Walmart in Germany
Order Description
writing a report on analysing HR issues of the case study (Walmart in Germany – see the attached case study).
Q.1. a.) Define National Business systems (NBSs)
b) Compare the NBSs of Germany and USA and explain the reasons for the differences between the two different NBS. Provide examples to illustrate your points
Q. 2. Critically analyse using cultural and institutional theories:
a) The cultural factors between Germany and USA that attributed to the failure of Walmart in Germany and their ability to merge their practices.
b) The institutional factors between Germany and USA that attributed to the failure of Walmart in Germany merger and their ability to merge their practices.
please follow the below sequence for the case study:
1- Title page
2- Executive Summary : Executive Summary at the front of the report (BEFORE the Contents Page) which summarises the main points including key recommendations.
3- Contents Page
4- Introduction : Short introduction to the report setting out what the aims and objectives of the report are, what the report will cover and why.
5- Case study analysis : This is the main body of your report. You need to critically analyse the company’s approach and how institutional and cultural factors influenced the company’s behaviour and how differences in these factors caused the company’s failure.
6- Conclusion: The conclusion should briefly and clearly synthesise the key points of your analysis.
7- Recommendations : the recommendations based on the analysis, the proposals should be realistic and show consideration for cost, timescales and priority.
8- Reference List : support the work with reference to academic sources (e.g. books and journal articles CIPD sources) as well as examples of organisational good practice (e.g. practitioner magazine articles / websites – chosen carefully