Relevant labor market: Washington and Oregon Timeline: Continuous Process Activities to undertake to source well-qualified candidates: Request employee referrals State job referrals Radio, television, local and regional newspapers Accessibility of a kiosk on site Employ a staffing agency Staff members involved: Human Resource Staff Regional Managers Store Managers Budget: $3,300 - $6,000 2. Describe the best “targets” for your recruiting efforts by considering the job and organizational context. Evaluate the various methods of recruiting in terms of whether they seem more like “open” or “targeted” recruiting, using the information in the book to help you make this decision. If some methods seem more “targeted,” whom do you think they target? Tanglewood utilizes both open and targeted recruiting but because of their attrition and the continuous amount of new hires that they have, I would say that “open recruiting” would be most beneficial for their
Your shoppers must always be able to find these necessity items in stock whenever they are needed. These much needed products include household cleaners, health and beauty items, paper products and food items. As the current market structure of the dollar general store is important we look at the effect of government regulations. As seen in the last couple of years, DG has started offering advanced in-store services to their employees which in turn is passed to the consumers. However, more services can be added to attract consumers the best thing any business person can do is to get familiar with the country that you’re targeting.
Tanglewood Case 3: Recruiting | Position: Store Associate | | Reports to: Department Manager and Store Manager | | Qualifications: An individual who has retail experience | | Relevant labor Market: Washington state and Oregon | | Activities to undertake to source candidates: Media Advertising, Request Employee Referral, Kiosk, State Job Services, Staffing Agency | | Staffing members involved: | V.P. Human Resources | Staffing Services Director | Department managers | Assistant Store Managers | | Budget: $75,000 per store | When it comes to recruiting for a store associates position the targeting should be open because the applicant can learn how to perform certain jobs. Recruiting for shift leader should be targeted because they have the most experience in the store and they know how day to day operations are performed. All manager positions should be targeted because the overall store’s operation are ran by these people and the outcome of profits reflect how business is being performed. When it comes to the Western Washington State division, it used job services to recruit people and was unsuccessful with the results.
The case also demonstrates how you can use organizational data to determine what the best methods for recruiting are. Finally, you will have an opportunity to develop various forms of recruiting messages that will encourage individuals to apply for jobs as sales associates at Tanglewood. Primary Concerns Regarding Recruiting Like any retail organization, there is a constant need for new employees at Tanglewood because of turnover. In a typical year, approximately 50% of the sales associates will turnover. The process of recruiting is therefore of great concern for managers in the field.
Service Request SR-kf-013 Scott Barron BSA/310 January 26, 2014 Sharon Foreman Ph.D. Service Request SR-kf-013 Frequent shopper programs are becoming increasingly popular and necessary for businesses to compete and retain customers. The Kudler Fine Foods Frequent Shopper Program could contain some possible issues and vastly have an effect on your organizational structure, along with potential legal, ethical and information security concerns. It is important for management to be aware that issues might occur based on a frequent shopper program; therefor it is my position to help you understand all aspects of such a program and make the transition to such a program as seamless as possible. I understand with any new project, especially the frequent shopper program
Recruitment Guide for Store Associates Position: Store Associate Reports to: Shift Leaders, Department Managers, Assistance Store Manager, Store Manager, and Regional Manager Qualifications: Knowledge of Customer Service Principles, ability to perform light lifting and object manipulation, ability to relate to others, excellent communication and speaking skills. Relevant labor market: Washington / Oregon Timeline: Unspecified: Continuously interview with qualified candidates Activities to undertake to source well-qualified candidates: Advertise inside of store at Kiosk Post job opening on company website Make positions available at state job services Request employee referrals Post job on career website /
Search engines are the driving source for online shopping. When consumers can type in a name of a product and click search hundreds of stores come up with pricing of the product. People like choices, and would rather search through the web for the best product and pricing. Associability plays key role in the success of companies. Companies have to pay a huge price to have their store front at the top of the search list.
They value the input they are able to give to the company, the advancement opportunities, and the availabilities of their management. This opportunity stems from a practice within Tanglewood that exemplifies that all employees are members of the core work force. The core workforce is viewed as essential for the organizational values and culture that Tanglewood seeks to develop and maintain. I also focused on the company’s emphasis of “straight talk”. The company believes that involving employees in on the import ants such as; their share price, overall profitability, along with other details about the company’s activities, this causes them to think like
Some of the key business processes of CDS include: * Collecting and storing all the information about potential talent from around the world * The logistics of maintaining and tracking employee deployment in various CDS tours around the world * Storing and updating personnel files for its showbiz talent to reflect records such as measurements, health, compensation etc. * The setting up of an entire village for the touring show. This set-up requires the very best technology to function smoothly in tandem with the external operations of the tour (ticket sales, payroll, phone systems etc.) * Logistics of ticket sales, seating arrangements, online bookings etc. IT’s support for selected business processes Even though it may be possible to support all business processes by IT in some capacity, it was neither smart nor easy to implement IT on such a large scale in a short period of time.
Chapter 14 Analyzing Managerial Decisions: Structuring Compensation pg 446 By: Tia Woods 1.) There are numerous ways that explains the difference between two firms dealing with compensation plans. One of the reasons why is how Parkleigh’s may believe the main reason of sales leads to sales incentives, and how having great customer service with nice, outgoing staff helps build a sale, and reflects on the high completion to customers. That’s like making the staff work harder to have a better visualization of the firm, from cleaning the dressing rooms, to making sure all the displays are showed to be impressed by customers so they can buy an item or two. All of these aspects would help raise store sales.