Kammeyer-Mueller | TANGLEWOOD CASEBOOK To accompany Staffing Organizations, sixth edition, 2009. Prepared by John Kammeyer-Mueller Warrington College of Business University of Florida Gainesville, Florida Telephone: 352-392-0108 E-mail: kammeyjd@ufl.edu Copyright ©2009 Mendota House, Inc. Herbert G. Heneman III President Telephone: 608-233-4417 E-mail: hheneman@bus.wisc.edu INTRODUCTION TO THE CASE CONCEPT | Rationale for the Tanglewood Case Many of the most important
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Christian April 6, 2014 Wk 2 Dropbox Assignment TangleWood Case 2 Currently the organization expects that their forecast for labor requirements is essentially constant from the previous year. Based on this assumption complete the five stages of the planning process: Currently the organization expects that their forecast for labor requirements is essentially constant from the previous year. This means the forecast for next year will be taken as given. Fill in the empty cells in the forecast
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Introduction Tanglewood is a chain of general retail stores featuring items such as clothing, appliances, electronics, and home decor. The company operates in the moderate price niche, targeting middle- and upper-income customers. Tanglewood’s strategic distinction is an “outdoors” theme, with a large camping and outdoor living section in every store. The store also distinguishes itself by its simple, elegant, and uncluttered design concepts for the store and their in-house products.
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Executive Summary Tanglewood Stores has to determine how to successfully fulfill its future staffing needs. The decentralization of various job functions has worked negatively for the company. Decentralization has caused the costs of job functions to increase because job functions have to be duplicated at various locations rather than having it at one central location. The HR strategy that will be implemented to achieve success will have a significant impact on the organization. A particular point
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Tanglewood Case 2 Strategic Staffing (HR 594) Summer Session B comronf@gmail.com TANGLEWOOD CASE TWO ATT: Daryl Perrone After analyzing the data and performing an environmental scan it is clear that the demographics of Spokane, Washington will present you will problems filling vacancies based on the Equal Employment Opportunity requirements. Spokane is the second largest city in Washington and according to my research 84% of these people are white. The next largest minority group, Hispanic
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Heather R. Zobel Personal Selection and Evaluation Tanglewood Case Study 1 January 22, 2011 Charles Dull, PhD TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction A. Staffing Levels 1. Acquire or Develop Talent 2. Hire Yourself or Outsource 3. External or Internal Hiring 4. Core or Flexible Workforce 5. Hire or Retain 6. National or Global 7. Attract or Relocate B. Staffing Quality 1. Exceptional or Acceptable Workforce Quality III. References IV. Conclusion INTRODUCTION
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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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|CASE ONE: TANGLEWOOD STORES AND STAFFING STRATEGY | Letitia Pinkney HRM 434-24—Employee Selection & Staffing Background Tanglewood is a chain of general retail stores featuring items such as clothing, appliances, electronics, and home decor. It was originally founded by best friends Tanner Emerson and Thurston Wood. The company’s mission statement is: Tanglewood will be
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Keller Graduate School HRM 594 Staffing Organization Professor TANGLEWOOD CASE STUDY 3 Introduction Tanglewood has high recruiting trends in entry level positions due to a high rate of turnover that is currently over 50%. Tanglewood’s current recruiting methods vary from one region to the next. By assessing these various methods and comparing their overall effectiveness, I have a good opportunity to improve the recruiting process,
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MGMT 364 8 April 2012 Tanglewood Case Study 3 1. Recruiting guide for Store Associates Position: Store Associate Reports to: General Manager Qualifications: All considered Relevant labor market: Western Washington Timeline: Continuous recruiting Activities to undertake to source well qualified candidates: Local and regional newspapers, radio, television Post openings to company’s employment website Request employee referrals Upload availability to Kiosk Employ a staffing agency
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