Tanglewood Case Study 1

Assignment: Tanglewood Case Analysis 1

Your role within Tanglewood is as an external consultant for staffing services. You will report directly to Daryl Perrone, who is the Staffing Services Director, with final oversight for your work coming from Marilyn Gonzalez, who is the Vice President for Human Resources. Both of these individuals were recently hired personally by Emerson and Wood as part of their plan to centralize and improve the human resources function. Perrone has extensive experience in managing staffing for department stores in New Jersey and New York, while Gonzalez has worked in a variety of corporate positions in the Pacific Northwest.

The reports that you produce will be given to Perrone and Gonzalez, who will disseminate them throughout the organization. As such, although Perrone, Gonzalez, and other members of the human resources team are generally well versed in the terminology of staffing, the other individuals who read you reports will not be so familiar with the specific staffing terminology. This means that your reports should not contain excessive staffing terminology, and that when you do use specific staffing terms you should provide a brief explanation.

Every organization has a goal to meet in order to stay competitive and be successful in the global economy. As I was going through the reports, I noticed that Tanglewood is an organization that has grown to be one of the largest company’s among 12 divisions in the United States; however, Tanglewood needs to focus on the company’s growth potential because there have been other competitors who have gone global and offer the same products. Tanglewood has worked very hard over the years to keep a strong culture in their company which has helped differentiate themselves from competitors. It is important for Tanglewood to keep following their strong relationship with their employees because this has been a strategy that has leaded them to perform excellent customer service....