ORGANIZATION DIVERSITY PLANNING PRESENTATION

Jennifer Boutwell, Marchella Christian, Michael TorresCUR/518

Professor Thomas MartinJanuary 18, 2016

Background information about this organization:

Begin in 1962 by Sam Walton

City Rogers, Arkansas

Went public in 1970

It was birthed from Sam’s first store: Walton’s 5 & 10

Sam’s aspirations, new approaches, technologies and experimentation with new store formats

Such as Sam’s Club and Walmart Supercenter is key to the success of this organization.

Employs 2.2 million associates around the world

1.4 million in the USA

75% of management team started as hourly associate earnings between $50,000 and $170,000 yearly

Promote about 170,000 people to jobs with more responsibility and higher pay

Has 11,500 stores in 28 countries around the world

In 2015 net sales increased by 1.9% to $482.2 billion and shareholders received $7.2 billion

The CEO is Doug McMillion

The company motto is: “IF WE WORK TOGETHER, WE’LL

LOWER THE COST OF LIVING FOR EVERYONE…… WE’LL

GIVE THE WORLD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT IT’S

LIKE TO SAVE AND HAVE A BETTER LIFE.”

Organizational Needs for Walmart

Organizational Needs

• Poor Department Management • Less department training

• Less hours for employees

• No time organization within departments

Employee Training Outline

• I. Employees Protocol.

• II. Department training with managers.

• III. Consequences for missing work.

• Iv. Rewards for a job well done.

Legal Issues and Obstacles

• Discrimination: Age, Disability, Equal Pay, Genetic Information, Harassment, National Origin, Pregnancy, Race, Religion, Retaliation, Sex, Sexual Harassment.

• Civil Law Suits: Dukes Vs Walmart (2011) Sex Discrimination, Moorman Vs Walmart (2015) Age Discrimination, Cote Vs Walmart (2015) Sexual Orientation Discrimination.

Recommended Course of Action• Sensitivity and Cultural Awareness Training. (Lower level

employees and management.)• Documented yearly review of diversity policy. • Employee testing for management positions.• Regional promotional review board.

References

Reed, Amanda (2013), Walmart and Sex Discrimination, National Organization for

Women, http://now.org/blog/walmart-and-sex-discrimination/

Nelson, Steven (2015), Wal-Mart Sued for Alleged Anti-Gay Discrimination, U.S. News &

World Report LP, http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/07/14/wal-mart-sued-

for-alleged-anti-gay-discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2015), Discrimination by Type,

http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2015), Wal-Mart to Pay $150, 000 to

Settle EEOC Age and Disability Discrimination Suit,

http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/2-19-15.cfm

References Continued

Walmart (2016), Our History, Walmart Superstores, http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/our-history