Walmart Part 4_Organising

1. Why does Walmart prefer to recruit new store managers from its large pool of hourly associates?

• Walmart prefer to recruit new store managers from its large pool of hourly associates is to create more jobs for economy or provide more career opportunities for the workers. Walmart is the world's largest employer that have more than 2.1 million associates internationally. There are many famous and brave job candidates that are willing to travel long distances for an opportunity to work at the company's new store.

2. Explain how Walmart's diversity benefits the organization. What are some challenges of diversity?

• A diversity in the workplace can greatly benefit the Walmart company by embraces the differences. Walmart is highly diverse with the most multinational corporations.  The Walmart management's commitment to diversity is widely recognized among the professional organizations. On gender diversity, Walmart has received coveted kudos or praises including "Top Companies for Female Executives" ( National Association of Female Executive), "Best Companies for Multicultural Women" (Working Mother Magazines), and "40 Great Organization for Women of Color" ( Women of Color Magazine).

• Some of the challenges of diversity are poor communication. The differences in ethnicity, ages, religions, cultures and sexes might lead to misunderstanding among the employees that can affect the company's performances. Disorganization is one of the diversity challenges. The diversity might cause the company implementing an unorganized diversity plan but not having an effective strategy. Every workplace has people who resist diversity and the changes it brings. Individuals who do not take a diversity plan seriously are a big challenge to managers and owners trying to implement and maintain a plan. 

3. What federal laws govern the main legal issue raised in Dukes v. Walmart?

• The federal laws govern the main legal issue raised in Dukes v. Walmart is Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1984 - job discrimination based on gender. 
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 23: What is necessary to certify a group of people as a "class" of plaintiffs so that they are entitled to bring an action against a defendant as a group, rather than individually, one-by-one? The US Supreme Court decision discussed the concept of "commonality," that is, that the plaintiffs have to have enough interests in common in the outcome to be "certified as a class." 
• Also the Supreme Court held that monetary damages in this case were not available under Rule 23 because each female Walmart employee had different claims and different amounts due and owing to them if they won the case. Rule 23 will not allow individualized claims for money damages.