Walden Sports Case Study - 1126 Words

This paper measures the employees’ job altitude in Walden Sports, this company wants to make changes to benefit the employees. The main area of concern in this study is performance management and appraisal, work engagement and method of recruitment. Performance management entails identification, measurement, oversight, and development of employee performance, which is necessary to evaluate the employee’s performance in this company. Job satisfaction is a representation of an individual’s attitude towards the job. The overall feeling is that job satisfaction is positively associated with high-involvement practices Mohr, and Zoghi, (2008), suggested that â€Å"satisfaction can come from learning, problem-solving, intergroup cooperation, and†¦show more content†¦Walden Sports was founded just over 12 years ago and co-founded by Benjamin Jones. The company has expanded its product line to include everything that adventurous travelers demand from sleeping ba gs to tents, to guidebooks, maps, even insurance. Clothing and equipment sales are $1,420,000 per year with a gross profit of $202,400. Walden Sport employs 70 people part-time and full-time distributed over a variety of departments, including finance, marketing, and operations. The company has recently started a mail order division through their website which has required their establishment of a mail order fulfillment department, and an IT department (Laureate Education, 2012). Business has been so good the last few years they are able to donate 5% of gross profit to charity. Last year, Walden Sports Inc. acquired an agency called Earth Travelers, one of the most respected tour operators in the market, and began selling their services in Walden stores. 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