Option #1: HR Organizational AnalysisYou have been asked to serve as an HR Consultant and conduct an organizational analysis of HRM practices in an organization of your choice: Choose an organization

Human Resource Organizational Analysis of Walmart – Portfolio 1

HRM 500 – Managing Human Resources

Colorado State University-Global Campus

Dr. David Moody

June 6, 2020

Human Resource Organizational Analysis of Walmart – Portfolio 1

Walmart is an international organization specializing in household goods, groceries, furniture, electronics, clothing, and online shopping services with thousands of brick and mortar locations and subsidiaries such as Sam’s Club. Walmart ranks number 1 in the Fortune 500 for eight straight years with a revenue of over $514 billion (Vachris, 2019; “Statista.com,” n.d.) with more than 11000 stores worldwide according to data collated by (“Statista.com,” n.d.). Walmart was Sam Walton’s idea. Sam Walton believed that it was possible to extend discount offerings to customers all year round, not only on holiday sales, and still maintain profitability. So the idea for the first Walmart was born on July 2nd, 1962, in Rogers, Arkansas. The organization has maintained a 58-year track record of profits due to rapid expansion, offshoring, and globalization efforts. Walmart’s success is noticeable in its early days as the profits exceeded Sam’s expectation resulting in the addition of 24 more stores by 1967 accumulating about $12.7 million in sales revenue (Our History, n.d.).

Walmart’s success was undeniable that in 1970 it became a publicly-traded organization with offerings of $16.50 per share, and its growth continued that it garnered 275 stores and 21000 employees by the 1980s with annual sales of over $1 billion (Our History, n.d.). Walmart’s success is in part is due to its early use of technology, the organization was one of the first to connect all their stores and offices with a private satellite linking all their voice, data, and video communication. The purpose of this study is to interview the HR manager of Walmart in the city via email to elucidate their Human Resource (HR) functions and identify their best practices. The study is qualitative and uses literature from the library, online peer-reviewed sources, and the company website. Some of the references below are not in the body of this paper; however, the final project utilizes them.

References

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https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-magazine/0418/pages/6-steps-for-building-an-inclusive-workplace.aspx.

Our History (n.d.). Retrieved from https://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/our-history
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Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

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https://www.statista.com/statistics/256172/total-number-of-walmart-stores-worldwide/

VaChris, M. A. (2019). Dynamism as a Bump on the Road to Crony Capitalism? Independent

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