Tanglewood Casebook-Case 2 Planning

I recently evaluated the store, Tanglewood, for an analysis of the Markov and EEO investigation. I conducted a report to address my suggestions for the store manager group when it comes to the employees. It is expected that the forecast for labor requirements will remain the same for the next year. By obtaining the information on the forecast, Tanglewood may have difficulties filling the vacancies. The reasoning of the difficulties are that the environment in Spokane, WA is that of college students and it is unlikely for the students to be willing to be with the company for years. The other reason for the difficulties would be that the individuals that are available for the job are going to lessen due to the expansion in professional and managerial positions.

I developed an action plan for the hiring of employees for Tanglewood. By examining the Markov Analysis information the estimated external hires in the next year will be 3,995. There are a few ways that will ensure that Tanglewood will have all the staff needed to meet the projected staffing levels. I recommend that we use different forms of staffing, such as temporary hires or promoting within the company. By doing the following options, the store will accomplish the needed staff for the next year.

Female employees at Tanglewoods seems to be out of line with the available workforce. The pattern suggests to availability of females has higher percentage than the actual female incumbency. The goals are not meeting the expectations that are set into place.

The company should used specific strategies to change the recruiting and promotion practices. However it isn’t realistic to try to obtain the affirmative action goals in the first year. There are pros and cons to using internal vs. external hiring to rectify the problems with gender and ethnicity representation in the supervisory postions. Some examples of the pros for internal hiring are that it will be less expensive for the company. It will also have positive reaction from the employees. It would take less time to actually meet the goal to hire more employees. The cons of internal hiring, on the other hand is it wouldn’t be new KSAOs for the company, small labor market for recruitment, and more training may be needed. The pros of external hiring are it will bring in new KSAOs, large minorities of women to choose, and less time for training may be required. The cons of the external hiring are there would be negative reactions by the employees, time consuming for to find new applicants, and it would be more expensive to search externally in the labor market.

By taking into account the results and the suggestions for the company, Tanglewood will ensure the success of the company. Tanglewood will be able to meet the standards of the EEO and use this opportunity to establish estimates for the entire chain’s staffing policy regarding demographic representation of the workforce. Individual store can respond to overarching organizational objectives by using strategies to be able to achieve the same objectives as Tanglewood. Some strategies could be to set goals and strive to obtain them starting from day one.