company distributes its products throughout the United States and Canada. Sales are currently $360 million annually. Tasty Products agreed to purchase Bean’s Frozen Health. L.L.’s innovation in moving his standard selling of freshly produced vegetarian products to local supermarkets and specialty food stores, to frozen and pre-packaged goods where he could market and sell throughout the US and Canada led to rapid growth — both in terms of sales and employees, which currently exceed 250. 
He was known for his charismatic leadership style and hands-on management. Although popular with employees and managers, he was known to be focused and driven. His primary areas of focus were strategic planning, marketing, and product development. Employees characterized L.L.’s company as a pleasant place to work and one where they were treated fairly. 
L.L. agreed to stay in a leadership capacity with Tasty Products for 3 years, but his exact role has yet to be determined. He thinks leading this new division would be a good fit.
L.L.’s agreement makes accommodations for several key managers and key employees (sales, and marketing) to work for Tasty Products. Their roles have yet to be decided, but L.L. would have a say in that. The relationship among these key employees is informal; everyone calls each other by their first names, and they like to talk about business and work well together. L.L. indicated that he expects everyone to jump in when a task needs to be done. 
L.L. often says, “There are thinkers, and there are doers. Doers get the job done. If we make mistakes, we’ll fix them. Perfection is the enemy of the good. And, in business, to stay ahead of the competition, taking risks is necessary.” He sees himself as a doer and driver of others. L.L. frequently held town hall meetings to rally the troops and communicate a vision. He is forthright and blunt in his one on one. Often there seems to be little reflection before he speaks.    
L.L. admitted that while he depends on the people that comprise Bean’s Frozen Health, he likes to be immersed in the business and always wants to stay informed as to what is happening within every department. He likes to walk around and chat with people, although he does not like to waste his time or the time of others.
He also shared that he has limited formal educational experience with marketing since as the company grew, he used in-house personnel and top-of-the-line marketing firms. Still, since he has been leading Beans’ Frozen Health through its growth stages, he could easily manage Tasty Products’ new venture. He boasts that he is a proven innovator and entrepreneur.  
As a proven innovator and entrepreneur having started and built a large company, L.L. feels confident he is the best candidate. L.L. dropped out of college in his senior year to pursue his business. 
J.C. Penney
J.C. started his role at Tasty Products 12 years ago. Based on his prior 18 months of experience overseeing production for a small ($1m) annual sales protein bar company, J.C. was hired as a production manager at Tasty Products San Diego facility. His detail-oriented efficiency became widely known throughout Tasty Products. For the past 4 years, he has been working for Tasty Products as the Deputy Director of quality control and all products throughout the U.S. and Canada. He focuses on helping ensure that all-natural and organic products are environmentally friendly and appeal to consumer price points.     
J.C. is highly regarded within the employee ranks as a fair manager. He applies policies and procedures in a very even-handed manner. J.C., at times, can be seen as distracted by the details of production and quality and tends to get deeply involved in other areas of line operations. He has led many committees to plan new product development and distribution but has not yet been delegated those tasks as a recurring part of his current role. J.C. has hired a group of highly educated employees.
J.C.’s employees comment that he seeks a lot of data before rendering an opinion or a direction to follow. J.C. is known to be ethical and trustworthy. He never reacts immediately to what is being said and likes to research most things before he replies. J.C. likes to say, “the devil is in the details.”
He holds monthly staff meetings, but generally, these are with specific groups on specific topics that he asked certain employees with expertise in those areas to report on meetings. Management places a great deal of confidence in what J.C. suggests and recommends.  
J.C. sees himself as both a manager and a mentor who focuses on employee development. For example, J.C. provides very hands-on guidance in the technical areas of production and quality control and expresses exactly what he’d like to see the end product or report look like. J.C. is seen as a deep thinker who acts when he is certain of the next step. He is known to be someone management can rely on to solve complex technical issues. His opinions, however, in all aspects of the company are valued by management.
J.C. admitted he does not have any marketing or sales experience. Still, he has had a role in overseeing committees that made recommendations in those areas, including developing the new naturally flavored protein bar line. He has a strong desire to see the company become a leader in the protein bar market.
J.C. noted in his cover letter that although he has more hands-on experience in some areas of the new Executive VP role than others, he believes, nonetheless, he would be a good fit for the new position because he is committed to Tasty Products. He understands the company’s vision, mission, and core values. J.C. stated he had demonstrated the managerial and leadership skills to guide the team to success. 
J.C. believes his proven record at Tasty Products, his engineering background, and advanced education, as well as the respect he is accorded by employees and management at Tasty Products, make him an ideal candidate for the new role. J.C. has a degree in electrical engineering from Penn State and an MBA from Wharton. 
You have been asked to review the three candidate profiles and recommend the Executive Vice President position. The new Executive VP will have a lot of responsibility in managing and leading the new division. 
You will evaluate each of the three candidates considering each candidate’s experience and answer the questions Tasty Products’ leadership has requested to select the best candidate to lead the new division.   
You must use the following BOLDED headings for writing the project:
                                                                        Introduction
Write an Introduction paragraph. The introduction paragraph is the first paragraph of the paper and will describe to the reader the intent of the paper, explaining the main points covered in the paper. This intent should be understood before reading the remainder of the paper so the reader knows why the paper is being written and what is being covered in the paper. (Use in-text citations, as appropriate, and include the references in the Reference section.)  
Consider writing the introduction last to ensure that all of the main points are covered.
                                                                Management Skills
Identify and discuss the management skills that each candidate possesses. (Use in-text citations, as appropriate, and include the references in the Reference section.)
                                                                      Leadership Skills
Identify and discuss the leadership skills that each candidate possesses. (Use in-text citations, as appropriate, and include the references in the Reference section.) 
                                                                    Leadership Style 
Identify and discuss the leadership style of each candidate. (Use in-text citations, as appropriate, and include the references in the Reference section.) 
                                                            Candidate Recommendation
List your candidates in priority order with # 1 as your first choice. Recommend and justify your first (1st) choice candidate. (Use in-text citations, as appropriate, and include the references in the Reference section.)                                                                           
                                                          Rejected Candidates Explanation 
Explain the reasons your second-choice and third-choice candidates were not selected. Be certain to use their names and their rank order. (Use in-text citations, as appropriate, and include the references in the Reference section.) 
                                                                        Conclusion
Create a concluding paragraph. The conclusion paragraph highlights the major findings covered in the paper. (Use in-text citations as appropriate, and include the references in the Reference section.)  
                                                                       

This week you are required to submit a case study analysis. Your paper analysis should be between 3 – 5 pages, not counting the title and reference page. No submission should be fewer than 1050 words.
Include a clear and concise introduction.
Format your case study assignment paper so that the three questions asked below are clearly defined. Double space your work, cite your work, limit quotes, and edit your work well for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. If you use any quotes, you must increase the length of your paper to compensate. Make sure you have two additional references other than the text and use citations.
This case study analysis will be based on the company case studies provided here. There are 10 to choose from.  You are to pick ONE (1) of the companies and you must use a different company than you used in the week three paper. You may not have two papers about the same company. You may not use a paper or any part of a paper from a previous class. Name your selection on your title page.
Most of the case studies have authors listed within them.  Use those authors to formulate your reference listing and citations.   If there is no author listed, use the text as a reference where they were derived.
No abstract is required.  Do not use a running head.
Read the case study and answer the following questions in your paper.
1. Assess the effectiveness of your company’s leadership.
2. Discuss the basis of your company’s competitive advantage and the potential challenges to its strategy.
3. What growth strategies might your company pursue?
Submit your paper into the assignment section of the classroom in word document format.
Font and Spacing – Use Times New Roman 12 pitch font with double-spaced lines.
Length – Write a 3 to 5 page analysis not including the title page and citation page. No fewer than 1050 words!
Reference Page – Include all sources including your textbook on a Reference page
Utilize the APA Style for documenting sources. You will need to include at least 2 sources in addition to your text. Finally, remember Wikipedia is NOT a scholarly source.
Punctuation, essay format (thesis, supporting paragraphs with transition and topic sentences, and summary) grammar and documentation count toward your grade.
Review the Grading Rubric attached here for detailed information about the essay grading criteria.
Late papers will have deductions.