Running Head: TANGLEWOOD Tanglewood’s Strategic Decisions Cody Hobson Upper Iowa University Table of Contents 1. Introduction…..P. 3 2. Staffing Levels….P. 3 a. Acquire or Develop Talent….P. 3 - 4 b. Hire Yourself or Outsource….P. 4 - 5 c. External or Internal Hiring….P. 5 d. Core or Flexible Workforce….P. 5 - 6 e. Hire or Retain….P. 6 f. National or Global…P. 6 - 7 g. Attract or Relocate….P. 7 h. Overstaff or Understaff….P
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Tanglewood Case 7 Report Tanglewood is currently in need of a new manager for their flagship store in Spokane. 20 individuals were contacted as potential candidates‚ with internal candidates contacted via referrals by regional managers and external candidates that were based on nominations from corporate offices. A total of 10 candidates have taken up the application. The company is in possession of their resumes‚ retail knowledge tests‚ standardized test scores from the Marshfield Applicant
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Case Study 1 Currently‚ Tanglewood is trying to achieve a companywide environment that mirrors their blueprint of how they ran their 10 stores in 1984. The structure at that time was focused on employee participation‚ customer satisfaction‚ and profitability. The company’s culture and values are distinct from most of their competitors. This allows each employee or associate an environment to grow and achieve various positions within the company. That being said‚ the following are my recommendations
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country. I recommend that instead of developing talent‚ well its better if we will focuses on acquiring it.Tanglewood should take on the talent development approach. Acquiring from within is always a good way to maintain a productive workforce. Tanglewood should take into consideration that potential employees for managerial position should be well-trained since these employees have already passionately worked for them for a year or more. These employees are determined to perform their tasks well
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Tanglewood Tanglewood should hire internal to develop talent. Providing good people with opportunities to grow not only helps the individual‚ but also helps the company because it builds a stronger team within the organization. Developing talent is one of the key responsibilities of a leader‚ and finding the right stretch opportunities for people is one good way to exercise leadership. Hiring internal l candidate will also be less expensive than hiring externally. Tanglewood should focus on Core
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rates at or above the national rate”. Due to the high unemployment rate in the state‚ Tanglewood will be able to attract new employees for open positions that cannot be filled internally. Although the company would like to hire internally over externally‚ the large numbers of employees that will be needed in the projected five years is too large to fill internally. Another environmental concern for Tanglewood is maintaining compliance; the organization needs to be aware of new and current hires
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environmental data‚ some factors that suggest Tanglewood might have difficulty filling positions is based on retail work is not desirable to recent college graduates. Tanglewood would like to hire those that can start lower at shift level and move up the chain and have college background. However retail is not the more desirable market since it has long hours‚ low pay‚ and conflict with lower-level employees. Developing a plan of action takes careful planning. Tanglewood has to look at the percentage of employees
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Driscoll Franklin University Assignment 1-5 Reviewing the Tanglewoods staffing practices I have found that there is little disparity involved at the entry levels. Furthermore‚ it is shown that of all applicants applying for all job positions had very minute disparity in the company’s hiring characteristics. Each of the three groups (white‚ non-white‚ and African American) had a selection rate of 21%. With the statistical evidence of Tanglewoods staffing practices‚ there is no evidence to show that
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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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Memorandum To: Marilyn Gonzalez and Daryl Perrone From: Maggie Jones Date: 6 February 2012 Subject: Tanglewood Case 4: Measurement and Validation Below is an analysis of the potential new selection methods for hiring the Store Associate position. The study of 10 Seattle-based stores resulted in an adequate sample size of 832 applicants. New selectors being evaluated are the retail market knowledge exam‚ Marshfield customer service biodata questionnaire and essay‚ Marshfield
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