Tanglewood Case 2

Tanglewood Case 2

Miguel A. Millet-Ocasio

Live Hale

November 7, 2014

1a. Currently the organization expects that their forecast for labor requirements is

essentially constant from the previous year. This means the forecast for next year

will be taken as given.

NO ACTION NECESSARY...

1b. Fill in the empty cells in the forecast of labor availabilities in Table 1.1.

YOU WILL HAVE A PROBABILITY MATRIX WITH COMPLETED NUMBERS AS YOUR ANSWER...COMPLETE THE GRAY BOXES

Table 1.1 Markov Analysis Information

Forecast of availabilities | Next year (projected) |

| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | Exit |

| | Current Workforce | | | | | | |

Previous year | (1) Store associate | 8,500 | 4505 | 510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3485 |

| (2) Shift leader | 1,200 | 0 | 600 | 192 | 0 | 0 | 408 |

| (3) Department manager | 850 | 0 | 0 | 493 | 102 | 0 | 255 |

| (4) Assistant store manager | 150 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 69 | 12 | 60 |

| (5) Store manager | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 17 |

1c. Conduct an environmental scan. Based on the environmental data, what factors in

the environment suggest Tanglewood might have difficulty filling their vacancies

in the future?

After performing an environmental scan, it is determined that Tanglewood could possibly have problems filling their vacancies in the future. The scan shows that there are available candidates to fill management positions. The problem is that Tanglewood policy to romote within and that individual needs to start from the bottom could be a trouble because it looks like Tanglewood needs to go external and look for college graduates. College graduates sometimes do not want to start from below.

1d. Compute year end totals for each job in Table 1.1 and do a gap analysis to

determine where shortages will occur in the next year.

Gap analysis | Next year (projected) |

| | | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |

| Year end total(column sum) | 4505 | 1110 | 685 | 171 | 45 |

| External hires needed...