Case One: Tanglewood Stores and Staffing Strategy To: Daryl Perrone, Staffing Service Director and Marilyn Gonzalez, Vice President of Human Resources From: Shanca Cooper, Staffing Consultant Memo: Tangelwood Staffing Strategy I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity to provide you with some excellent staffing strategies for your company. With the continuous growth of your company we must ensure your employees are not only knowledgeable but inefficient in all areas of the company’s mission. In order to complete this task I should explain to how we’re going to get there. Acquire or Develop Talent Acquiring talent would be utilized when the organization need people which require little to no training for existiting and new job opportunities. Developing talent is utilized when the organization have people which have the basic foundation, willingness for growth, and therefore the company develop skills need to complete job duties.
Your staff is worried and is looking to you to provide reassurance that the competition will not affect your business. PROJECT FOCUS: Determine a strategy for addressing your employees concerns, building loyalty among your customers, and remaining competitive in a changing market. Be sure to use information technology in your solutions including environmental scanning, competitive advantages, and first-mover advantages. Answer. I think the biggest advantage of the broadway café is that it has been running business over 60years.
Running Head: DIVERSITY IN JOHNSON & JOHNSON CO. 1 Diversity in Johnson & Johnson Co. Jayde Bachman Empire State College Author Note This proposal was prepared for Diversity in the Workplace, BME-213164-05-13SP1, taught by Dr. Robin 2 Abstract I have decided to conduct my audit on Johnson & Johnson because it is a company that I am familiar with. I use their products on a daily basis and feel that their products are a part of every household. I am curious how Johnson & Johnson has created a diverse company through every aspect of diversity. From gender to race to sexual orientation, how has Johnson & Johnson maintained their status while also being on DiversityInc’s “The Top 50 Companies for Diversity.” Does Johnson & Johnson strive to be a diverse company? Or do they just naturally follow the systematic approach to following diversity?
Tanglewood Company believes that it is truly important to preserve the original mission that started the company as a strong culture. Tanglewood is deeply concerned about the expansion of two major companies like Kohl’s and Target, which they are creating a direct competition for the company. For this reason, Tanglewood must ensure they set themselves apart from there competitor, by having the best promising staff that is committed to their mission, and customers. In this case study of Tanglewood Company “the organization feels there absolutely must be a workforce of committed, qualified individuals who will help carry the Tanglewood philosophy into the future.” (Heneman, H. G., & Judge, T.A; Boston: Irwin McGraw-Hill, page 4) I definitely believe that they can achieve their goal by continuing to use strategies in the area of developing talent and internal hiring as well as employing core and flexible workforce quality. I also believe that these strategies are the most important for the company to use, because they will allow Tanglewood to distinguish themself from the competition, build a strong culture, save money by hiring internally and
Tanglewood INTRODUCTION Tanglewood is seeking to bring in an external consultant to address the issues of practices and philosophies that are not being demonstrated throughout the different store regional locations. There is a strong need to realign the regional managers with the practices and philosophies of Tanglewood. This will help them to understand the importance of the method because they are what the Tanglewood Company is based upon. BACKGROUND Tanglewood is a western distributor that manufactures goods and products that cater to a middle to high income population. Tanglewood is a company that is also known to have an employee participation philosophy, such as; a strong base for employee participation.
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