Case Study Of Tanglewood's Staffing Strategies

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"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. The function of recruiting and selecting employees through outsourcing will help alleviate any concerns in staffing inefficiencies when using a…show more content…
For a company to retain talent it must offer more incentives for the employees than that of its competitors. Your company encourages the decisions and ideas of the employees but more programs could be put in place to help retain employees. Implementing a program that offers rewards for time and cost savings not only benefits the employee but also the company by projecting a positive image of employee worth to the company. Keeping the companies hiring practice on the national level is required for all employees that work in the retail stores but if there is a need for technology or manufacturing of a particular product I would recommend global labor. The ability to tap into the global labor market will make the company more competitive by being able to offer competitive prices on products due to lower overhead cost associated with the offset in the labor cost. Attracting employees to join the company is the better option unless there is a management position that requires exceptional talent to fill the position. Relocation of prospective employees can be costly to the company and there is no guarantee that they will be long term employees of the company. With the company's plans for expansion I would recommend overstaffing. This will allow the company to stock pile talent for future…show more content…
Jobs that have specific qualifications or task that are defined should be a Person/Job Match. Jobs that are poorly defined should be a Person/Organization Match, that is matched with the vision of the company. Having specific knowledge, skills, and abilities is needed for some jobs but the greater needs for the company would follow a more general path. Having a general skill set such as flexibility, ability to learn, and communication skills will enable your department to place employees across a variety of jobs and develop their more specific talents as the company has needs. While any company wants to employ exceptionally quality minded employees they are also faced with the fact that they are less experienced than the acceptable quality workforce. With the strong cultural value of the company I would recommend targeting the workforce that has acceptable quality focus. These type employees will grow in the company to a higher quality level
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