For the short term fix the organization would profit more by retaining the best candidates for the job. Thus there are some implementations that need to be in place. Make sure salaries are competitive, offer comp time, bonuses, dependent medical even if employees share the cost like co pay and incentive pay. Provide up-to-date tools and technologies to help employees work more efficiently and conduct roundtable discussions or take surveys from the employees on what priorities are important. National or Global: Recommendations for Tanglewood is national with the evidence of some regional managers operations.
M E M O R A N D U M TO: Supervisor, Name FROM: Name Re: Cost of Quality considerations Date: December 6, 2013 Mr. Name We as a manufacturer of tangible products must ensure our merchandise is of the best quality before it reaches the consumer. This is imperative if we are to maintain a competitive advantage in the marketplace, while in addition earning repetitive and referral business from our customers. There are three main types of costs associated with producing quality products. If we are aware of the following costs of quality, and implement them in areas in need of improvement, the quality of our merchandise will improve, our customer satisfaction will improve, and our reputation will improve, resulting in a more prosperous business. The three types of costs associated with quality considerations are prevention costs, appraisal costs, and internal/external failure costs.
STR 581 Capstone Final Examination, Part One 1. Because practical considerations make job tryouts for all candidates infeasible, it is necessary to __________ the relative level of job performance for each candidate on the basis of available information. • predict • accept • assign • abandon 2. Some studies indicate the best approach for transformational change may have the chief executive officer create an atmosphere for change • but let others decide how to initiate change • and begin establishing a vision • but carefully set limits for the program • and establish a reward system 3. Which of the following is a desirable strategy for managers aiming to reduce the negative consequences
It would be beneficial to have him take the What Time of Day am I Most Productive survey to see if his poor decision making is based on his ability to focus. The characteristics of the employees make up the characteristic of the company, and both of these are a direct reflection of their leadership. Keeping employees happy is a key element to success, as noted in (Robbins & Judge, 2011), “Therefore, companies implement programs; such as piece-rate pay where workers are paid a fixed sum for each unit production completed”. It is imperative that a company can attract and retain a skilled workforce. Ensuring that their compensation is competitive with the market and valuing the employee’s opinions are just two ways to accomplish this.
The organization should follow company’s strong culture and consider retaining the talent employees to accomplish its business plan. But, Tanglewood relied on its experienced employees as a major source of talent. As I said before, suppose the company promotes internal employees, there must have many gaps in the organization. So, how to find new employees let them become skill employees are the big issues. 2.
(graded) a) How can sales managers use the recruiting process to ensure that the salespeople that are hired are good team players? b) What kinds of questions can be asked in the interview to test if a candidate has strong teamwork skills and experience? c) What are some of the problems associated with poorly-executed recruitment and selection of sales people? MKTG 420 Week 4 DQ 2 Training The first and most important step in designing a sales training program is the assessment of training needs, which provides the starting point for setting training goals and designing the program. (graded) a) Discuss the methods of assessing sales training needs.
"Staffing Strategy" Please review the following recommendations for the staffing needs of you organizations. For the Tanglewood organization I think acquiring talent is best suited for your organization. While employees can be trained to suit the organizations needs hiring talent is important for you organization. The vision to involve employees in the decision making process and let them take control of how their own areas requires employees that possess talent to insure the success of the department and organization. It is my recommendation that the hiring activities be an outsourced function.
When a company requires a person to fill a job they could have an open position for they will seek the best person for the job. If this entails a certain level of education or a certain skill the company will have to assign a higher rate of pay. A job that does not require a high level of education will allow for a lower rate of pay. Even though the internally consistent compensation system can be a wonderful thing to add into any company it can pose a big challenge to the companies competitiveness. This system that is founded on the job analysis has lead to a formal structure job descriptions which is how the pay scale the company uses is put in place.
It shows that the introverted individual come up with a plan before acting, needing time to think things through. Employers have found personality testing to be a great tool in determining whether or not an individual have what it takes to be successful on the job with interaction and interpersonal communication with others. Even though the pre-employment personality test is a good ideal, it does have the potential to produce problems. One of the problems would occur when a potential candidate tries to cheat the system by answering the question in a way to make the employer feel they are the best one for the job. This type of answering would be using a hypothetical method.
Gaps in policy administration promote inconsistency and can result in weakened productivity and stalled organizational growth (Kammeyer-Mueller, 2009). Reports indicate that Tanglewood has resilient profit ratio percentages and robust growth potential. In order to expand and remain competitive, Tanglewood will require a more unified group that shares consistency in mission, values and culture. This paper provides my assessments and suggestions for executing strategy in the areas of staffing levels and staffing quality to achieve organizational growth (Kammeyer-Mueller, 2009) . STAFFING LEVELS Acquire or Develop Talent Staffing is the process of ascertaining an organization’s human capital needs, and then providing sufficient quantities of qualified applicants to assist the organization in its ability to be effective (Henemann, p. 8).