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A 16 page paper. Wal-Mart has received many accolades for its business practices but it has also been the subject of a great deal of criticism for its low wages and benefits. More lawsuits have been filed against this company than any other. Most recently, a gender discrimination lawsuit was filed. The writer explains Sam Walton's leadership philosophies and the leadership styles he used, most of which still exist at the corporate level. The writer discusses the discrepancies between philosophy and reality at the store level. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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1.8 million people worldwide; employees are called associates (Biesada, 2006). It is the largest private sector employer in the United States, perhaps in the world (Ervin et al, 2000). Because
of its success, there are volumes written about Wal-Mart. Much of the literature praises the company for its success in the industry and explains how the company gains and maintains
a competitive advantage. Much is also written about Wal-Mart that criticizes the company primarily for its human resources practices. As for leadership and management styles in terms of managing employees,
the literature discusses Sam Waltons leadership styles. There is little written about the direct management of employees at the frontlines, in stores. This is reasonable considering the fact that each
store is autonomous. In terms of the company itself, many scholars and analysts have commented that Wal-Mart changed retail; it has become the new model. Pavilion (2004) suggested that
at the end of the 19th century, the Pennsylvania Railroad had become the business model to follow, by the middle of the 20th century, General Motors took that status, and
towards the end of the 20th century, Microsoft took the lead in terms of the business model to follow. However, at the end of the 20th century and at "the
dawn of the 21st century Wal-Mart has emerged as just this kind of world-transforming economic institution, setting the pattern for a highly integrated, transnational system of production, distribution, and employment"
(Pavilion, 2004). Wal-Mart is "noted for its low-price, low-wage, globally-sourced business model" (Pavilion, 2004). Wal-Marts business practices embody "the process of creative destruction" (Pavilion, 2004). The phrase refers to a
one mode of capitalist production being replaced by another (Pavilion, 2004). In this case, Wal-Marts way has replaced what came before it (Pavilion, 2004). Nelson Lichtenstein, who is a labor
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