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    Wal-Mart Staffing

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    In the case of “Staffing Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc” the greatest issue seems to be that of diversity. Numerous lawsuits surfaced against the Wal-Mart corporation with allegations of gender discrimination. One symptom that may have been overlooked was the fact that while Wal-Mart’s employment figure had increased by 50 percent in a span of five years‚ the percentage of women the company employed had actually decreased by three percent. Another issue‚ particularly prior to 1998‚ was that higher-level

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    Is Wal-Mart a Monopsony?

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    Wal-Mart Is the world ’s largest retailer‚ Wal-Mart‚ a Monopsyny? • Monopsony arises when a firm captures the ability to dictate price to its suppliers‚ because the suppliers have no real choice other than to deal with that buyer. • One in every five retail sales in America is recorded at Wal-Mart ’s cash registers. • The firm ’s revenue nearly equals that of the next six retailers combined. • Wal-Mart has faced several accusations of‚ "predatory pricing"‚ or intentionally selling a product

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    Case #2 Wal-Mart Questions 1. Wal-Mart has a tradition of leaving many decisions up to store managers. In this type of organization‚ how can HRM professionals help managers make effective selection decisions? 2. Suppose you have been asked to improve selection procedures at Wal-Mart to avoid discrimination charges in the future. What methods from this chapter would improve the current system? Keeping in mind that store managers might not be eager to give up their decision-making authority

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    Problem Wal-Mart was drawing increasing flak from organized labor about the company’s low wages and anti-union posture. It was confronting 6‚000 lawsuits on a variety of issues‚ including one claiming that it discriminated against female employees. H. Lee Scott was understandably concerned about the raft of issues that threatened to mar Wal-Mart’s reputation and raise questions about the company’s efforts to secure the lowest prices for its customers. The problem for Wal-Mart now is how

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    Wal-Mart Practices

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    HR Practices of Wal-Mart The article‚ “How the HR division at Wal-Mart drives the company’s success through people” is about their HR strategy for their competitive advantage. It is written by previous Wal-Mart director of people‚ Michael Bergdahl (Bergdahl‚ 2010). It outlines in brief detail seven key strategies that Bergdahl believes are the most important for Wal-Mart’s success. In the article‚ it states Wal-Mart employs more than two million employees around the world (Bergdahl‚ 2010). They

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    Case Analysis: Wal-Mart Stores I believe Wal-Mart uses the growth strategy the most out of the corporate strategies. They are constantly seeking to increase their business by expanding into new products and markets. Wal-Mart also shows a forward vertical integration. 2) a) strengths- one stop shopping / strong community involvement / leads industry in information technology. b) weaknesses- no formal mission statement‚ few women and minorities in top management‚ membership

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    Wal Mart Analysis

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    Wal-Mart Price Cuts More Barks than Bite” Friday‚ April 9‚ 2010; 4:30 PM Part I: Wal-Mart is promoting a new price cut‚ which promises even larger price cut than the usual from the world’s largest retailer. Wal-Mart said Friday it is stepping up price cuts‚ although it wouldn’t specify how much it is amping up its typical weekly discounts designed to lure customers. The company will decrease their prices on about 10‚000 items in stages‚ which took place April 1st. Examples online include

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    FARMERS SUICIDES IN INDIA India is an Agrarian Country with around 60% of its people directly or indirectly depends upon agriculture. Agriculture in India is often attributed as gambling with monsoon because of its almost exclusive dependency of monsoons leading to: * Series of droughts * Lack of better prices * Exploitations by middlemen Have been leading to series of suicides committed by farmers across India. Farmers in India became the center of considerable concerns in the

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    Wal-Mart Case Study

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    WALMART CASE STUDY Identify the Business Risks One of Walmarts biggest business risks comes from competition. Walmart is so large and diversified that they face competition from just about everyone.  Here in the US Kmart and Target are their primary competitors but they also face competition in specialty areas from Toys ’R’ Us‚ Best Buy‚ and Bed‚ Bath and Beyond. As the largest supermarket retailer‚ Walmart also competes against grocery stores such as Albertsons‚ Von’s and others. With their

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    Globalization of Wal-Mart

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    to make such a statement. They have gotten so large here‚ that there was nothing else to do but go international. They were successful in Latin America and Canada‚ so they might as well move to Asia and Europe. As they continue to expand‚ their relationships and partnerships with large retailors make it a little easier to expand. They utilize the existing wholesale companies and partner up until they learn how to operate in

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