Individual Case Study: Tanglewood Case 5

Short- or Long-Term Focus
An organization should always seeks to optimize its goals for a long-term gain, however it is often required that an organization anticipate both short- and long-term goals. Organizations that prepare in advance for future gains or losses can remain competitive with minor glitches.
Person/Job or Person/Organization Match
Tanglewood should go for the person organization Match because Tanglewood is a Team based philosophy. A person who fits right into the organizations is going to perform a better job, and it might be a person who Tanglewood could retain.
Specific or General KSAOs
I believe Tanglewood should have a good mix of both types of employees. I believe the management should possess both qualities, and those
individuals in position specific to what they have been hired on to fulfill will have to have specified KSAOs, but should always be open to General KSAOs. A growing organization should seek to acquire talent that has a general knowledge of all of its business functions. There are those individuals who have Exceptional Expertise and others with Acceptable Expertise. However, Tanglewood should seek to develop all of its talent so that they are all exceptional