You have been employed as an HR Specialist at a five-star resort called the Tiki Getaway. The resort has gained a reputation for superb quality and the ultimate vacation experience. However, on the back end prior to your employment you have also heard that while the guest experience is superb, the employee experience is lacking. You experience this truth firsthand when you are called to assist in the processing of two new hires. Both individuals report to work as instructed and are sent directly to work in their respective departments. The only thing they have received are their temporary name tags and log in credentials. By lunch time one of the new hires concerned comes back to the HR office asking if there is anything they should be given before they continue work. Your manager, occupied with something else instructs you to send them back to work and reprimands them for coming in the middle of the work day to bother the very busy department. For this scenario assume the role of an HR Professional and answer the questions outlined above. What’s wrong here? What can be done? What steps should be taken to rectify the problem?

Freese, inc., is in the process of preparing the fourth quarter budget for 2016, and the following data have been assembled: the company sells a single product at a price of $70 per unit. the estimated sales volume for the next six months is as follows: september 15,600 units october 14,400 units november 16,800 units december 24,000 units january 10,800 units february 12,000 units all sales are on account. the company's collection experience has been that 30% of a month's sales are collected in the month of sale, 68% are collected in the month following the sale, and 2% are uncollectible. it is expected that the net realizable value of accounts receivable (i.e., accounts receivable less allowance for uncollectible accounts) will be $396,032 on september 30, 2016. management's policy is to maintain ending finished goods inventory each month at a level equal to 30% of the next month's budgeted sales. the finished goods inventory on september 30, 2016, is expected to be 2,520 units. to make one unit of finished product, 6 pounds of materials are required. management's policy is to have enough materials on hand at the end of each month to equal 40% of the next month's estimated usage. the raw materials inventory is expected to be 21,168 pounds on september 30, 2016. the cost per pound of raw material is $5, and 70% of all purchases are paid for in the month of purchase; the remainder is paid in the following month. the accounts payable for raw material purchases is expected to be $79,758 on september 30, 2016. a. prepare a sales budget in units and dollars, by month and in total, for the fourth quarter (october, november, and december) of 2016.