was available to me, there is disparate impact discrimination within the hiring practices of Tanglewood. Not only in the representation of White employees compared to African American employees, but also in some occupational categories of ratio from White employees compared to Non-white employees as well. (Non-white also includes the African American employees). In reference to the African American employees, by using the 4/5 ratio, there is evidence of disparate impact discrimination. Reviewing this
Tanglewood Case 5: Disparate Impact Analysis Recruitment and Selection HRM 450 Current Needs Assessment Tanglewood prides itself on encouragement of diversity in the workplace. All hiring and promotion decisions should be made on the basis of character and quality of work. The ensuing lawsuit brings about a need to analyze Tanglewood’s selection strategies to ensure these practices are not hindering the promotion of diversity. In order to do this, it is necessary to study the flow and
The 4/5 ratio shows that there is evidence that points disparate impact discrimination in the Tanglewood organization for most job categories. There are a few job categories that hit the 80% of the 4/5 rule. The store associate white to non-white and white to African-American comparison computed in the 90% ratio. The internal shift leader white to non-white computed at 79%, the internal and external department manager white to nonwhite both ranked above 80%, and the internal assistant store manager
Gonzales Vice President for Human Resources Tanglewood Inc. Ms. Gonzales, I write you in regards of your request to present a report on the discrimination charges of disparate impact brought to our attention by one of our employees, Stanley Root, represented by the law firm of Eaglette-Schubert LLC. Stanley Root contacted the law firm, claiming that he was repeatedly passed over for promotion opportunities despite positive performances. Tanglewood promotes diversity in the workplace, and all
● TANGLEWOOD CASEBOOK for use with STAFFING ORGANIZATIONS ● ● 6th Ed. Kammeyer-Mueller | | TANGLEWOOD CASEBOOK To accompany Staffing Organizations, sixth edition, 2009. Prepared by John Kammeyer-Mueller Warrington College of Business University of Florida Gainesville, Florida Telephone: 352-392-0108 E-mail: kammeyjd@ufl.edu Copyright ©2009 Mendota House, Inc. Herbert G. Heneman III President Telephone: 608-233-4417 E-mail: hheneman@bus.wisc.edu |INTRODUCTION
Retention of managerial employees at Tanglewood is extremely important to the organization, their mission, and the organizational culture that Tanglewood values. As the organization continues to exponentially grow; their staffing and recruitment processes and procedures have not been integrated to focus on retention management. This paper will examine the relationship between managerial performance and turnover, why managers leave, additional data that the organization should utilize, equal employment
Staffing at Tanglewood “[Design] is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works” (Walker, 2003, para. 4). When Steve Jobs said this comment he was speaking about the first iPod, but in actuality it rings true for any design, whether it is a product or a methodology. Tanglewood is a retail store chain with an “outdoors” theme (Kammeyer-Mueller, 2012). The organizational structure in conjunction with recent growth is causing a disconnect between Tanglewood’s mission and
Staffing Strategies In reviewing Tanglewood case study 1, we evaluate all aspects of the company in order to determine which strategic staffing decision would potentially be suitable for meeting the organizations goals and staffing requirements. They’re 13 different staffing strategies which are distributed into two categories. Each one of the strategies is designed in a format of this one verses that one concept, making it so one would decide which would be best suited for the company. The two
● TANGLEWOOD CASEBOOK for use with STAFFING ORGANIZATIONS ● ● 7th Ed. Kammeyer-Mueller TANGLEWOOD CASEBOOK To accompany Staffing Organizations, seventh edition, 2012. Prepared by John Kammeyer-Mueller Warrington College of Business University of Florida Gainesville, Florida Telephone: 352-392-0108 E-mail: kammeyjd@ufl.edu Copyright ©2012 Mendota House, Inc. Herbert G. Heneman III President Telephone: 608-233-4417