Tanglewood Case 1 HR594: Staffing Strategic Instructor: Travis Deur November 6, 2011 Tanglewood Tanglewood is a chain of retail of stores that sells clothing, appliances, electronic and home accents. Tanglewood was originally founded in 1975 by Tanner Emerson and Thurston Wood. The original store opened in Spokane Washington and the named was TannerWood. TannerWood also sold outdoor clothing and equipment that Tanner and Thurston had designed themselves. According to the text “Tanner and
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Tanglewood Case Study 5 Disparate Impact Penny Ross HRM301-F1WW Jennifer Martin October 25, 2015 Tanglewood Case Study 5 Historical Hiring and Promotion Data: Applicant Flows Occupational category | | | Total | White* | Total Non-White | African-American* | Store Associates | External hires | Applicants | 18226 | 15436 | 2790 | 594 | | | Hires | 3832 | 3221 | 611 | 135 | | | Selection ratio | 21.02% | 20.87% | 21.90% 1.04
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Tanglewood Case 6 Introduction The interviewing function is the most important office of the hiring process. Structured interviews are a very standardized method of assessment and garden truck better tone in hiring than unstructured interviews do. The current method of hiring external handler looks very much like the method of extract for store associate degree. Most store director and assistant store managers for operations have agreed that the current system is not detailed enough to green goods
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RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING TANGLEWOOD STAFFING In regards to talent, my recommendation would be for Tanglewood to develop the majority of its core workforce rather than acquire. The importance for employees to share in the long term organizational value and culture gives way to the need for internal development of the core workforce. Due to the organizational structure of each store having an assistant manager that is responsible for Human Resource, and also because of the organization
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Tanglewood Case 2 Table 1.1 Markov Analysis Information Transition probability matrix Current year (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Exit Previous year (1) Store associate 0.43 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.51 (2) Shift leader 0.00 0.54 0.16 0.00 0.00 0.30 (3) Department manager 0.00 0.00 0.64 0.06 0.00 0.30 (4) Assistant store manager 0.00 0.00 0.06
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HR594- Strategic Staffing Tanglewood Case 6 January 27, 2011 Tanglewood, founded in 1975, has undergone rapid growth over the years. The rapid growth, however, has caused issues across the organization. Each store manager has their way of doing things when it comes to running the store. Because of the differing of attitudes across stores and the unstructured staffing process, Tanglewood has experienced significant turnover and financial loss. Tanglewood primarily hires internally because
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Tanglewood Case Ans. b) Forecast of availabilities Job Category Current -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 Exit (1) Store associate 8500 3655 510 0 0 0 4335 (2) Shift leader 1200 0 648 0 0 0 552 (3) Department manager 850 0 0 367 0 0 383 (4) Assistant store manager 150 0 0 0 82 0 68 (5) Store manager 50 0 0 0 0 27 23 10750 Ans. c) The environmental scan suggests that staffing managerial employees in the state of Washington are quite complex. The environment seems to be quite healthy for
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Tanglewood Case 2 Table 1.1 Markov Analysis Information Transition probability matrix Current Year Previous year: ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 5 ) Exit 1. Store Associate 0.43 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.51 2. Shift Leader 0.00 0.54 0.16 0.00 0.00 0.30 3. Department Manager 0.00 0.00 0.64 0.06 0.00 0.30 4. Assistant Store Manager 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.52 0.08 0.34 5. Store Manager 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.66 0.34 Forecast of Availabilities Next Year (projected) ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) (
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Noe A Munoz Mgmt 364 Columbia College Professor Douglas 28 April 2015 Tanglewood Case 6 (Interview) 1.) Although having a resume and validating all of the potential applicants KSAO’s are an important step in the hiring and candidate selection process, I feel that the most important part of the hiring process would have to be the actual job interview. According to Bianca Audra she claims that standardized interview procedures yield in hiring a better quality of candidates than performing unstructured
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PART 1 The Nature of Staffing Chapter One Staffing Models and Strategy The Staffing Organizations Model Organization Missions Goals and Objectives Organization Strategy HR and Staffing Strategy Staffing Policies and Programs Support Activities Legal compliance Measurement Job analysis and rewards Core Staffing Activities Recruitment: external, internal Selection: planning, external, internal Employment: decision making, final match Staffing System and Retention Management CHAPTER
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