The Vice-President of Human Resources is a proponent of benchmarking using best practices. In wour initial meeting with the Vice-President, vou discussed the current practices and processes in the payroll department and where you felt efficiencies and effectiveness could be improved. As a result of that meeting, it was agreed that your focus for the next bwelve months would be to begin transforming payroll into a high performance team by benchmarking current processes against established best practices. The actual implementation of any new systems would begin after the twelve-month benchmarking period. You have another meeting with the Vice-President in four weeks. Prior to that meeting vou must submit a report for her review detailing your plans and recommendations for implementing payroll best practices at NutriGrow. She is also interested in your thoughts on increasing payroll's role in the organization and wants you to include an outline in your report of how you feel that can best be accomplished. In your report, yvou must address the following issues and you should also ensure that you include any other issues you feel would best respond to the Vice-President's request. Benchmarking with Best Practices: Current payroll processes and procedures Current time reporting system, and potential efficiencies Current payroll system and potential changes Current disconnect between Payroll and Human Resources information sharing Short term potential accomplishments {within twelve months) and long-term potential accomplishments {greater than twelve months) ooooao Payroll's Role in the Organization: O Current role O Opportunities for expansion O Recommended plan for expansion - Short term (within twelve menths) and long- term (greater than twelve months) Final Report Review 'The Case Method' in the Supplemental Resources prior to preparing your report. The final report should be a minimum of ten {10) pages and include the following: Cover Page (does not count as one (1) page) Introduction and backaground Report for the Vice-President Conclusion oooog