Examining Walmart for Lessons in Managing Diversity

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Examining Walmart for Lessons in Managing Diversity GM500 Management Theories and Practice I January 25, 2013 Introduction This paper will be evaluating a case study about Walmart and how it manages diversity within its organization to learn how to organize human potential in the workplace. What I intend to learn is how to be a more effective manager and not only recruit or promote, but also retain a diversified workplace. Analysis As most multinational corporations Walmart is highly diverse according to Daft, the company employs more than 41,000 Asian associates, 171,000 Hispanic associates, 257,000 African-American associates, and 869,000 women associates. The Management’s commitment to diversity is highly recognized and on gender diversity has received awards on this alone. Although they are considered a highly diversified company they are faced with issues. With this case of Dukes vs. Walmart the lawyers are stating that women do not receive the pay and promotions that are equal to the men at the organization. Walmart disputes this claim by stating that this disparity in pay or promotions may be attributable to retail-related trends which is an issue that is not only affiliated with Walmart, but is consistent throughout the retail industry (Daft, 2012). According to the case Walmart states that more men than women tend to apply for higher paying dock jobs-a trend that skews numbers toward a higher average pay for men. Likewise, more women than men tend to apply for lower-paying cashier positions-a trend that inadvertently skews averages down for women. This is what makes it seem that women and men are paid differently. Walmart has taken the steps to reduce the disparity occurring in the promotion and pay of women and men. They told their 50,000 managers to promote more women and minorities, with 15 percent of the managers’ bonuses tied to achieving

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