Dana Tripp Tanglewood Stores - Case One – Week 2 HR594 Strategic Staffing‚ January 2011 Keller Graduate School of Management Professor Sheri Bias January 3‚ 2011 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY To: Donald Penchiala‚ Director of Staffing Services Marilyn Anchley‚ Vice President of Human Resources RE: Tanglewood Retail Store – Case #1 Date: January 3‚ 2010 In this report will be doing a Strategic Staffing Analysis that will focus on the key requirements about acquisition‚ deployment‚ and
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requiring long hours of work‚ including weekends and holidays‚ with little compensation. It is difficult to hire individuals that are willing to start in an entry-level position and work their way up over the years into managerial positions. Tanglewood prefers to promote from within‚ allowing the managerial employees to grow with the company‚ already experienced with the social and cultural environment. This limits the ability to hire an individual directly into a managerial position‚ but increases
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promotions‚ harassment‚ training‚ wages‚ and benefits. Affirmative action is intended to promote the opportunities of the protected classes within a society to give them equal access to that of the privileged 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
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Case Description/Introduction Tanglewood has organizational plans to staff open store associate positions on an ongoing‚ continuous basis. The first stage staffing plans must take into consideration is recruiting from the labor market. Tanglewood management team must clearly consider the different methods available as well as the associated cost benefits of each. This case study will provide Tanglewood with a recruitment guide for its open store associate position‚ describe the best targets for
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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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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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Tanglewood Case 3 Recruitment MDezzerlie HR 594 DESCRIPTION/INTRODUCTION: Tanglewood is in need of new employees because of turnover just like any other retail organization. The managers of Tanglewood realize this is a concern‚ but realize they do not have any centralized method for recruiting new employees. Evaluating the recruiting methods and creating a guide for Tanglewood will assist in developing a recruiting service to follow the mission statement of the unique company culture
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The History of statistics can be said to start around 1749 although‚ over time‚ there have been changes to the interpretation of the word statistics. In early times‚ the meaning was restricted to information about states. This was later extended to include all collections of information of all types‚ and later still it was extended to include the analysis and interpretation of such data. In modern terms‚ "statistics" means both sets of collected information‚ as in national accounts and temperature
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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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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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