For this week’s discussion, you will review the Critical Thinking Case, Motivating Employees at JCPenney, Walmart, and Amazon in the Age of Online Shopping (from resources/textbook), and answer the questions at the bottom of the case study (case study is on pages 244 -245 of the text in your resources section). The questions are also included below for your convenience.
A 2015 New York Times article described Amazon as “a soulless, dystopian workplace where no fun is had and no laughter heard” (Cook 2015 n.p.). Employees themselves came to the company’s defense (Ciubotariu 2015). Does this reputation continue to haunt Amazon, or has it been addressed?
How do employees differ between a Walmart retail location and an Amazon order fulfillment center? How many white-collar or skilled jobs does Amazon have compared to Walmart?
With Amazon moving into the retail market with the purchase of Whole Foods, and with Walmart expanding its e-commerce, how are employee motivation challenges going to shift?
Post your substantive initial posting no later than Saturday this week, and be sure to use outside support for your posting. This should be from reliable sources (other than the textbook), and you need to reference the sources using proper APA Version 7 formatting.