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2. Introductory
Mission Statement
ConservEnergy’s number one mission is to
revolutionize the way our planet uses natural
resources by spreading the technology and
products our company has to offer. Carbon
monoxide and harmful pollutants are the
result of the many destructive resources our
planet consumes and ConservEnergy is
absolutely committed in becoming the
solution to this problem.
Company Overview
ConservEnergy is a solar energy company
that specializes in transforming solar power
into a renewable energy resource that can be
sold to any energy company or applied
towards any electrical appliance or utility in
residential, commercial, and industrial
properties. Our products are designed to
save money for consumers by not having to
pay any electrical or heating bills while
preserving the Earth’s natural resources.
3. Top Management
Oversees all functions and operations in
the West and East Region Teams,
Provides feedback and assigns new work
cases and assignments to West and East Research Development Team
2. Region Managers. Researches new innovations
regarding renewable resources so
Management records Top Management ConservEnergy can upgrade existing
clients personal and products while creating more energy
billing information and saving products.
1. submits it to the
Service Center. West and East Region
Research Development
Solar Consultant Teams
Initiates and Records (Managers)
Team
Sales to the Manager
Corporate Service Center Support Staff
Solar Consultants (Admin, HR, Accounting, Customer Service (IT Support, Installation Team,
Legal Team Product Maintenance
Solar Consultants 3.
Corporate Service Center
Sets up appoints with Management sends Support Staff
Handles all accounting functions
clients, and sales the product order to IT tech support assists
within the two regional teams, HR
initial solar products support team, in all IT related issues
Team and Administration oversee
available. Records all Support team then within both the West
the functions of employees, and
sales in database and assigns project to a and East Region teams,
Customer Service assists clients
submits client documents designated Installation Teams
with questions and sends orders to
to managers. installation team. receive orders to intiate
support if client needs product
maintenance. Legal team assists solar installation
with filed work related legal products, and Product
claims. maintenance assists
with any trouble-related
Business Organization issues concerning solar
products.
4. Legal & Ethical Issues
• All ConservEnergy Employee’s choose to engage
and conduct all of our business and business
interactions with client’s and businesses legally and
ethically respecting all laws applicable
• Each ConservEnergy employee believes that
ensuring their clients with honesty and integrity
guarantees prosperity in future business
• Each organization and business is expected to honor
all agreements and contracts signed by the client and
ConservEnergy’s employees.
• All ConservEnergy employees are expected to
remain free of discrimination of age, sex, race, or
religion in regards to employment and engaging in
business interactions.
• Any legal issues : Are handled through the companies
legal department. Within the company’s administration
department there are designated lawyers assigned to
different regions of the company. All employees are
assigned a lawyer and all contact information is
provided. Any work related issues concerning legal
matters are brought to their attention.
5. ConservEnergy strongly believes that our business culture should
Encourage open feedback and suggestions, while also encourage
Business Culture Employees to find new and improved ways of performing their job
Functions at an optimal level.
Open Door Policy
Performance Tracking Encourages employees
Tracks the performance of each to offer any useful
employees and their tasks. Offers assistance or feedback
Open Door
each employee the opportunity for for the company or any
Policy
monthly reviews and feedback to employees.
Improve company work
performance.
Quarterly Meetings
Quarterly Town
Performance ConservEnergy Recognizes the over
Hall Meetings
Tracking Business Culture achieving employees
and rewards them,
informs the employees
with new information
about product and
policies.
United Employee Assistance
Encourages all employees to
United Employee
Assist any new hires with their
Assistance
Job assignments, and always
Be of assistance in a warm friendly
Manner.
6. Each individual department in administration
has a bonus ranking if each individual
Motivation
completes more than their over assigned work
cases for their group. Each individual Solar
consultant has a monthly bonus if they over
Bonus achieve their monthly goals.
Each individual is encouraged to push themselves Ranking
To the best of their abilities. Every employee sets a System
Goal they will accomplish for the month concerning Individual Based
Assigned job duties. If employees overachieve their goals Monthly West and East Regions are
They are rewarded through the bonus ranking system. Sales Goals assigned a set goal for all
(Personal Based) employees to achieve at the end
of the month. If all employees
Region Based Monthly Sales overachieve the assigned goal
Goals for the month they are rewarded.
(Group Based)
Top Management assigns
all of tasks needed to be Management Objectives
done for the month and
executes those tasks to
regional management
All motivation is encouraged by work
performance and personal goal setting.
Any employee who struggles with goals
are always assisted by other employees
based on the united employees assistance
and performance management.
7. Human Recruitment and Selection All employees are recruited based
Resources on a number of years of work
experience for their assigned job
tasks.
Training and Development All training is coordinated through
Recruitment is assigned trainers for new hires and a
based off of separate training department is available
resumes posted for struggling employees who need
online, career fairs, assistance relearning material.
and referrals.
Labor Relations Each department is assigned a Labor
Relations representative that is available
All training to discuss any issues regarding policies or
instructors are Open-Door regulations. Before issues are taken to
specialized in Policy always Labor Relations, issues must first be
motivational applies brought to managements attention.
tactics and are
experts to hands- Performance Appraisal All performance appraisals are
on-training. recorded by managers and are
reviewed with the employee on a
monthly basis. Monthly reviews cover
The main goal of performance for their job tasks, and
performance appraisal
behavioral performance regarding
reviews is to find ways to
assist the employee in
attendance.
becoming a better worker,
after several attempts Pay and Benefits Free Health, Life, Dental, and Vision
have failed we must let insurance is covered for employees after a
the employee go. certain number of years and after a certain
number of positive performance reviews.
Pay can be increased or decreased
Bonuses are included in the pay as well if depending on the employees work
employees achieve their goals and the performance.
company’s goal, however if employees cause
misconduct pay can be lowered.
8. Information Technology The TPS systems are available for all solar
(IT) consultants, managers, HR, Admin, Support
Teams, and Research Development to input data
into the company’s database.
All information inputed
The E-Commerce Systems are available for
into the TPS systems, are
potential prospects to view our products
filtered through the KMS
and schedule appointments online so that
systems and placed in
Transaction Processing Systems consultants can determine how much
their correct data category
product would be needed for your property.
in their company’s
Clients can pay bills and check balances
database.
online as well.
Knowledge Management
E-Commerce Systems
Systems
Four ERP systems help
different departments function
their daily tasks at a more
Artifical Intelligence helps arrange all of efficient level. Solar
theImportant statistical data regarding sales, Consultants, HR, Accounting,
production levels, profitability ratios, business and IT all have different ERP
related expenses and organizes the systems that allow them to
information based on management discretion. perform daily tasks at an
optimal level.
Expert Systems & Enterprise Resource Planning
Artificial Intelligence Systems
9. Operations and Materials Management
Business
Income 2009 2010 2011
Costs of
Goods Sold
$3,300,000 $4,400,000 $5,670,000
Energy $300,000 $550,000 $720,000
Sold
Leased and
Financed
$150,000 $255,000 $466,000
Products
Interest $30,000 $51,000 $83,000
Earned
Total $3,780,000 $5,256,000 $6,939,000
Expenses
ConservEnergy’s annual expenses are above and shows all of the gross
income that was earned from our business resources and management
operations.
11. Research Development Operations and Materials Management
Top Management Researches new innovations for
finding new ways of improving (Operations)
Oversees all activities in ConservEnergy’s existing products,
departments of both while discovering new ways of
regions. Executives creating renewable resource Managers
company goals for each products.
Ensures that all Support Team
regional manager to
accompish. departments are Assists with all IT
Top Management performing daily tasks tech related support
Corporate Center and living up to issues for every
performance department within
Receives orders from Managers
regarding client information and standards and their assigned region.
documents it. HR, Admin., company goals. Installation Teams
Accounting, and Customer receive orders and
Service assists clients and install solar products
employees with operational
on clienteles property.
functions.
West Region Research Maintenance teams
Team Development assist 24/7 and
East Region receive orders from
(Managers) Team managers to repair
(Managers) any solar products.
Corporate Corporate
Center Center (East)
(West)
Solar
Support Solar
Consultants Support
Team Consultants
(West) Team
Clientele (East)
Database
Solar Consultants
Assist with sales and marketing of solar products.
Coordinate changes with products and billing for
clients and reports to managers all sales recorded.