April 13, 2005

"An Even Better Place to Work"

You have to hate the way H.R. people are required to talk in public:

APRIL 13, 2005 -- NEW YORK -- One of Wal-Mart's key objectives in 2005 is to create an "even better place to work," said the retailer's s.v.p. of human resources, Susan Oliver, yesterday in a keynote speech at the New York HR Week 2005 event here.

Oliver spoke of Wal-Mart's four "key deliverables" in the HR arena: strategy execution, administrative efficiency, increasing associate engagement and commitment, and change management.


The article contains some real blunders too, such as Wal-Mart opening 500 new stores but creating only a 1000 new jobs, and 1.3 million people being 1% of the U.S. population.

Posted by Kevin on April, 13 2005 at 07:20 AM