With stores located in 27 countries, globalization has had a profound effect on all four functions of management within Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart created plans to meet the environmental goals of being completely supplied by renewable energy, creating zero waste, and selling products that sustain the environment. Wal-Mart’s management has exhibited the ability to organize, diversify, and expand their supply chain resulting in the expansion of their brand to other countries. As Wal-Mart seeks to build their financial, physical, and human resources in other countries; they become reliant on local workers to operate and manage the stores. Local workers also assist the organizations ability to connect with potential customers. Every organization requires good leadership and Wal-Mart ensures its leaders drive the company toward its goals of protecting the environment. Wal-Mart leadership actively mobilizes workers and meets goals. The leadership helps to ensure that Wal-Mart remains one of…
I have chosen Sam's Club for my research. Today, Sam's Club needs to be the most significant participation club on the planet for our individuals (History). The association has developed to offer arrangements for business people and little organizations, as well as for families and regular living. Rather than stocking each thing in each accessible brand, vendors of Sam's Club do task for individuals, keeping correct products and purchase those products in huge amounts, going on the reserve funds to their individuals. The firm likewise diminishes costs by keeping up a basic shopping environment, frequently showing on shipping pellets the stocks so that new things can be moved in general faster the same way they move out.…
Macy’s is a very competitive, high-end department store. The employee population is very diverse and is made up of men and women who range in age from 18-70. Macy’s workforce reflects the diversity of the many markets where they do business. (Corliss Fong, V.P. of Macy’s Diversity Strategies). Many racial minorities also make up more than 46% of their workforce and 28% of management ranks, making it the number on company to work for by Essence Magazine, Latina Style and The Human Rights Campaign. (Macy’s College)…
Walmart is the largest American company, a true retail giant. It is a staple to everyday life in American communities across the country. Whether in your home town or traveling out of town one can most often find a Walmart. Each week, more than 245 million customers in nearly 11,000 stores in 28 countries and e-commerce websites in 11 countries. With net sales of $482.2 billion annually, Walmart employs 2.2 million employees worldwide. As consumers we relate to the bright yellow smiley faces, store front greeters and discount pricing signs. It is what we have come to expect for those of us that shop there. Walmart is a place to get more for your hard earned money. Making the consumer a Walmart stakeholder. For years consumers have…
Diversity, the existence of a plurality of abilities and cultural, social, and ethnic understandings amongst people, is purported to be the thing that America is built upon. The world knows America as the great melting pot of people, where individuals can come from any walk of life and be a part of a great nation that accepts them and allows them to succeed. Experience proves otherwise, however, that without a concerted effort in the business world, otherwise disadvantaged segments of the population are left behind. Walgreens, a nationwide pharmacy, recognized that people with disabilities are often overlooked for employment opportunities and so, developed cutting-edge distribution centers in Connecticut and South Carolina. The managers at these facilities make it their goal to have at least one third of available jobs filled by people living with disabilities (Gomez-Meija, Balkin, & Cardy, 2012). As a result, Walgreens has become known as a company that gives fulfilling jobs to individuals with disabilities and makes intentional steps to give them opportunities for advancement and job mobility (Gomez-Meija, Balkin, & Cardy, 2012). While a critic may be quick to suggest that Walgreens…
Safeway’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, and thoughtful people practices is a core element of the company's philosophy, ensuring that their employees reflect the diverse communities they serve. Companies with a reputation for providing opportunities for diverse employees will have a competitive advantage in the labor market, and diversity is not a corporate initiative, it’s a living attitude deeply embedded in the Safeway culture, giving Safeway that competitive advantage. Their view of diversity is all-inclusive and covers the many ways their employees are different — including gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.…
Wal-Mart is one of the largest corporations around the globe. Wal-Mart serves customers and members more than 200 million times per week at more than 8,446 retail units under 55 different banners in 15 countries. With fiscal year 2010 sales of $405 billion, Wal-Mart employs more than 2.1 million associates worldwide “A leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and employment opportunity, Wal-Mart ranked first among retailers in Fortune Magazine’s 2010 Most Admired Companies survey.” In order for one to understand what type of organization Wal-Mart’s size is one of great proportion and requires the organizational structure to be sound as well as effective. In the next few paragraphs the Wal-Mart organization will be examined and it will be determined what type of structure Wal-Mart possesses and how it can become more agile.…
In 2012, Wal-Mart celebrated 50 years of helping people save money so they can live better. The company employs 2.2 million associates worldwide and serves 200 million customers each week at more than 10,000 stores in 27 countries. Among the many business enterprises and organizations that changed the world, Wal-Mart holds a very important position. As compared to other genuine companies that changed a lot in the world of entrepreneurs, Wal-Mart has a short, yet highly-acclaimed story of success that is backed by brute force of efforts put in by many members and employees.…
Diversity. When it comes to the four functions of management, Starbucks not only does a phenomenal job of blending coffee but blending all functions of management including diversity. Diversity within the giant corporation incorporates different ethnic groups, age, personality, thinking styles, education, and sexual orientation. These are just some of the various ways this organization invests in diversity; In order to be successful Starbucks must face these issues daily and plan on ways to implement a successful yet dynamic management system. Diversity not only affects Starbucks internally but also externally. Starbucks has to continually protect its public image to customers and must create a higher standard of competition with other businesses. Starbucks is a leader in its own. Being a Leader in an organization such as the Coffee “Great” can be considered a practice for diversity management because it gives the understanding that in order to fix external diversity problems; it must start by accomplishing the internal factors that diversity can affect. “On a quarterly…
An individual’s personal values depict what is important in his or her life, and such values often determine his or her behavior. Furthermore, values are an enlightenment of why people act or react the way they do, based on their personal beliefs. The combined values of an individual and organization must be compatible to produce a successful relationship and work in harmony. Wal-Mart’s values have been in place for 40 years. The company holds dear to three golden values, which are: 1) showing respect to all individuals, 2) providing exquisite service to customers, and 3) continually striving for excellence. Team B assesses their personal values, and compares them to Wal-Mart’s value-based plans and actions to see if they are compatible. Through this assessment, Team B will be able to determine if they can cohesively give the customer what he or she wants, at a reasonable price, following Wal-Mart’s organizational values.…
In a small rural Tennessee town called Smallville, resides approximately 5000 people. The members of Smallville are tight knit and everyone knows one another. Smallville is located more than 30 miles from any major metropolitan area, making employment outside of the community very difficult. Aside from any locally owned motels and restaurants, the largest employer in the town is the Walmart super-center. Walmart employs the majority of the workers in Smallville. Recently, a female worker named Carol (whose sexual orientation is lesbian) has expressed being passed over for a promotion three different times after…
Companies can improve customer service in a culturally diverse workplace.If companies employ a diverse workforce can offer a variety of solutions to problems in service.Employees from diverse backgrounds bring individual cultures,languages and experiences that are flexible in adapting to…
There is no single definition to define cultural diversity in an organization. This topic has been studied from a variety of perspectives ranging from disciplines such as anthropology and sociology, to the applied disciplines of organizational behavior, management science, and organizational communication. There have been so many changes in the cultural make-up of organizations that it becomes imperative for leaders and supervisors to understand cultural diversity and how it can impact their organization. Culture diversity has been defined as the representation in one social system of people with distinctly different group affiliations of cultural significance. For some it refers to an appreciation of good literature, music, art, and food. From the biologist perspective, it is likely to be a colony or grouping of bacteria or other microorganisms growing in a nutrient medium in a laboratory Petri dish. Culture is a full range of learned human behavior patterns. Culture is viewed as a complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, customs, and any other set of capabilities and habits acquired by humans in a society. Culture is a powerful human tool for survival, additionally it is a fragile phenomenon that is constantly changing and easily lost because it exists only in our minds. Our written languages, governments, buildings, and other man-made products are merely the outcome of culture, these products are not culture within themselves, and is often referred to as corporate culture; although that isn’t the best description since a large number of non-profit organizational or charity could also be viewed as having its own organizational culture even though they are definitely not corporations. Another definition is a pattern of…
Managing diversity is defined as "planning and implementing organizational systems and practices to manage people so that the potential advantages of diversity are maximized while its potential disadvantages are minimized," according to Taylor Cox in "Cultural Diversity in Organizations."…
The term paper will address organizational behavior in a context of “Managing Diversity” within an organization and work force in general. Some examples were derived from Delkuu Management Company (“DMC”) which I created in 2007 and Pacific Savings Bank, Ltd., which I am currently managing its liquidation under the Creditors’ Trust for PSB through the Supreme Court of Republic of Palau. The basis of information formed in this term paper is from my research on the subject, observations, experience, and insight into the operations of DMC along with other resources and references, which I relied upon to explain and discuss Organizational Behavior: Managing Diversity. There will be visible instances that some details would be omitted, such as real names of people involved due to pending court cases; however, the message, lessons, and quality of information’s intact.…