Effective Human Resource Management

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses human resource management (HRM) within the Wal-Mart company and in so doing provides a comprehensive strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats (SWOT) analysis of that structure. It also looks into whether there ia a sequence of activities or actions that can marginally guarantee HRM. The paper then objectively analyzes whether HRM for Wal-Mart can be characterized as effective.

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Abstract
Wal-Mart's Human resource Model: SWOT Analysis
Part 1: Strengths of Wal-Mart's Human Resource Model
Part 2: Weaknesses of Wal-Mart's Human Resource Model
Part 3: Opportunities Presented by Wal-Mart's Human Resource Model
Part 4: Threats to Wal-Mart's Human Resource Model
Wal-Mart's Organizational Structure
The Nature Of Human Resource Management At Wal-Mart

From the Paper:

"In closing there is a plethora of literature that examines the effectiveness of Wal-Mart's human resource model, and there is a common thread within these books and articles, that is, Wal-Mart's human resource model is inadequate and takes disadvantage of workers. There have been other activities that have brought into question Wal-Mart's labor practices. Allegations of sex discrimination, support of child-labor based on purchases made in China, violations of labor laws concerning illegal workers, and federal overtime laws, and overall activities that are contrary to effective HRM have been documented and continue to pose a threat to Wal-Mart's perceived successful model."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Arthur, Dianne. Managing Human Resources, 2nd edition. AMACO; 1995
• Dicker, John. The United States of Wal-Mart. Penguin Group; 2005
• Featherstone, Liza. Selling Women Short. Basic Books; 2004
• Ferris, Gerald, and Fedor, Donald. Human Resource Management: Perspectives, Context, Functions, and Outcomes, 4th edition. Prentice Hall; 2002
• Slater, Robert. The Wal-Mart Decade. Penguin Group; 2003

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