Tanglewood Casebook Assignment

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Recruitment & Selection Techniques (HRM782) ASSIGNMENT 1 – INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT Tanglewood Casebook Assignment (Worth 30% of Final Grade) Weighting: 30% of Final Grade Due Date: Week of June 10, 2013 Late Penalty: Late assignments will result in a penalty of 10% per day. Assignments will not be accepted after 5 days. Purpose: Based on a real life situation in industry, this case study incorporates a majority of the learning outcomes for the HRM782 course. It serves as a practical application of the skills required for a practitioner in the staffing function of an organization. Note: This is an individual assignment. All sources used must be properly referenced using MLA Documentation. The Tanglewood Casebook is found…show more content…
Write a one page summary discussing the current operating environment for Tanglewood in terms of its competitors, its employees, its culture, its values and the Human Resources function and organizational structure. 2. Refer to Exhibit 1.7 on page 17 of your textbook and evaluate each of the 13 decisions (i.e. acquire or develop talent, etc) for Tanglewood stores and the Store Associate position (a sales position). Explain each decision to Donald Penchiala, the Staffing Services Director for Tanglewood Stores, who is interested in your opinion on each of the 13 Strategic Staffing decisions. You must take into consideration the case information on Tanglewood stores and the desire to improve the staffing process. 3. Read pages 21-26 of the case and 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. If some methods seem more “targeted” whom do you think they…show more content…
In the casebook, read pages 28-32 (measurement and validation) and pages 41-45 (interview) which pertain to the selection process for Department Managers at Tanglewood stores. Determine what you want to measure by analyzing KSAO’s from the job description on page 60 in Appendix A and the information on organizational culture. The current selection measures are: Work Experience Check, Education Check, Marshfield Applicant Exam, Retail Knowledge Test and a Brief Unstructured Interview. The process varies depending on the geographic location of the store and the preferences of the regional manager. Recommend 3 selection measures for the Department Manager position and explain your choices. Tanglewood wants to improve their current selection

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