Wal-Mart Case Study



Wal-Mart Case Study

Summary

The key facts that we are going to cover in our case study includes, the motivational strategies that were used by Wal-Mart for its employee. Wal-Mart has been very successful in motivating their employees through different strategies. Wal-Mart makes its workers feel that they are a part of the organization. Wal-Mart knows the importance of its workers. The company uses many different strategies for motivating their employees. Although Wal-mart has been one of the most profitable organizations in the history. Wal-mart is drastically lagging behind in the research conducted by the department of research society. According to the research the performance of Wal-mart is on a very low scale when compared to other high performance organizations of the world.

Case analysis

In this case study we will analyze different issues and strategies of the wal-mart. Firstly we would analyze the efforts that have been made by Wal-Mart for motivating its employees. Employees are the heart and soul of every organization, it is essential for an organization to keep on motivating its employees from time and again. This has been done by wal-mart very successfully through different motivational techniques. Wal-Mart makes its employees feel that they are a part of the organization. Wal-Mart knows the importance of its employees. After that we will emphasize on the organizational policies of the Wal-Mart stores in different countries. Wal-Mart being a huge profitable organization of the past needs to retain its crown which has now been taken away from by other organizations. There is a serious need or reviewing some of the organizational policies of the Wal-Mart, so that wal-mart once can be on the top of the list of the most profitable organizations of the world. In the end we will propose a set of solutions that could be adopted by the Wal-Mart for covering up its economical loses that have been suffered by the organization in past few months. The issues regarding in equitability has to be resolved by the Wal-Mart as there have been many claims in the Wal-Mart regarding in equitability in the practices towards the competitors, its employees and the suppliers.

Motivation of employees at Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart which is one of the biggest retailers of the world has been very successful in motivating its employees. Wal-Mart has been very successful in motivating their employees through different strategies. Wal-Mart makes its workers feel that they are a part of the organization. Wal-Mart knows the importance of its workers. The company uses many different strategies for motivating their employees; one of the major motivations was the changing of the term association with employee. Wal-mart considers their employees as associates, to generate a feeling among employees that they are an essential part of the organization. Secondly the company has agreed to call their workers by their first name instead of their last names. From the manager of the branch to the janitor everyone is called by their first name, this has created a family oriented relationship among the employees of the ...