Blanca Sanchez MGMT 4305 Case 1: Tanglewood Stores and Staffing Strategy Staffing Levels 1. Acquire or Develop Talent I would strongly recommend that Tanglewood focuses on developing talent rather than acquiring it. It seems that this company would do best if they hired internally because they say that all of the new employees that they hire‚ even those with college degrees‚ are required to spend time working in the store as an associate. They do this in order to preserve the company’s unique
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Tanglewood Case Study #1 Dear Donald Penchiala‚ I am external consultant for staffing services‚ and I would like to make some suggestions on staffing quantity and staffing quality strategies for Tanglewood. In my professional opinion‚ developing current talent would be a better and more cost effective strategy for Tanglewood than acquiring new talent. Going forward‚ new employees with minimal or no retail background should have a chance to develop retail experience as an associate while growing
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Tanglewood Case Study #2 Markov Analysis Table 1.1 Current Workforce 1 2 3 4 5 Exit 8500 = 4505 510 3485 1200 600 192 850 493 102 150 9 69 12 50 33 17 Gap Analysis 1 2 3 4 5 Exit Year End total 4505 1110 694 171 45 External Hires needed 3995 90 156 -21 5 Environmental Scan Tanglewood
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CASE FOUR – TANGLEWOOD MEASUREMENT AND VALIDATION 1. Assess the practical and statistical significance of a proposed set of hiring tools‚ and recommendations regarding how adopting these new hiring methods might benefit stores. Tanglewood has decided to use the following new approaches to hiring; Retail market Knowledge Exam‚ Marshfield Customer Service Bio data Questionnaire and Essay‚ Marshfield Applicant Exam and a Personality Exam. A critical review of each of these has certain strengthens
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Management 364 A‚ Workforce Planning and Employment Case 7 Personnel selection and assessment activities are integral parts of this organizational life. Tanglewood’s economic climate has seen an ever increasing level of staff turnover and personnel reorganization‚ and the abolition of the traditional view keeping a ’a job for life. Consequently‚ there is now more pressure on this organizations and HR managers to fill vacant positions quickly and with the most appropriate individuals. Decisions
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● TANGLEWOOD CASEBOOK for use with STAFFING ORGANIZATIONS ● ● 7th Ed. Kammeyer-Mueller TANGLEWOOD CASEBOOK To accompany Staffing Organizations‚ seventh edition‚ 2012. Prepared by John Kammeyer-Mueller Warrington College of Business University of Florida Gainesville‚ Florida Telephone: 352-392-0108 E-mail: kammeyjd@ufl.edu Copyright ©2012 Mendota House‚ Inc. Herbert G. Heneman III President Telephone: 608-233-4417
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CASE 3 – RECRUITING Each branch of Tanglewood uses distinct methods for recruiting. With the employee turnover very high is the retail industry‚ Tanglewood is no exception. For that purpose‚ they need to constantly hire new employees. To fill these positions Tanglewood uses a variety of recruiting methods‚ though each region need not necessarily follow all. While the methods used for recruiting are Media‚ Referrals‚ Kiosks‚ State Job Services and Staffing Agencies‚ individual branches determine
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This report addresses the HR planning analysis and staffing procedures for two regional divisions of Tanglewood in the state of Washington requested by the Staffing Services Director of Tanglewood‚ Donald Penchiala. Most of the Tanglewood stores have been in existence for 10 or more years and known for their stability. Most stores were indirectly managed by Emerson and Woods when they were first established. Due to this stability‚ the organization expects estimates their forecast for next year’s
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Tanglewood Case – Assignment #1 (Case 1) – Due Week 2 | Objective | The goal of Part 1 is to help you learn more about the basic environmental concerns the Tanglewood Department Store chain is facing. This information will help you to understand how competition‚ strategy‚ and culture jointly form the effective development of a selection plan. Assignment Specifics | In this assignment you will be concentrating on staffing quantity and staffing quality strategies for Tanglewood. To begin
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present several options regarding how this hiring decision should proceed. This is a very important decision‚ so Tanglewood would like you to provide several different possible selection schemes. 1. Develop a detailed selection plan for this position. Determine what you want to measure by analyzing KSAOs from the job description and the information on organizational culture in the case‚ and fitting the selection measures into the plan format as shown in Table 8.2 in the book. The assessment methods
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