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Case #2 Wal-Mart
Questions
1. Wal-Mart has a tradition of leaving many decisions up to store managers. In this type of organization, how can HRM professionals help managers make effective selection decisions?
2. Suppose you have been asked to improve selection procedures at Wal-Mart to avoid discrimination charges in the future. What methods from this chapter would improve the current system? Keeping in mind that store managers might not be eager to give up their decision-making authority, what single change would you advise as a first step?
3. How would you explain to the company’s management that this step would benefit them? Create an argument for you position.
Answers
1. In an organization such as Wal-Mart that has a decentralized management team it needs HRM professionals to create uniform guidelines that the whole company will follow. By implementing standards and methods they will be able to document the reasons that the people received promotions and raises......

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