Case Study 8
You are the HR Director for growing business that manufactures and sells a new children’s toy. The business has been steady over the past three years, but in the last two months you have experienced rapid growth after the business was featured on Shark TankÓ and got a deal with several of the sharks. It is September 2019 and you have been tasked with figuring out hiring for the next 6 months. The business is predicting increased sales for Christmas and you know that you need to hire enough people to fulfill the Christmas rush. Last year you did not have enough people working in the months leading up to Christmas. However, you also cannot afford to keep people if the sales drop significantly after the holidays.
Staffing Numbers (FTE)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | April | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| 2018 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 |
| 2019 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 33 | 33 |
Sales Numbers
| Jan | Feb | Mar | April | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| 2018 | $30K | $30K | $18K | $12K | $10K | $20K | $27K | $28K | $29K | $50K | $52K | $55K |
| 2019 | $34K | $34K | $33K | $32K | $28K | $30K | $78K | $98K |
Using the sales and staffing information provided in the tables, answer the following questions:
- What are your options for handling a shortage of employees?
- What are your options for handling a surplus of employees?
- Use the sales and staffing information provided, predict the future staffing needs of the business. Explain the forecasting methods you used to arrive at this outcome.
- Based on your answers to the questions above, how will you handle the staffing needs over the next 6 months?
MEMO ASSIGNMENT:
Prepare a 1 page, single-spaced memo that answers the questions above. The formatting should be as follows:
- Length: 1 page
- Single-spaced
- Times New Roman, 12 point font
- 1 inch margins
- Make sure your name is on the first page of the memo
- No cover pages or fancy report covers needed
Your recommendations should be formatted as a memo, following the guidelines presented in class lectures. Major section headings should be formatted with bold lettering, left justified, and ended with a period. Sample memos and the lecture slides on memo writing are posted on eLearn.
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