Organisational Structure of Walmart

Running Head: Organisational Structure of Walmart
Organisational Structure of Walmart
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Running Head: Organisational Structure of Walmart
Table of Contents
I. Introduction – Company Overview...........................................................................................3
A. Mission, Vision, Goals..........................................................................................................3
B. Brief History..........................................................................................................................4
C. Organizational Structure.......................................................................................................4
D. Organization Culture.............................................................................................................5
E. Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives.........................................................................5
II. Strategic Analysis......................................................................................................................6
A. Internal strength and weakness............................................................................................6
B. External Opportunity and Threats........................................................................................6
1. Porter's five forces model..................................................................................................6
2. Industry life-cycle analysis...............................................................................................7
3. External environment factors............................................................................................7
C. SWOT Analysis Evaluation..................................................................................................8
D. Financial Analysis.................................................................................................................8
E. Overall competitive position................................................................................................9
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Running Head: Organisational Structure of Walmart
III. Corporate Level Strategy Analysis.........................................................................................9
A. Identification of corporate level strategy in Walmart.........................................................9
B. Identification of strategic business units/divisions...........................................................10
C. Analyze the relationship between the company's businesses units/divisions.................10
1. Do the business units’/divisions’ trade or exchange resources? Why? How?.............10
2. Is the company just running a portfolio of investments? Explain................................10
IV. Business Level Strategy.........................................................................................................10
A. Competitive strategies for each the business units/divisions..........................................10
B. Functional strategies that build advantages in competition through quality, superior
efficiency, innovation, and customer responsiveness............................................................11
V. Control Systems.......................................................................................................................11
A. Strategic...............................................................................................................................11
B. Operational..........................................................................................................................12
VI. Conclusion..............................................................................................................................12
References.....................................................................................................................................13
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Running Head: Organisational Structure of Walmart
I. Introduction – Company Overview
A. Mission, Vision, Goals
The main mission of the Walmart is to save the money of the people so that they can
live in a better way. By this statement, it is clear that the price of the goods will we
reasonable to attract the customers. The strategy made by the organization is also price
effective. The company motive is to be the destination for the customers to save money and
buy the products. The company vision statement is to be the best retailers in the heart of the
customers. The company main motive is to become the top player in all over the world in
the retail sector. The value of the organization always keeps the interest of customers first.
There are various generic and intensive strategies made by the organization to achieve its
mission. Cost leadership generic strategy is used by the Walmart to minimize the operational
cost and achieve the financial advantages. These advantages include attractive low selling
prices along with profit maximization. A generic strategy is directly linked to the corporate
mission and vision statement of the Walmart (Banerjee, 2015).
B. Brief History
Walmart is an American company that began in the year 1962. It is one of the largest
supermarket chains in the whole world. There are around 200000 employees working with
the organization. The main motive of the company is to increase the sales volume by
decreasing the prices of products. The company is headquartered at Bella Vista. There are
around 8500 stores of Walmart in all over the world. Every week around 2.1 million people
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