As shown in the documentary Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, labor union, environmentalist groups, grassroot organizations, religious groups, and community members have criticized Wal-Mart for its perceived lack of concern in its current business practices and policies (Greenwald, 2005).
In attempt to improve working conditions within Wal-Mart, some of the employees attempted to form a union. National Labor Law allows employers to …show more content…
Some retail locations around the world survives this and some do not. Wal-Mart Mission Statement is “to help people save money so they can live better” (Wal-Mart Investor Relations, 2012).
Each and every thing that Wal-Mart does must be, ultimately, identified with this mission statement. “The key is identifying the Organization’s Current Mission, Goals, and Strategies because every organization needs a mission-a statement of its purpose, and defining the mission forces manager to identify what it is in business to do” (Robbins & Coulter, 2016). The mission statement should be a goal for what are they going to do for their customers, suppliers, employees, and communities.
Recommendation
Overall, a strong company will always have its own particular culture and theory, and Wal-Mart is one of them. As it has already been highlighted in the introductory part of the paper, the main issues that affected negatively towards the human resource department in Wal-Mart are the low wages, poor working conditions, use of illegal workers, poor employee relations, opposition to the labor union, and the inadequate health insurance issue. Wal-Mart ought to modify current policies, compensate those employees, who work so hard to ensure that high standards that have been set be treated fairly, and should try to vindicate their wages or offer other benefits that would guarantee that they are able to maintain a good standard of