tanglewood case

Tanglewood is a retail store known all over the regions and over seas. Each region enjoys its own culture and values, which distinguishes from others. The pattern and the process of Tanglewood has to be similar, however, internal department methods will run depending on the regions culture. On page 12 of the Tanglewood case book its states that “ If you tell someone exactly what to do, you’re only getting half an employee. If your given someone the space to make their own decisions, your getting a whole person”. I encourage this philosophy to be spread and worked with among all the regions. Tanglewood like other stores has the same tools, clothing, equipment, electronics and much more. These retailers have to be engage in both over seas out sourcing and off shoring by hiring high tech and talented, sufficient employees to deal with this globally and locally that will help Tanglewood reach and exceed competitive levels among others.

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Northern Oregon also uses Media recruitment; applicants are 2686, Kiosk 3896, and Agency Recruitment 1290. The overall rate is Media at 41%, Kiosk at 43% and Agency of 48%. Cost per set up; Media at $10,000, Kiosk at $40,000 and Agency of $50,000.

Tanglewood recently received a complaint filed against them by an African-American employee for discrimination. The complaint file states that an African-American shift leader in Stockman is repeatedly passed over for promotion despite positive performance appraisal (Kammeyer-Mueller, 2012, p. 34). The attorneys of this associate is now contacting other minority associates of Tanglewood to form a class action lawsuit. It is important for the Tanglewood association to determine if there is discrimination within the organization. To determine if there is discrimination in the organization, an analysis of disparate impact is required by completing a flow statistics and a concentration rate of all job categories,

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Tanglewood is currently in need of a new manager for their flagship store in Spokane. 20 individuals were contacted as potential candidates, with internal candidates contacted via referrals by regional managers and external candidates that were based on nominations from corporate offices. A total of 10 candidates have taken up the application. The company is in possession of their resumes, retail knowledge tests, standardized test scores from the Marshfield Applicant Exam, biographical data, and two personality dimensions tests. This information will be used in determining the company’s choice for the position.

Exceptional workforce quality is the best strategies instead of an ok workforce. Tanglewood is marketing towards the middle and the upper class. By having a

It is also important that the candidate obtain the characteristics of someone who would strongly align with the culture of Tanglewood, since this is a major contributor to the success of the company. Another consideration for Tanglewood is to offer more fringe benefits, such as accrued paid time off, for this position in order to retain a higher percentage of employees in the future.

The Tanglewood organization currently does not have a strong process in acquiring or developing new talent. From the case study we find that Tanglewood would like to focus on having a workforce of committed, qualified individuals who will continue the Tanglewood tradition; yet they have no solid recruiting process into place. The Tanglewood organization also has opportunity around their development process, understanding they want team members to feel valued and know that their opinions count, but just because a team member makes influential suggestions does not necessarily qualify them to be leaders. Though they have a lot of culture and tradition there are not in processes in place to help them acquire

Internal hiring is a better strategy for Tanglewood than external hiring because it allows everyone to start at the bottom as an associate and work their way up in the company. Using this strategy allows the company culture to flourish. Each employee must understand the culture of the business by starting out as an associate and learning how the company operates and about its culture. Exceptional workforce quality is a better strategy than acceptable workforce. Tanglewood’s target market is the middle to upper class. The company employs moderate pricing with a strategy of differentiation. They differentiate themselves from the competition by having a large camping and outdoor living area in each store. Having an exceptional workforce quality means hiring associates that will be excited about Tanglewood and provide excellent customer service. Having a strong customer service focus will encourage customers to repeat visits to the store, and enable the company to stand out among the competition as a customer’s favorite place to shop.

1. Start by developing a recruitment guide like that shown in Exhibit 5.3 in the textbook. Note that the current situation differs from the example provided in the book because there is no specific timeline for hiring; this is a continuous recruiting effort because even as positions are being filled, new positions are becoming available. It is also different because Tanglewood does not have a specific list of minimal educational requirements as qualifications.

This report looks into River Island store visit in Brent Cross Shopping Centre on 15th of November 2016. With over 60 years of experience River Island is well-know brand on the High Street fashion, which offers stylish and affordable fashion items for its customer. It has over 350 stores across the UK, Ireland and internationally throughout Asia, the Middle East and Europe. (Riverisland.com) The main aim of this report is to overlook stores visual merchandising, layout, customer service and other factors based on a stores visit and identify the main strengths and weaknesses among its competitors. As we can see from the market positioning below in terms of quality and price River Island biggest competitors are Zara and Topshop online and retail stores. Turning to recent financial perfomance, the privately-owned fashion retailer did not publish its recent performance, just in 2015 it has announced a 69.4% increase in pre-tax profits to £149.1m for the year to December 27, as turnover increased 10.4% to £925.8m (Geoghegan,2015). This shows, that River Island is fast-growing and successful apparel retailer in these days.

Tanglewood is a retail business. It has clothing, jewelry, and non-clothing merchandise: sporting goods, bath, bedding and home décor. Company operates in the moderate price niche, targeting middle- and upper-income customers. Tanglewood is located in 12 geographical regions, with 20 stores per region.   The breakdown of stores is:

In my accounting classes, not only did we learn how to do an income statement and a balance sheet, but we also completed a case study where we applied it. This process gave me an overall understanding of how the financial side of business works. In my business class we learned how the operation of a business works. We learned market trends and learned about stocks and investing. In my introduction to taxation class, we are currently doing case studies over how to fill out a tax form for individuals and families.

At the start of this class I questioned how you could be taught business in a class setting. I truly felt that business is something that you gained knowledge through experience, on the job training, and company advancements. In the past few weeks of digging into our Intro to Business class (chapters 1-8), I feel that I actually have a better understanding of how and why things work the way they do in a business setting. I’ve had business employment experience; and I feel that I have had a few moments in the literature of this class that gave me a bit of a “aha” moment. Moments that I was able to link back to my experience and thought, now it all makes sense.