Tanglewood Case 1 Franklin‚ M.V. Tanglewood was founded in 1975 by Tanner Emerson and Thurston Wood. Tanglewood is a chain of general retail stores which features items such as appliances‚ clothing‚ electronics‚ and home decor. Tanglewood targets middle and upper income customers. Tanglewood’s has a large camping and outdoor living section in every store as a distinct strategy. The store also distinguishes itself by simple‚ elegant design concepts for the store and their in-house products. The
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Case Study Tanglewood Case Study– Week two Zina Jimada Keller University May 19‚ 2013 Introduction Tanglewood is a chain of retail stores that uniquely distinguish itself through it stores layout of outdoor theme. It was named Tanglewood in 1984 by Emerson and Wood who are the co-founders of the company. Tanglewood appeals to the middle and upper income group of consumers who look for convenience and reasonable prices. Tanglewood has experienced rapid growth since
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Chase Cosner Kathleen Shook Jesse Anderson Aaron Good Case One: Tanglewood Stores and Staffing Strategy * Acquire or Develop Talent Tanglewood should acquire employees that have some knowledge in sales and retail but should also train and develop their customer service skills to coincide with the company’s goals and strategies. * Hire Yourself or Outsource Tanglewood should definitely hire employees themselves because they have strong company morals that need to be enforced while
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Case one: Tanglewood Stores and Staffing Strategy Staffing Levels I. Acquire or Develop Talent Over seeing the information presented in the case Tanglewood should develop their talent in house‚ due to Tanglewoods strong culture and values that strive for employee participation. This would pull the workforce closer together and portray the family workforce image. Furthermore‚ it is beneficial if employees see the opportunity for advancement. It will strengthen the employee work ethics and
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Organizational Summary Tanglewood is a department store chain‚ that features variety of items such as clothing‚ appliances‚ electronics‚ and home décor. The company’s price policy can be described as moderate‚ targeting middle- and upper-income customers. Tanglewood main characteristic is an “outdoors” theme‚ that promotes healthy lifestyle. The company also outlines its design concepts’ simplicity and elegance. Tanglewood has originally started as a single store‚ which sold both outdoor clothing
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2014 To: Daryl Perrone Staffing Services Manager Subject to: These are the assessment and recommendation I have suggested to Tanglewood Store to pay attention for centralization of the organization’s practices and the improvements of staffing levels and quality. 1. Acquire or Develop Talent As I read the case‚ the Tanglewood Store has many employees. It has 215 employees per store. I think that the organization should choose Develop Talent. They have enough employees already
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TANGLEWOOD STORES AND STAFFING STRATEGY Tanglewood has a unique culture that emphasizes “straight talk‚” employee participation‚ and teamwork which helps to differentiate it from most of its major competitors. Following the recent period of rapid expansion and acquisition‚ the company must consolidate its human resources strategy to ensure that this culture is not lost. Recommendations to achieve this goal are as follows. STAFFING RECOMMENDATIONS Acquire or Develop Talent Now that Tanglewood
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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 Study 3: Recruiting 1. Recruitment Guide for Store Associates Position: Store Associate Reports to: Shift Leaders‚ Department Managers‚ Store Manager‚ and Regional Manager Qualifications: All are welcome to apply *Having a basic knowledge of retail and customer service principles is a plus Relevant labor market: Washington and Oregon Timeline: None- continuous recruiting Activities to undertake to source well-qualified candidates: Local newspapers‚ radio‚ television Post
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● TANGLEWOOD CASEBOOK for use with STAFFING ORGANIZATIONS ● ● 7th Ed. Kammeyer-Mueller TANGLEWOOD CASEBOOK To accompany Staffing Organizations‚ seventh edition‚ 2012. Prepared by John Kammeyer-Mueller Warrington College of Business University of Florida Gainesville‚ Florida Telephone: 352-392-0108 E-mail: kammeyjd@ufl.edu Copyright ©2012 Mendota House‚ Inc. Herbert G. Heneman III President Telephone: 608-233-4417
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