Division Have a Procedure, Process or Practice

¶ … division have a procedure, process or practice specifically designed to encourage female members to participate in the promotional process?

If no, has your Division considered such a policy or procedure?

Approximately how many females have entered high level positions within the last 5 years?

What is the percentage weight that equal rights has in your promotional process?

What is the percentage of men to women right now: (a) in managerial positions, (b) in lower-level working positions?

Rating on an order from 1 to 5 which number would you accord Wal-Mart to their concern in providing equal promotion?

Using the scale below, please tell us how much you agree or disagree with the following statements by placing a number following the bulleted statement.

1= Strongly Agree; 2= Agree; 3= neither agree / disagree, 4= disagree; 5= strongly disagree.

Promotion is supposed to be dependent on skills and conscientiousness, but in fact it appears to be based solely on individual's personal connection with manager

It is rare and difficult for a female to gain access to a high-level position

I would not encourage female employee working at Wal-Mart to apply for access to a higher-level position

Promotion is a joke. It's not about ability

Promotion is always political over performance no matter in which Wal-Mart division you work.

Wal-Mart has done substantial work in attempting to guarantee equal rights promotion for its staff. We have a division that annually reviews the guidelines to assure objectivity and fairness.

Thank you for participating in this survey

B. Essay.

The business purpose of research is to discover problems of the organization and address them as well as to investigate potential opportunities for the organization. The survey is an instrument that may be used with clients, stakeholders, employees and anyone connected with the organization and allows them to volunteer their opinion n a protected confidential manner so that the organization may become better aware of existent situations that need addressing. The survey also points to potential opportunities that the managers of the organization may be unaware of, as well as indicating client's needs and market interests. Awareness of these needs can open up potentially lucrative avenues for the organization in question.

The problem that I am trying to solve in this particular assignment is the possibility of women's advancement in comparison to men's. I work in Wal-Mart, and since gender issues are a prominent contemporary and organizational concern, investigation into the possibility of Wal-Mart falling short of equal opportunity gender requirements would help the organization to improve their standards in this area.