Specific Assignment Details Appendix D: Individual Applicant Information

APPENDIX D:

INDIVIDUAL APPLICANT INFORMATION

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It will be incumbent on you to present several options regarding how this hiring decision should

proceed. This is a very important decision, so Tanglewood would like you to provide several

different possible selection schemes.

As in the previous exercise, develop a detailed selection plan for this position.

Determine what you want to measure by analyzing KSAOs from the job description and

the information on organizational culture in the case, and fitting the selection measures into

the plan format as shown in Exhibit $8\mathrm{.}2$ in the book. The assessment methods you should

consider in the selection plan are biodata, the Marshfield Applicant Examination, Retail

Knowledge, conscientiousness, and extraversion.

Develop assessment scores based on several multiple predictor methods described

in your book. This entails developing distinct scores for each applicant based on clinical

prediction, unit weighting, and rational weighting schemes. For each method, develop a

list of your top three finalists to provide to the regional manager. Compare these to a

multiple hurdle selection procedure that uses test scores as a first stage to find the five

strongest candidates, and then uses interviews and r$$sum$$s to select the top three finalists.

Which of the methods do you believe works best? Why?

You are making a recommendation for who should be considered a candidate for

hiring based on your read of the data. Using your recommendations, Tanglewood will

develop a panel of individuals who will be involved in the final selection decision with

interviews. Who do you think should be involved in this process from Tanglewood based

on the discussion of decision makers in Staffing O$?$ What does each decision maker add to

the process? You should consult the organizational structure information in the

introduction

Based on the three previous portions of the assignment, develop an official guide

to selection that can be supplied to all the stores. This official guide should provide the

information from the selection plan, suggestions for how to combine predictors, and

guidelines for managers on who should be involved in the final decision. The decision

makers do not necessarily need to be the same ones participating in the selection decision

for the Spokane flagship store.