Tanglewood Case Study #3 - Recruiting Dawn Zmecek DeVry/Keller University HRM 594: Strategic Staffing Dr. Burnell G. Carden‚ Jr. 6/1/14 Case Description Tanglewood‚ like any other retail organization‚ finds that there is a constant need for new employees because of turnover. In a typical year‚ approximately 50% of the sales associates will turnover. Recruiting‚ therefore‚ is of great concern for managers in the field. However‚ the organization has not had any centralized method for recruiting
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Tanglewood Recruiting Tanglewood Recruiting Strategies Based on the historical recruiting methods the Tanglewood stores have a couple of key issues associated with the hiring of new employees in order to provide the customer service and run their organization in a profitable manner. The corporate executives need to establish an employment brand message‚ and also allow the regional managers to utilize the methods of recruitment and management styles they believe work best in their geographic
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Recruiting Like many retailers‚ Tanglewood experiences a stable rate of turnover‚ and thus recruiting efforts remain high. The methods used by Tanglewood vary from many regions in which they serve‚ and by gauging these methods we are able to optimize and perhaps unify company operations. By reviewing the recruiting methods used by Tanglewood‚ we will be able to devise a guide that can be functional along with Tanglewood developing recruiting services which reflect Tanglewood’s unique personality
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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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Research Questions While preparing the discussion guide for the focus groups‚ we developed a few different research questions that applied to our focus group. One research question was why people adopt from an animal shelter. For this question we asked‚ what the thoughts on obtaining an animal from an animal shelter were‚ what factors do they look at when choosing a pet‚ and what are the benefits and draw backs of adopting an animal from a shelter? Another research question was how the condition
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(HSS) Re: Recruitment and Staffing Proposal In follow up to your request‚ I drafted a recruitment and selection proposal for your review. The proposed methods for the senior level positions will streamline our processes and align them to the organization’s business strategy. My proposal includes: Three recruitment methods. Three selection methods. A cost/benefit analysis and comparison of the approaches. Metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of the ongoing recruitment and selection
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Tanglewood Case 3 Karrie McHugh karriemchugh@msn.com Keller Graduate School of Management Eric Simmerman 7/30/2011 HR594- Strategic Staffing Recruiting Like most retailers‚ Tanglewood experiences a fairly stable turnover rate keeping the recruiting efforts high. Tanglewood’s recruiting methods vary in each of their regions. By looking at these different methods from the different ways that each of their regions hire‚ we have a great opportunity to improve the operations of the company
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attitudes and behavior‚ and quantitative research being used to measure how widespread these attitudes and behaviors are. Qualitative research can be used when managers need exploratory research. Managers use exploratory research to understand customer attitudes‚ emotions‚ preferences and behaviors. It can also be used in new product development or creative development research. Individual depth interview It is an interview that is conducted face-to-face‚ in which the subject matter of the
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description of background‚ purpose of the focus group‚ marketing research problem‚ and detailed focus group objectives (ie. What are the marketing research objectives for this piece of research?) 2.Method and Procedures: discuss how the focus group was implemented: the composition of the focus group; where‚ when and how the focus group was conducted 3.Summary of Findings: briefly outline the key findings of your focus group‚ reactions‚ perceptions‚ and add in one or two verbatim comments from the respondents
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Focus Groups An overview Submitted to: Prof. Schaff By: Muhammad F Balouch Id # 617531 University of Bridgeport Executive Summary ..3 Introduction ...4 History of Focus Group .5 Rational and Uses of Focus Group 5 Conducting a Focus Group Study ..7 Running a Focus Group ..8 Analysis and Writing Up . 8
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