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The secret to Wal-Mart’s success has long been attributed to its strong culture. Wal-Mart employees are referred to as “Walmartians”, which is a sign of a unique culture shared by them. This culture is responsible for a company of this magnitude to be able to sustain its entrepreneurial spirit decade after decade.
Since its early days, Wal-Mart achieved remarkable growth rates and was the first trillion-dollar company in the world. With amazing success came criticism. Wal-Mart once held the record for being sued the maximum number of times. Its practices and culture were held responsible for killing small local retailers. It was also criticized for gender-based discrimination, its overtime policies, and using sweatshop products.
Go to Walmart’s Website and review the employment benefits it offers, located at http://walmartstores.com/Careers/7750.aspx.
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
- Explain how viable employee relations’ practices have contributed to Wal-Mart’s success as an employer.
- Speculate on the contribution that employee benefits have in relation to the success of Wal-Mart’s employment practices.
- Predict the major effects that the organizational culture and the use of performance criteria could have on the establishment of a union.
- Speculate on why you believe Wal-Mart has not been effectively unionized over the years. Provide a rationale for your response.
- Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Summarize the differences between employee relations and labor relations.
- Examine the relationship between management and unions.
- Use technology and information resources to research issues in employee and labor relations.
- Write clearly and concisely about employee and labor relations using proper writing mechanics.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
| Points: 160 | Assignment 2: Organizational Climate at Wal-Mart | |||
| Criteria | Unacceptable Below 70% F | Fair 70-79% C | Proficient 80-89% B | Exemplary 90-100% A |
| 1. Explain how viable employee relations’ practices have contributed to Wal-Mart’s success as an employer. Weight: 25% | Did not submit or incompletely explained how viable employee relations’ practices have contributed to Wal-Mart’s success as an employer. | Partially explained how viable employee relations’ practices have contributed to Wal-Mart’s success as an employer. | Satisfactorily explained how viable employee relations’ practices have contributed to Wal-Mart’s success as an employer. | Thoroughly explained how viable employee relations’ practices have contributed to Wal-Mart’s success as an employer. |
| 2. Speculate on the contribution that employee benefits have in relation to the success of Wal-Mart’s employment practices. | Did not submit or incompletely speculated on the contribution that employee benefits have in relation to the success of Wal-Mart’s employment practices. | Partially speculated on the contribution that employee benefits have in relation to the success of Wal-Mart’s employment practices. | Satisfactorily speculated on the contribution that employee benefits have in relation to the success of Wal-Mart’s employment practices. | Thoroughly speculated on the contribution that employee benefits have in relation to the success of Wal-Mart’s employment practices. |
Weight: 20% | Did not submit or incompletely predicted the major effects that the organizational culture and the use of performance criteria could have on the establishment of a union. | Partially predicted the major effects that the organizational culture and the use of performance criteria could have on the establishment of a union. | Satisfactorily predicted the major effects that the organizational culture and the use of performance criteria could have on the establishment of a union. | Thoroughly predicted the major effects that the organizational culture and the use of performance criteria could have on the establishment of a union. |
Weight: 20% | Did not submit or incompletely speculated on why you believe Wal-Mart has not been effectively unionized over the years. Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale for your response. | Partially speculated on why you believe Wal-Mart has not been effectively unionized over the years. Partially provided a rationale for your response. | Satisfactorily speculated on why you believe Wal-Mart has not been effectively unionized over the years. Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your response. | Thoroughly speculated on why you believe Wal-Mart has not been effectively unionized over the years. Thoroughly provided a rationale for your response. |
| 5. Five (5) references Weight: 5% | No references provided | Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices. | Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices. | Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices. |
| 6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements. Weight: 10% | More than 6 errors present | 5-6 errors present | 3-4 errors present | 0-2 errors present |
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