Strategic Management and Leadership: Analysis of Wal-Mart

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WAL-MART
SAVE MONEY AND LIVE BETTER

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Executive summary
The following report discusses about the strategic management of one of the global food retailing
companies Wal-Mart. The report discusses and analyses the current human resource and
financial status of the company. It describes its value added competencies that make it one of the
best players in the global food retailing industry. Further, the external environment of the Wal-
Mart is analyzed using SWOT and pestle. In the end, the report discusses about its trends and the
future challenges of the company.

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
About Strategic management of Wal-Mart......................................................................................3
Human resources.........................................................................................................................3
Financial performance.................................................................................................................5
Value- adding Core competencies of Wal-Mart..........................................................................5
External market review of Walmart............................................................................................6
SWOT Analysis.......................................................................................................................6
Porter five-force model............................................................................................................8
Pestle Analysis of Walmart.....................................................................................................9
Key trends in the retail sector....................................................................................................11
Future challenges of Wal-Mart..................................................................................................12
Recommendation...........................................................................................................................13
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................14