●TANGLEWOODCASEBOOKfor use withSTAFFING ORGANIZATIONS●●6th Ed.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

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INTRODUCTION TO THE CASE CONCEPT |

Rationale for the Tanglewood Case

Many of the most important lessons in business education involve learning how to place academic concepts in a work setting. For applied topics, like staffing, learning how concepts are applied in the world of work also allow us see how the course is relevant to our own lives. The use of these cases will serve as a bridge between the major themes in the textbook Staffing Organizations and the problems faced by managers on a daily basis.

The Tanglewood case is closely intertwined with textbook concepts. Most assignments in the case require reference to specific tables and examples in the book. After completing these cases, you will be much more able to understand and apply the material in the textbook. With this in mind, it should be noted that the cases are designed to correspond with the types of information found in work environments. This means that for many important decisions, the right answers will not always be easy to detect, there will be more than one correct solution, and often the very information that would make decisions easy is missing. Remember that ambiguity in any case corresponds to reality; although it may be frustrating at first, you should remember that business problems are themselves often confusing and require important judgment calls that don’t have any single “right” answer.

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