Walmart- laying off employees

is currently undergoing, a major change as a result of addressing some challenge of managing the people in its work force.

For example, some of the contemporary management topics/issues include:

The increased number of millennials in the workforce
Employees working longer (and retiring later in life)
The prevalence of part time and freelancing workforce
Please identify a specific firm that has been faced with one of these (or a similar type) of challenge.

Once you’ve identified the firm and their management challenge, please write a summary that explains and analyzes the following:

Background of the topic and issue;
Causes and effects of the change;
Business challenges that the firm’s management faced;
The effectiveness of the solutions that the management applied.
You must relate your alternative solutions/recommendations to specific components of this course.

Week 1: Reading Assignment 2 – Management Theories URL
Week 2: Reading – Organizational Behavior and Effective Management

Week 3: Reading 1 – All About Strategic Planning
Quality Improvement is a formal approach to the analysis of performance and systematic efforts to improve it. There are numerous models used. Some commonly discussed include:

Baldridge
FADE
PDSA
Six Sigma (DMAIC)
CQI: Continuous Quality Improvement
TQM: Total Quality Management