Wal-Mart has many communication problems, ranging from asking for days off, to simply knowing a little bit about your co-workers. I have come up with a few ideas to improve these communication barriers.

• Have a team meeting throughout the day at down times.
• Organize a system (not computer) that is more efficient for asking/taking days off.
• Cancel the 1-800 number that must be called to call in an absence or tardy.
• Have supervisors and managers really around not just in back offices so we known teams of management and safety teams.
• Have an organizational day one day out the year, so employees, associates, and salary members all feel as one. This way you can get out of your comfort zone and meet new people.

These ways along with many more, would really change the communication barriers that are problems right now at Wal-Marts across the nation.