Tanglewood Case 1: Tanglewood Stores and Staffing Strategy Introduction: Tanglewood has experienced success and very fast growth over the years‚ due to the involved efforts of its founders‚ its core workforce and strategies around participative style of management. This report looks at the Tanglewood strategy and goals for the future‚ the two key elements of staffing decisions‚ namely staffing levels and staffing quality‚ to come up with recommendations on these elements which will help Tanglewood
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Tanglewood Case 1 Franklin‚ M.V. Tanglewood was founded in 1975 by Tanner Emerson and Thurston Wood. Tanglewood is a chain of general retail stores which features items such as appliances‚ clothing‚ electronics‚ and home decor. Tanglewood targets middle and upper income customers. Tanglewood’s has a large camping and outdoor living section in every store as a distinct strategy. The store also distinguishes itself by simple‚ elegant design concepts for the store and their in-house products. The
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Week 1 Case Study: Tanglewood Stores Case Daniel Johnson HRMG 5800 – Staffing and Selection Webster University Dr. Sue C. Golabek January 12‚ 2014 Week 1 Case Study: Tanglewood Stores Case Tanglewood Stores is an institution that focuses on providing core values and employee participation. In order to provide an effective organization at all levels‚ an institution needs to look at all levels and provide adequate analysis on labor requirements/acquisition‚ available positions‚ and
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Disparate Impact In evaluating the recruiting and hiring practices of Tanglewood for a potential disparate impact claim‚ we need to look at the historical flow and concentration statistics to see if there is an adverse impact possibility. A flow statistic is when we analyze applicants to actual people selected to be hired. The concentration statistic‚ analyzes the distribution of employees in the organization to provide a proportion statistic in determining disparate impact. We will look at the
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Case 5 Proposal Tanglewood prides itself on encouragement of diversity in the workplace. All hiring and promotion decisions should be made on the basis of character and quality of work. The ensuing lawsuit brings about a need to analyze Tanglewood’s selection strategies to ensure these practices are not hindering the promotion of diversity. The Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP) requires that all organizations keep records that will allow for calculation and comparison
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which three predictors would you suggest Tanglewood use in selecting Store Associates? Conscientiousness: This predictor is important for Tanglewood to base their applicant selection on because of what it represents. According to the data presented in the case‚ more conscientiousness is associated with less absent days by employees. In a sense‚ more conscientiousness can be interpreted as more commitment to the corporation which is a value that Tanglewood can really benefit from. For a retailer
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Staffing Strategies In reviewing Tanglewood case study 1‚ we evaluate all aspects of the company in order to determine which strategic staffing decision would potentially be suitable for meeting the organizations goals and staffing requirements. They’re 13 different staffing strategies which are distributed into two categories. Each one of the strategies is designed in a format of this one verses that one concept‚ making it so one would decide which would be best suited for the company. The two
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majority population. Tactics of Tanglewoods for recruiting. Recruiting: The typical recruiting and hiring practices for Northern California are based on a model that has been successful in finding qualified‚ energetic salespeople and talented managers. When openings occur‚ there is a two-pronged recruiting approach. First‚ as an internal method of selection‚ existing employees are solicited for recommendations. For higher level positions‚ the internal selection process involves promotion from
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Case Study Tanglewood Case Study– Week two Zina Jimada Keller University May 19‚ 2013 Introduction Tanglewood is a chain of retail stores that uniquely distinguish itself through it stores layout of outdoor theme. It was named Tanglewood in 1984 by Emerson and Wood who are the co-founders of the company. Tanglewood appeals to the middle and upper income group of consumers who look for convenience and reasonable prices. Tanglewood has experienced rapid growth since
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Organizational Summary Tanglewood is a department store chain‚ that features variety of items such as clothing‚ appliances‚ electronics‚ and home décor. The company’s price policy can be described as moderate‚ targeting middle- and upper-income customers. Tanglewood main characteristic is an “outdoors” theme‚ that promotes healthy lifestyle. The company also outlines its design concepts’ simplicity and elegance. Tanglewood has originally started as a single store‚ which sold both outdoor clothing
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