New York Institute of Technology Blinds To Go Sheri Pompey Staffing and selection Professor Mohammad Ali‚ PHD July 19‚ 2012 1. Summarize the key strengths and weaknesses of BTG’s staffing system‚ and explain why the factors you identify are strengths or weaknesses. 2. How can BTG improve on the weaknesses you identified in question 1‚ and what can it do to maintain the strengths? In which ways is BTG not prepared to
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Executive Summary: The case‚ based on the company Blinds to Go‚ emphasizes the importance of staffing in stores as they expand to meet their growth objectives. Being a manufacturer and retailer‚ with a unique sales model - 100% commission based and focus on customer service gave the company an advantage over its competitors. According to the senior management Quality of staff was paramount and hence their original compensation system motivated best performance and fostered a high energy
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Problem Statement If Blinds To Go staffing stores still lack of staff for the expansion plan‚ it is difficult for the company to fill current store requirements for the additional 50 stores per year. Analysis The BTG have problems of a variation of the commission-based compensation plan‚ so they are difficult to keep high-level associates‚ assistants and managers‚ they face to high staff turnover each year and lack of the attraction to recruit new members. In order to analyze BTG’s problems
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Blinds to Go: -Income -Fixed Costs -Variable costs per unit -Cost of Goods Sold -How to improve sales -How to increase manufacturing speed and production -Constraints: sales‚ painting‚ packaging A. Individual Participation The most valuable information provided by this course may well come from participation in class; regular participation‚ therefore is expected. Although attendance is highly encouraged‚ we recognize that not all students are able to attend each class session
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Executive summary: The main objective of this report is to evaluate the problem faced by Blinds To Go in recruiting the right set of people and developing them in order to achieve the company’s growth objectives. The report starts with a brief summary of BTG wherein there is a discussion about the company’s hiring objectives and the changes made to the compensation structure along with reasons for the same. In order to find more suitable employees‚ BTG is using several channels of hiring like employee
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Blinds to Go: Staffing a Retail Expansion In 1954‚ from Montreal‚ Canada‚ Blinds to Go (BTG) business began as a retail fabricator of window dressings. Mr.Shiller was the sole operator of the company and until his son joined in 1970s‚ He persuaded his father to focus on selling blinds. The new business plan generated positive customer responses and by year 2000‚ the business has expanded widely across North America. The business continues to grow. Even though they were growing fast‚ they faced
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Strength Refer to Table 2.0‚ Pokémon Go can be considered as a high growth rate product and unique product for Nintendo. It is because Pokémon Go is the first leading smartphone version of Pokémon game. Andrea and Sun (2016) indicate that new users are able to reap an augmented-reality experience from this game‚ while those followers who used to play Pokémon in Nintendo game when they were little kids are excited to achieve their infanthood dreams of collecting Pokémon in this real world. According
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The Blind Leading the Blind The Short Story “Cathedral” is a literary work written by Raymond Carver and told by a narrator who is apprehensive about a visit from his wife’s blind friend. The narrator’s wife has been touched by Robert‚ the blind visitor‚ and he helps the narrator sketch a “Cathedral” which symbolizes his wife and teaches the narrator how to see‚ esteem‚ and touch her. By and large‚ the presumably sighted narrator focuses on his guest’s blindness and outward appearance‚ but Carver
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ICE ON THE GO SWOT ANALYSIS Strengths Located in a known food hub in Quezon City It is accessible. Presence of different public transportation like tricycles‚ jeepneys‚ and taxi around the area. Ice on the Go offers products no other business offers. Near to different establishments like malls and hospitals Nothing over PHP65 for all the iced products Innovates additional syrup flavors every month Weaknesses Ice on the Go is new and not established. No dine-in orders because of limited
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for an eye will make the whole world go blind.” He tries to simply convey that vengeance will eventually spiral out of control and wipe out everybody because revenge does not terminate a conflict‚ rather‚ instigates further brutality amongst more people‚ leaving the “whole world…blind.” Gandhi’s theory has influenced many people‚ most notably‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ to respond to controversial matters passively. However‚ the theory of the world becoming “blind” due to revenge is flawed‚ regarding
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