Walmart and Employee Relations Rinda L. Lane rindalane@att.net Prof. Jere Ferguson GM591 – Organizational Behavior December 12‚ 2011 Overview The organization that I chose for this project is Walmart where I am employed as a cashier. The focus of the project is employee
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Is Walmart good for America? As the largest retailer in history‚ it’s no surprise that Walmart is the target of both vicious attacks and effusive praise. According to its own website‚ Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. operates more than 8‚000 stores‚ employs more than 2.1 million people‚ and sells more than $400 billion worth of goods in every year. Though this bulk intimidates those who fear for the viability of “mom and pop” retailers‚ Walmart’s great strength is that it devotes its considerable power to
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Wal-Mart‚ although one to the largest and most productive organizations in the world‚ faces many threats and challenges. Critics and groups everywhere are lining up to take shots at this global giant and destroy its image. Some of Wal-Mart’s current challenges can be seen in daily operations‚ its internal and external environment‚ product sourcing‚ healthcare‚ wages‚ communities‚ diversity‚ employee benefits‚ and social challenges. Though these challenges or weaknesses pose a very large threat
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Oder winner and qualifiers “Today there are over 4‚000 Walmart Stores in the U.S. and over 3‚000 internationally.” In other side‚ Amazon is the world’s largest online retailer. so both of them must be covering the elements of business quite well. There are several aspects that I want to talk how they win orders from customers. First‚ both of them have a low price of their products. Second‚ they have fantastic quality management and customer services. Finally‚ their deliveries are satisfied by
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| Employee Compensation and Benefits | Patrick Blackwater | | Grand Canyon University – MGT 434 | 11/10/2012 | | Human Resource Management is responsible from developing job and pay structures for internal and external comparison so accurate job descriptions are developed and evaluations can be done so proper pay scales can be implemented. Job structure is a comparison of employee job descriptions of similar and varied jobs (Robbins‚ 2005). Pay structure is based on internal
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Workers compensation is the one of the required benefits that have to be offered from employers to their employees. According to (Milkovich‚ Newman‚ & Gerhart (2014)‚ workers compensation costs employers on average around 58.3 billion dollars a year and it is considered as a major cost of doing business. Workers compensation is a type of no-fault insurance that covers injuries and illnesses that happen while one is at their place of employment. Some of the benefits that are given are for medical
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Walmart’s growth throughout the year. It’s inventory and distribution system is considered to be world leaders. Walmart had invested over 600 million in information systems over one 5-year period. Some of Walmart’s information systems include a point-of-sale system‚ which allows Walmart to identify what it has sold‚ it’s inventory‚ analyzing sales‚ what items are selling slowly‚ etc. Walmart also uses telecommunications to better communicate with its sellers and as a result‚ they have less inventory
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headquarters • In 1983 POS(point of sale)- Facts: • Walmart has more employees- 2.1 million than 7 times the population of Iceland. • If Walmart’s more than 900 million square feet of retail space were spread out over one place it would take up roughly 34 miles — about 1.5 times the size of Manhattan. • Walmart parking lots alone take up roughly the size of Tampa‚ Florida. • In 2009‚ Walmart sold more bananas than any other item. • Each week‚ Walmart serves more than 200 million customers at more
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Corporate Headquarters Address: Walmart 702 SW 8th Street Bentonville‚ Arkansas 72716-8611 Phone: 479-273-4000 Web URL: http://walmartstores.com/ Walmart’s Mission: “ We save people money so they can live better” Saving people money to help them live better was the goal that Sam Walton envisioned when he opened the doors to the first Walmart®. This focus drives everything we do at Walmart. And‚ for the millions of customers who shop in our stores around the world each week‚ it means they
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External Factor Evaluation Matrix for Walmart |Key External Factors |Weight |Rating |Weighted | | | | |Score | |Opportunities | | | | |1. Increase
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