Management Perspectives for Walmart Inc.

This article discusses the management perspective and research methodology for Walmart Inc. It includes a SWOT analysis, diversity, and organizational fit. The article emphasizes the importance of organizational fit for job satisfaction, employee engagement, and retention.

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Table of Contents
Introduction...............................................................................................................................................2
Summary of Organization........................................................................................................................2
Research Methodology..............................................................................................................................2
SWOT Analysis..........................................................................................................................................4
Diversity.....................................................................................................................................................7
Organizational Fit.....................................................................................................................................8
Conclusion................................................................................................................................................10
References................................................................................................................................................11
Appendices...............................................................................................................................................13

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Introduction
Management perspective is beneficial in taking everyday decisions and establishing
business planning. The management emphases on the designation of tasks and managing
resources, consisting of money, supplies, and workers. It could also be observed as the process of
the managers and executives to help the employee improve their performance. The management
perspective relies on the perceptions of leadership and management. The responsibilities of the
managers are organizing resources, controlling others toward achieving their targets, and
managing performance of the employees. Future managers will find excellent opportunities in
the global context, and they would find similarly rewarding challenges in small projects.
Summary of Organization
Walmart Inc. is considered to be an American multinational retail corporation that
executes a chain of grocery stores, discount subdivision stores, and hypermarkets. Its
headquarters is situated in Bentonville, Arkansas which was established in 1962 Sam Walton.
Walmart comprises of 11,277 clubs and stores in 27 different countries as estimated till October
2018, which is executing under 55 different names.
The company also provides with clothing, home improvement, home and furniture,
movies and music and electronics appliances. It provides with the services such as Walmart pay,
Walmart.com, Pickup today, Walmart money card and Walmart-2-Walmart. The total number of
employees in the company in 2017 comprise of 2.3 million worldwide and 1.5 million in the U.S.
The net income of the company in 2018 is US$9.862 billion, its total assets are the US $204.52
billion and its total equity is US$77.869 billion. Walmart continues its journey to become a
leader in sustainability, employment opportunity, and corporate philanthropy. The international
segment of Walmart comprises organizations operations outside the United States (U.S.) that
involves different retail websites (Alava, Palomera, Bendell & Ross, 2014). The organization
competes with BJ’s Wholesale Club and Costco Wholesale. The company aims to fulfill the
needs of its customers.
Research Methodology
A qualitative methodology has been used as the research methodology in this case. The
qualitative methodology is the process where a series of questions in a questionnaire or in an

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interview is conducted as a survey. The surveys target those people who are the main focus of
the survey. The qualitative methods are those research processes which utilizes numbers as its
base for getting the results (Andersen, 2016). Standardized tools are used for collecting data to
make sure that the accuracy, consistency, and validity of data are maintained.
The Gallup StrengthsFinder has been used, which is the powerful online tool which helps
to recognize, understand and increase the top five strengths of the individuals. It also helps to
recognize and improve on those areas where the individual have huge potential to develop and
succeed (Andersen & Batova, 2015). The Gallup StrengthsFinder helps to recognize those areas
where an individual or a team has high potential to build their strength (Bakker et al., 2015). It
measures the patterns of thoughts, emotions, and behavior. The Gallup StrengthsFinder is that
tool which helps the individual to concentrate on the strengths of the individual.
The Personal Values Assessment by Barrett Values Centre helps the individual to
recognize their identity, the reason for their upset, and their decisions which are all connected to
the personal values of an individual. The personal values reflect the significant characteristics of
an individual (Boateng & Abdul-Hamid, 2017). They are one of the methods to discuss their
encouragement. Along with their beliefs, they are the causal aspects that motivate their decision-
making process. The Personal Values Assessment is an easy survey which takes only a few
minutes of time of an individual and gives lots of information about personal characteristics.
The Personality Test by Sixteen Personalities is a self-conducted personality test utilized
to measure the personality of an individual. It measures anxiety, emotional power, adjustment,
and social issues.

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SWOT Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses
1. Harmony 1. Sensitive
2. Restorative. 2. Conflict-Averse.
3. Achiever 3. Easily Bored.
4. Belief 4. Poor Long Term Planner.
5. Responsibility 5. Unfocused.
6. Bold
7. Original
8. Practical
9. Efficiency
10. Patience
Opportunities Threats
1. Favorable industry trends. 1. Reduced demand for one of my skills
2. A booming economy 2. The emergence of a new competitor
3. Emerging demand for my new skill 3. A company decision maker who does not like
or support me.
4. Use of a new technology 4. Changing market requirements and their
impact on my employer.
5. Referral to a high-powered contact 5. Changing professional standards that I do not
meet.
6. Diversity

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Strengths
1. Harmony – I have interest in areas of agreement. In my opinion, there is little to be
grown from conflict and so tend to hold them for a little time. When I realize that people nearby
me have different opinions, I try to find the mutual target. I try to steer them away from conflict
and toward harmony.
2. Restorative – It is very common to assume that life is a lot more fulfilling when I focus
on overcoming my shortcomings. This shows that self-improvement programs appeal to me very
much. I focus to those that impart techniques which I could immediately put into practice.
3. Achiever – I have more enduring power than some of the individuals with whom I
communicate. Work provides my life with a sense of purpose which is otherwise lacked in my
life.
4. Belief – I have the tendency to be jealous that I am enthusiastic regarding solving issues
which affect the quality of my life. I devote all my time and energy in a worthy cause.
5. Responsibility – My responsibility helps me in taking psychological ownership for
whatever which I promise to whether it is large or small, I feel sensitively bound to follow it
until it is completed.
6. Bold – I am not known to hold back and want to experience everything. I do not mind to
come out of my comfort zones.
7. Original – I like to experiment with innovative styles, and continuously find new means
to stick out with the peoples.
8. Practical – I prefer to observe and do things on the basis of practicality.
9. Efficiency – I am efficient in prioritizing and managing my tasks to build a steady and
constant delivery of finished work.
10. Patience – I am ac patient person as I could keep calm at the critical period of frustration
or adversity.
Weaknesses
1. Sensitive – I am strongly expressive as well as vulnerable to criticism, and I feel
like I have pushed in a corner, leading to bad reactions.

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2. Conflict-Averse – I sometimes avoid conflicts and have the tendency to say and
act which would get me out of that situations.
3. Easily Bored – I easily get bored with no constant excitement and find ways to
search for more funny situations for excitement.
4. Poor Long Term Planner – I infrequently create long plans for future purpose.
To me, things come as they come and does not bother about the future.
5. Unfocused – Anything which needs long-term dedication and focus is particularly
challenging for me. In academics subjects such as Classic Literature are extremely difficult for
me than more dynamic and relevant subjects such as psychology.
All my weaknesses have been evaluated on the basis of Personality test (16 Personalities
Test)
Opportunities
1. Favorable industry trends – The industrial trends are connected to customer
behavior, employment, technical developments, competition, and several other factors. The
current industry trends have provided me the favorable opportunity.
2. A booming economy – A booming economy signifies to that period which has
increased commercial activity in either a business, market, industry or economy as a whole. The
booming economy has proven to be a blessed opportunity for me.
3. Emerging demand for my new skill – My new skill has emerged as a demand
for the organization.
4. Use of a new technology – My knowledge about the new technology will help
the businesses to develop more jobs and as a result, the production and efficiency will increase.
5. Referral to a high-powered contact – The opportunity of my referral to a high
powered contact has led the company to increase their customer connection to more prospective
clients.
6. Diversity – I perceive diversity as an opportunity as working with diverse
workforce will help me understand different cultures and working processes.
Threats
1. Reduced demand for one of my skills - Reduced demand for one of my skills has led to
a decrease in my expectations in the operation of the organizations

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2. The emergence of a new competitor – The emergence of a new competitor leads to my
less value in the organization and great importance of the new competitor.
3. A company decision maker who does not like or support me – If the decision maker
of the organization does not like or support me, then it is a threat for me in the business world.
4. Changing market requirements and their impact on my employer – The current
market demands are changing every day and it certainly affects the employer of the organization.
If the employer is affected by the change, it will have some impact on me also.
5. Changing professional standards that I do not meet – The business standards are also
changing and it will also have an effect on me. If I do not meet the standards of the business, I
might lose my job.
Diversity
Diversity in workplaces includes gender, race, age, cultural groups, religion, social status,
military service, and physical and mental conditions, and also other different changes that take
place between the people (Bradley & Klein, 2016). Diversity in workplaces is not new, but as
more people, companies, and politicians discuss feminism, migration, gender identity, and
gender income gap, it is arriving again as the headlines of business news (Danylchuk, Baker,
Pitts & Zhang, 2015).
According to Gupta et al., (2017) diversity in workplaces is a strength, as because there
are several advantages of diversity in the workplaces. For startups, the companies which seek to
hire a diverse workforce has higher options of applicants to select from, which could lead to
recruit more skilled candidates and decrease the time it might take to fill the vacancy (İnan, Gül
& Yılmaz, 2017). The businesses which do not hire from diverse pools of applicants have the
risk of missing out the chance of hiring the qualified candidates and might face more difficulty in
filling the key roles of the company (Kokubu & Kitada, 2015). This might, in turn, increase
recruitment expenditures.
Greater focus on diversity will provide an opportunity to the organizations, as not only
the companies could fill the vacancies with skilled candidates more quickly by hiring from
various talent pools, but a diverse workforce also provides advantages to their employer and their
brand which is essential when the question comes of recruiting the right candidate (Krug, Wright
& Kroll, 2014). If a company have a diverse workforce with multi-lingual staffs and they are

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from different cultural backgrounds, it could help the companies to expand or improve their
businesses in global, national, international and local markets (Perry, Wood & Fernie, 2015).
From my personal experience, I have noticed that 62% of the workforce in Sephora and
five out of six members of a digital executive team are women. The organization motivates the
high-performing women to shift to digital and technical roles. It also helps to attract more female
candidates in the long run of the business (Rashid, Barnes & Warnaby, 2016). Diversity at
Sephora has created a working environment where all staffs feel free to communicate and are
listened in meetings on any topic.
The better understanding of diversity will help my management career, as working with
staffs from diverse backgrounds will help me with new concepts and viewpoints. This would
also help the organizations (Silva, Trevisan, Veloso & Dutra, 2016). Working with employees
with diverse cultural backgrounds will help to inherit unique experiences and opinions that will
strengthen my productivity. If diversity is correctly managed then it will make possible to control
my strengths and balance my weaknesses. I perceive diversity as an opportunity as opportunity
does not only provide access for diversity but diversity also opens doors towards opportunity.
Becoming a diversity-conscious person might take important work and I might find time to
realize the outcomes that are directly connected with the business.
Organizational Fit
The organizational fit discusses the compatibility between individuals and companies,
which is a compatibility of principles and expectations between a staff and employer. The idea of
organizational fit is based on two main assumptions; firstly, the human behavior is a role of a
person and the atmosphere, and secondly, the person and the atmosphere has to be compatible
with each other (Doh & Quigley, 2014). The most active contributors of the companies and some
of the best minds in organizational psychology addresses the usage of fit theory in a selection,
employment, leadership, diversity, teams, and decisions of human resources (HR) (Stewart &
Aldrich, 2015). My SWOT analysis has shown that my strengths could play a significant
function at the highest levels of the organization, where differences in technical capabilities are
of minor significance. In other words, the higher ranked person in an organization is considered
to be a star performer, and my strengths will show up as the reason for my effectiveness.

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My problem-solving capability will help the organization. I enjoy the challenge of
examining the symptoms, recognizing the reasons, and finding the solutions. I prefer practical
problems and tries to find certain kinds of issues that I have faced several times before and that I
am confident I could solve these issues. Irrespective of my position in the organization, I share a
desire to make the workplace environment as friendly and enjoyable as much as possible. I am
able to adopt a social and stress-free attitude and utilize it to get every other person on board with
practical tasks which have to be done.
Values highlights the significance of an individual’s personality. They are one of the
ways to describe the motivations of an individual and groups. Value could be positive or
negative. The first three areas of self-awareness; survival, relationship and self- esteem
concentrates on only self-interest. These are my weaknesses. The fourth area, transformation is
based on removing fear. It is my strength. The top three areas, internal cohesion, making
difference and service concentrates on personal need to find purpose of lives. These are my
weaknesses. Personal mastery includes overcoming the fear. It is my strength. So, all these are
personal assessment of values and they are not aligned with the company.

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Conclusion
The paper has considered Gallup StrengthsFinder test, Personality Test (16 Personalities
Test) and Personal Values Survey to analyze my personal characteristics. It had summarized
about Walmart and also discussed the research methodology. The Gallup StrengthsFinder has
been used, which is the powerful online tool which helps to recognize, understand and increase
my top five strengths. The Personality Test by Sixteen Personalities is a self-conducted
personality test utilized to measure my personality. It had also evaluated my personal SWOT
analysis which had highlighted my strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It has
discussed the diversity in workplaces and effect of diversity on my management career. Finally,
the paper had concluded with the evaluation of organizational fit.

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Appendices

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Average Scores Tabulation
My average scores are:
My Value 1- average is 3
My Value 2- average is 5
My Value 3- average is 2

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My Value 4- average is 4
My Value 5- average is 3
My Value 6- average is 1
My 3 highest averages are:-
My highest value is Humanity
My second highest value is Justice
My third highest value are Wisdom and Knowledge and Temperance