Prepare a short paper that identifies and describes key information of at least five substantive sources of background information on the market domain of your choosing. Use the MBA 515 – Business Environments, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Library Resource Guide via the Shapiro Library to collect data and research about the industry and market domain. Also consider other academic, private, and government sources. The sources must include both historical and current information. The Domain I chose was manufacturing and company is Telsa Model 3. I need also 5 sources that are academic, private, and government sources. The sources must include both historical and current information.

Why does an organization prepare a balance sheet? a. to reveal what the organization owns and owes at a point in time b. to reveal how well the company utilizes its cash c. to calculate retained earnings for a given accounting period d. to calculate gross profit for a given accounting period

Laval produces lamps and home lighting fixtures. its most popular product is a brushed aluminum desk lamp. this lamp is made from components shaped in the fabricating department and assembled in the assembly department. information related to the 22,000 desk lamps produced annually follows.direct materials $280,000direct labor fabricating department (8,000 dlh × $24 per dlh) $192,000assembly department (16,600 dlh × $26 per dlh) $431,600machine hours fabricating department $15,200mhassembly department $20,850mhexpected overhead cost and related data for the two production departments follow.fabricating assemblydirect labor hours 150,000dlh 295,000dlhmachine hours 161,000mh 128,000mhoverhead cost $400,000 430,000required1. determine the plantwide overhead rate for laval using direct labor hours as a base.2. determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamp using the plantwide overhead rate.3. compute departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in the fabricating department and direct labor hours in the assembly department.4. use departmental overhead rates from requirement 3 to determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamps.

Differentiate between the trait, behavioral, and results-based performance appraisal systems, providing an example where each would be most applicable.