Human Resource Management | Walmart | Case Study

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Human Resource Management
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Table of Contents
Executive Summary:..................................................................................................................2
Background of the business group and the topic:......................................................................2
Issues / Problems that being analysed:.......................................................................................3
Detailed analysis of the identified issues by referring to disciplinary knowledge and skills
learnt from your degree:.............................................................................................................3
Recommend solution / Suggestions:..........................................................................................5
Plan of your career or future study:............................................................................................5
References:.................................................................................................................................6

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Executive Summary:
The professional handling of human resources is observed to achieve significant
amount of preferences amongst the business houses working in the modern trade world. The
senior management of the business groups are able to achieve the importance of integrating
systematic human resource handling techniques in the business activities of their business
groups. As the priority for them is the efficient usage of their human resource or more
specifically the achievement of the large profit with the consumption of the least possible
resources, the application of the cost controlling techniques and the professional people
handling becomes obvious. The efficient people handling covers various aspects such as the
training and development of the staffs, wage and work time characteristics, rewards and
recognition of the staffs, workplace health and safety along with the efficient handling of the
employment relations. However, the inappropriate people handling inside the business groups
have the capability to pose considerable amount of challenges to the smooth conduct of the
HR activities and the business activities.
The paper discusses regarding one such business case of a global retail giant named as
Walmart. The paper delivers a brief summary of the business group and discusses regarding
the regarding the topic of staff handling. Along with this, the paper also identifies the issues
or the challenges that the business group faced in recent times such as the inappropriate wage
and work time characteristics, inappropriate handling of the training of the staffs, inefficient
rewards and motivation plan for the staffs of the business group, declining corporate culture
of the business group and inappropriate workplace health and safety policies nad practices.
The paper analyses the impact of the mentioned aspects on the handling of the human
resources in the business group and with a precise understanding of the issues, the paper

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delivers an effective set of recommendations for the improvement of the HR practices of the
business group. In addition to this, the paper informs regarding my own future study as well.
Background of the business group and the topic:
The people handling is observed to gain considerable amount of significance in the
modern world of trade. The effective handling of the human resources is observed to be one
of the main criteria for the business groups in gaining the much required sustainability
(Cascio 2015). The appropriate handling of the employment relations has greater significance
for the business groups working in the modern world of business. Along with this, the
accomplishment of the business groups in conducting sustainable commercial activities is
perceived to be largely dependent on the ability of the business groups in handling their
human resources. The importance of recruiting competent persons is also experiencing a
notable enhancement. Along with this, the business groups working in the modern world of
business, are observed to face the need of maintaining their service excellence and under such
situation the necessity of retaining the talented staffs is significantly high (Church and Rotolo
2013). Hence the impact of the rewards and motivation for influencing the staffs in
maintaining their involvement with the organizations, is observed to be pretty high.
Considering the chosen organization, Walmart, it is understandable that the business group is
one of the market leading organization working in the global retail industry. The public
limited business group was founded by Sam Walton in the year 1945 in Arkansas
(Walmart.com. 2019).
The current headquarter of the business group is observed to be placed in Bentonville.
The business group is observed to gain significant reputation in selling the products of
different genres such as Electronics, Home and Furniture, Clothing, Footwear, Jewellery,
Health and Beauty products, sporting goods and fitness products along with grocery products.