Case Analyses: Planning

Base on the environmental data given there are several factors in the environment that might make it difficult for Tanglewood to fill their vacancies in the future. One of the factor include qualified workers unwilling to work because of long hours, low pay, conflict with other employees, and long waiting period to move up the hierarchy. Expansions in the professional and managerial sectors of the labor market may also be another factor in the environment that might make it difficult for Tanglewood to fill their vacancies in the future. There will be shortages for Store associate, Shift leader, Department manager, Assistant store manager, and Store manager.
The data in table 1.1 shows that Tanglewood would need 4,845 store associates, 42 shift leaders, 105 department managers, 21 assistant managers, and 5 store managers for the upcoming year. A large number of new hires will be for store associate. 4867 new Store associate will be hire, and 40 store associate will be promoted to Shift leader and 30 new shift leaders will be hire and 35 shift leader will be promoted to Department manager. 30 new department managers will be hired, and 8 department managers will be promoted to Assistant store manager. 8 new assistant managers will be hired, and 5 assistance managers will promoted to Store manager. In the process of hiring, Tanglewood would need to provide higher pay and store discounts to the store associates. Tanglewood must also show how important store associates are by showing appreciation for their work and giving them the chance to be promoted quickly.
Female and minority shift leaders seems to be out of line. Female department manager also seems to be out of line as well. The classes or jobs that are out of line are below 80%. These patterns suggest that Tanglewood need to setup a goal of moving their demographic