...Chern's Case Study April M. Berry Indiana Wesleyan University Chern's Case Study Introduction Chern’s is an upscale department store that specializes in men’s and women’s apparel. “The product mix and high quality products made it rapidly successful, and the company developed a loyal following” (Phillips & Gully, 2015, p. 383). The distinguishing factors that has made it a success is its customer service, commitment to hiring the right people, and high product quality. “Because customer service lies at the heart of the company’s business strategy, it is a core part of its culture. Core values are an essential part of the brand and are the foundation of its culture” (Phillips & Gully, 2015, p. 383). Short-Term and Long-Term Process and Outcome Goals Short-Term Process and Outcome Goals “Strategic staffing is the process of staffing an organization in future oriented, goal directed ways that support the business strategy of the organization and enhance its effectiveness” (Phillips & Gully, 2015, p. 4) Short-term goals that Chern’s can embrace is hiring additional support staff and increasing its visibility in the community through targeted events (Belcher, 2016). Short-term goals are a way of achieving targets for the short-term. Long-Term Process and Outcome Goals “There are two types of staffing goals: Process and outcome goals. Process goals relate to the hiring process itself and outcome goals relate to apply to the product of the hiring effort” (Phillips...
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...company has an aggressive plan to open 15 stores per year over a projected 5 year period, the immediacy of hiring quality associates is a priority. The company needs to establish a proper advertising and recruitment plan (both internal and external), with specific time tables to act upon resumes, schedule interviews, process any necessary testing, and begin training qualified job applicants for their positions. Not only does this need done in the Short Term to ensure a smooth and continual placement process of proficient associates to keep with the level of ‘customer service’ that Chern’s desires to effect in the market with their customer base, it will also be necessary in the long run to strategically hire complete staffs of managers and associates for new stores as they continue on the corporate growth plan. Chapter 2 – Business & Staffing Strategies In their current business model, Chern’s already...
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...Chern's Brand CHERN Chern is known for: superior customer service, high-quality, expensive products, good selection, and core values Brand should convey why someone would want to work for Chern's Department Store Employees want to work for a company that has a favorable image Brand needs to build a sense of pride in your employees Employees act as your ambassador of your brand Chern's Brand How to market and reinforce the brand during the staffing process Recruiters and manager should have the same message How is Chern different? What is Chern’s vision? What is Chern’s competitive advantage? Why should an elite sales associate work for Chern? What are Chern’s benefits? Compensation Base pay 20% above market 401(k) plan matched by Chern at 10% Potential earnings of 150% of base pay in bonuses Noncompensation Training and development Upward mobility – 75% Technology Low turnover rate Recommendations Generate favorable publicity –news stories Sponsor a scholarship Target recruiting at college fairs Newspaper ads that reflect the jobs as interesting and challenging TV commercials - demonstrates the facilities, employees, customers, products Social media - Career Website, Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook, on-line application asking which Chern store is their favorite and why it is their favorite Fortune magazine “100 Best Companies to Work For” list Structured Interview Questions A disgruntled customer is returning a damaged suit jacket...
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...Ch. 4 Case Study Job Requirement Matrix for Sale Associate |Job Duty |Tasks |Relative |Relative Time |Competency or KSAO |Importance of KSAO or | | | |Importance of Job|Spent (%) | |Competency to Task | | | |Duty (%) | | |Performance (1 = low, | | | | | | |10 = high),( E = | | | | | | |essential) | | Customer Service |1. Greet customers and ascertain what |35 |50 |1. Knowledge of principles and |10 E | | |each customer wants or needs. | | |processes for providing customer | | | |2. Answer questions regarding the store | | |and personal services. | | | |and its merchandise. | | |2. Active listening skills...
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...Based on what we read in this case, with prioritize the staffing outcomes and rank order the recruiting sources based on their ability to maximize the company's staffing goals for the sales associate position. The most effective way for Chern’s hire up is through employee referral because across the board everything is good the hiring speed in terms of months is very quick, the hiring fitting in with the companies culture is the best, the average first year financial return is the highest, and lastly the first year turnover rate percentage is the lowest. The second effective way to hire would be using Chern’s.com for the reason that the everything across the board fits the find applicant that fit with the culture fit of Chern’s is good,...
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...M. (2011). Strategic Staffing (2nd ed.). Pearson/Prentice Hall. ISBN-10: 0136109748 ISBN-13: 978-0136109747 We will also be using Sakai for the course. Instructions are below. Please check Sakai for the most current syllabus and weekly assignments. Using Sakai 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Go to: http://sakai.rutgers.edu Login using your Rutgers netid and password Click on the TAB “Managing Workforce Flow” If you do not see the TAB “Managing Workforce Flow”, contact me at jeanp@rci.rutgers.edu as you may not be on the roster. Click on Resources to download the current syllabus and other course material. Evaluation Grades will be determined on the basis of 4 factors that will be weighted as follows: 1) Participation 2) Midterm 3) Final Exam 40 Chern’s Case Study 10% 30% 30% 30% 100% The midterm and final exam will together account for 60% of your grade. The nature of the exams will be discussed in more detail in...
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...Forecasting Estimate the competency levels and number of employees likely to be working for the company at the end of the forecasting period. To forecast internal talent resources for a position, subtract anticipated losses from the number of employees in the target position at the beginning of the forecasting period. These losses may be due to factors including promotions, demotions, transfers, retirements, and resignations. In tighter labor markets when workers are harder to find, more employees than usual may leave the organization to pursue other opportunities than leave during looser labor markets when jobs are less plentiful. Anticipated gains for the position from transfers, promotions, and demotions are then added to the internal labor supply forecast. Internal Labor Market Forecasting Methods Talent inventories: summarize each employee’s skills, competencies, and qualifications Replacement charts: visually shows each of the possible successors for a job and summarizes their present performance, promotion readiness, and development needs Employee surveys to identify the potential for increased turnover in the future Labor supply chain management: The basic foundation of any supply chain model is to have the right product, in the right volume, in the right place, at the right time, with the right quality Businesses use multiple suppliers so that they can quickly change and scale to meet changing business needs. Supply chain management principles of inventory...
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...contemporary organizational issue you find intriguing. Use one field site or example for the entire paper. Also, be explicit about the level issue. For example, if you are using the concept of personality then it is an individual level issue. A list of concepts and their related levels is provided in a separate document. Focus of paper-related requirements: Outline: Submit a formal outline for your paper, complete with references. The purpose of the outline is to help you organize your content, which also results in increased clarity, improved logic, and better structure of the paper. There may be adjustments from this document to your final paper, but at this stage the paper should not require major revisions. Final Paper: Use a case study format for the structure of your paper. Identify and analyze issues using course concepts, and propose recommendations for the organization you are focusing on. Use of course concepts 1. Use a minimum of 8 concepts for the paper. Include a list of the concepts you used at the beginning of the paper. 2. Briefly define each concept you use within the text (a paragraph or two). 3. For each concept, write a diagnosis at one level (e.g., the person level). For example, you might write “The employee misses work frequently due to stress from conflict with her supervisor.” Note, stress and conflict would require definitions.) 4. For each concept, write a solution or solutions. Identify the level(s) you addressed in Step 2...
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...Calendar Overall for Case-Study Presentation & Mid-Term Exam – MGT 4760 (Strategic Management) Sem 1, 2012/2013 Sec 8 (M-W) No. | Week | Topics | Class Day | Date | Schedule | Details | | 1 | Chapter 1: The Nature of Strategic Management | 1- Mon 2- Wed | 10/912/9 | | | | 2 | Chapter 2: The Business Vision and Mission | 3- Mon 4- Wed | 17/919/9 | | | | 3 | Chapter 3: The External Assessment | 5- Mon 6- Wed | 24/926/9 | | | | 4 | Chapter 4: The Internal Assessment | 7- Mon 8- Wed | 1/103/10 | Quiz 1 (Chapter 1.2.3) | | | 5 | Chapter 4: The Internal Assessment | 9- Mon 10- Wed | 8/1010/10 | | | | 6 | Chapter 5: Strategies in Action | 11- Mon 12- Wed | 15/1017/10 | | | | | BREAK(22/10 – 28/10) | 13- Mon 14- Wed | 22/1024/10 | | | | 7 | Chapter 5: Strategies in Action | 15- Mon 16- Wed | 29/1031/10 | Case Presentation Session 1Case Presentation Session 2 | Group 1:L: Lia Hilaliah (Case Study 3)Group 2:L: Mas Syairah bte Mohamad (Case Study 5) | | 8 | Chapter 6: Strategy Analysis and Choice | 17- Mon 18- Wed | 5/117/11 | | (Mid-Term Exam 7/11 Wednesday)Seminar Room 1.1 | | 9 | Chapter 6: Strategy Analysis and Choice | 19- Mon 20- Wed | 12/1114/11 | Case Presentation Session 3Case Presentation Session 4 | Group 3:L: Mohamed Sheikh (Case Study 9) Group 4:L: Izzati Nor binti Salleh (Case Study 14) | | 10 | Chapter 7: Implementing Strategies: Management and Operations...
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...ARCTIC MINING CONSULTANTS Case Synopsis Arctic Mining Consultants is a mining company that deals with mineral exploration. In this case study, the project given is staking 15 claims in Eagle Lake, Alaska. The project Manager was Tom Parker, who has a wide experience and specialized knowledge in all nontechnical aspects of mineral exploration. He is a geological field technician and field coordinator for Arctic Mining Consultants. He assigned his previous field assistants John Talbot, Greg Boyce and Brian Millar to help him complete the project. The job required them to stake at least 7 lengths each day in order to be completed on time. However, the whole team has became very tense and agitated, especially Tom Parker, as the deadline was just around the corner and there’s still many to be finished within the limited time. The problem became worse with the way Tom managed and treated his team. The only motivation to the team was the $300 bonuses promised by the company when the job is done on time, otherwise, they might wished to give up already. This happened because working as a field assistant and in long-working hours only giving them low wages, which is considered unreasonable compared to what they have to do. During the eight hard days, everything had actually proved the strengths and weaknesses of each of the team members, including Tom. Case analysis symptoms 1) What symptom(s) exist in this case to suggest that something has gone wrong? The symptom(s) to suggest...
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...Running head: CASE STUDY XYZ Case Study XYZ: An Examination of Project Procurement Management Practices Group 12 John Doe Jane Smith Bobbie Sue University of Maryland University College Project Procurement Management, Semester XXXX, Section XXXX Professor Stephen R. Guth MMMM DD, YYYY [No Abstract or Introduction required for this assignment] The Inception Phase Rating Scale: 5—Excellent, 4—Very Good, 3—Good, 2—Poor, 1—Very Poor |Project Management Area |Inception Phase | |Scope Management | | |Time Management | | |Cost Management | | |Quality Management | | |Human Resource Management | | |Communication Management | | |Risk Management | | |Procurement Management | ...
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...policy. 2) Employee conditions: a. Lack of motivation b. Compensate for low wages by over indulgence of free food allowance c. High turnover rate due to availability of high application rates. d. Employees are mostly college and high school students e. Lack of respect for managers. f. No incentive to increase motivation. In the case study Perfect Pizzeria, the area supervisor has many problems that need his attention. The largest appears to be the organization. In this case study I will assume that the area supervisor has the authority to affect change within his organization (i.e. he is the franchise owner). Being in an area with few job opportunities should give him the perfect opportunity to recruit bright, ambitious, and motivated people to staff his pizzerias. How can the area supervisor change his organization to achieve a more fluid corporate culture? I think this change can be achieved by human resource changes, structure changes, motivational changes, and reward for good performance as well as accountability for poor performance. Each one of these areas will require a change from the corporate level. For the sake of my case study I am going to assume that the area supervisor (franchise owner) can lobby to achieve this change within the organization. The first area to look...
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...letters in industry or for a class, knowing your purpose and audience will help determine what information to include. Generally, business letters follow a particular format, although your instructor or company may require you to use alternative formats. This guide provides writers with an introduction to writing business letters. Case Studies: This guide examines case studies, a form of qualitative descriptive research that is used to look at individuals, a small group of participants, or a group as a whole. Researchers collect data about participants using participant and direct observations, interviews, protocols, tests, examinations of records, and collections of writing samples. Starting with a definition of the case study, the guide moves to a brief history of this research method. Using several well documented case studies, the guide then looks at applications and methods including data collection and analysis. A discussion of ways to handle validity, reliability, and generalizability follows, with special attention to case studies as they are applied to composition studies. Finally, this guide examines the strengths and weaknesses of case studies. Desktop Publishing: Desktop publishing is the process of laying out and designing pages with your desktop computer. With software programs such as PageMaker and Quark Xpress, you can assemble anything from a one-page document to a...
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...Brussels and Bradshaw In response to the case study, Brussels and Bradshaw is a well-established financial institution that offers their clients competitive and innovative solutions for their community and work environments. The banking institution offers a summer internship to bright and driven individuals. The internship includes 14 weeks of very intense training and long hours. Interns are paid $20,000 for the contract. During the screening process, out of all the possible candidates Audrey Locke was selected. Audrey has some experience as an assistant, assurance analyst and financial planning analyst. Brussels and Bradshaw is operating in more than 25 countries globally; this case study takes place in Toronto. Many behavioral issues in the Brussels and Bradshaw institution are unprofessional and stressful. Job stress is defined as feeling one’s capabilities, resources, or needs that do not match the demands or requirements of the job (Hitt, Miller, & Colella, 2011 p. 249). Working 70 and 80 hours per week or possibly 120 hours will put a major burden on anyone, especially someone new to the working environment. Audrey is excited with her internship and very eager to learn. She is assigned a mentor and buddy by the business development manager, Kelly Richards. Kelly has 10 years of experience. Although associates consider her human resources, Kelly’s job is strictly administrative. Audrey is never introduced to her mentor and her buddy, Christine Page is very...
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...Business case studies determine and define the primary issues that a company faces in the modern world market. A well designed business case study can provide a detailed contextual analysis of limited conditions and their horizontal relationships to other entities. In the case of Coach, they are an international clothing accessory company with a reputation of making pristinely handcrafted items with unique designs and a label that represents over seventy years of craftsmanship. In order to fully understand Coach’s business model, empirical data must be collected and analyzed to include the historical and current financial statistics, an in-depth analysis of the company overall, an analysis of the company’s business model, and finally current issues and future forecast that affect the longevity of the enterprise. By studying the history of Coach, both investors and those with an interest in the company can gain insight into key factors that motivate company decisions. Background/History The history of Coach starts in 1941 in a small family run leather workshop with six primary artisans in Manhattan that had skills passed down from generation to generation. It was not long until leather good become sought after for their high quality and workmanship. Through the guidance of the longtime and current CEO, Lew Frankfort, Coach expanded their business from just 6 million dollars 30 years ago to current sales exceeding 3.6 billion dollars. (Coach, 2012) From 1941 to present, the...
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