EMBA Cycle 13 – Module 3
Organizational Behavior (MBA 718)
Directors: Dr. Daniel Baugher and Dr. Ibraiz Tarique
Team Project: Talent Management Planning for Sade Wellness
(Parent Company: Sade Clarity, LLC)
Client and Project
Sade Wellness is provides customizable employee fitness, nutrition and life management
programs to both private and federal organizations.As a corporate wellness solutions firm,
SADE WELLNESS relies on skilled employees. Management believes that a talent
management initiative is necessary if they are to attract and retain the “right” employees
and successfully expand their business over the next two to five years. The SADE
WELLNESS management team has hired you to develop a talent acquisition and retention
strategy. You will need to researchthe industry and competitive environment, current best
practices in the wellness industry, and Sade Wellness’ current practices and corporate
culture in order to present the management team with recommended solutions to their
major challenges.
Deliverables – Chapter 14 is critical and fundamental to the entire project
In developing your recommendations and implementation plan, management has asked
that you focus on six major challenges. Each of the assigned deliverables is intended to
provide information you will need to develop solutions to the challenges.
Challenge #1: How do we acquire and hire top talent to fill needed positions for rapid
ramp-up?Part 1 of the text relates to this challenge
1. Compare labor market trends predicted for the West Coast, Midwest, Southwest, South,
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Focus on supply of and demand for talent, i.e.,
employee skill sets needed and the expected availability of individuals with those skill
sets.
Discuss and define the supply and demand for labor. Identify the following –
Demographics
o Gender
o Generations
Millenials
Gen X
Gen Y
Baby Boomers
Employment Rate
Where training centers
o Colleges/Universities
o Technical schools related to wellness profession
Review and talk about the mix of labor and talent force available, while there may be
candidates available they may be the right employee but have the wrong skills and vice
versa.
May want to include a map of the US and breakdown where the talent is located.
Majority of talent may be located in large cities, i.e. NY, LA, Chicago.
Identify where and what the differences are across geographies.
Talent Trend report
How US is divided. Availability of talent, unemployment rate
Schools in the US that offer this training
Unemployment low = smaller pool of talent and therefore harder to attract talent. You must
