Job Discription

Job Discription

Laura Foran; David Richards; Amy Scheffen; Michelle Smith; Jordan Thebeau
MGMT 622
Case 2

A. True
B.
FORECAST OF AVAILABILITIES | | | | | |Current Year | | | | | | | | | |((1)) |((2)) |((3)) |((4)) |((5)) |Exit | |Previous Year | | |Current Workforce |  |  |  |  |  |  | |(1) Store Manager | | |8,500 | |3655 |510 |0 |0 |0 |4335 | |(2) Shift Leader | | |1,200 | |0 |648 |192 |0 |0 |360 | |(3) Department manager | |850 | |0 |0 |544 |51 |0 |255 | |(4) Assistant store manager | |150 | |0 |0 |9 |78 |12 |51 | |(5) Store manager |  |  |50 |  |0 |0 |0 |0 |33 |17 | |
C. Environmental Scan
a. Consistent supply of qualified individuals in urban markets
b. Promotion to small towns satisfies a current need but could backfire if the economy improves for the managerial sector
c. Currently a “soft” market but this is only a temporary state – won’t last forever
d. “Soft” Market means unemployment rates are high resulting in a lack of jobs at present
e. Retail industry undesirable for recent college graduates
f. Internal staffing strategy real strength of Tanglewood – part of their culture
g. Increase focus on retention programs and developing internal talent

Environmental Factors that will cause difficulties in future:
• Compliance with EEO governmental requirements
• OFCCP might prevent candidates from being hired due to affirmative action requirements/policies – diversity hiring issues
• Government regulations will impact their future hiring practices because Tanglewood has government contracts
• Governmental regulations might result in a shortage of possible candidates for Tanglewood to hire thus resulting in having to sacrifice employees who fit the cultural characteristics of the company.
• Expanding professional and managerial labor sector and college graduates finding the retail environment undesirable will create a future problem of a...

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