Wal-Mart Case study analysis Submitted by: Sarfaraj Heranja Roll No.: 33 Submitted to: Prof. Karan Shashtri VRIO framework of Wal-Mart Capabilities Valuable? Rare? Hard to Imitate? Support by organisation? IT investments and systems Y N N Y Economies of scale Y N N Y Relationship with suppliers Y Y Y Y Distribution system Y Y Y Y Low price offerings Y Y Y Y Culture Y Y Y Y Core competencies: Relationship with suppliers: WalMart known for their supply
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BADM 449 Wal-Mart Stores During the time of this case‚ there are multiple organizational capabilities that took place within the continuous growing Wal-Mart stores during 2003 as well as the years that led up to the time of this case. From the beginning of the store and the vision of Sam Walton‚ he used all of the different criteria for the VRIO framework. Near the beginning of the creation of Wal-Mart‚ Sam Walton‚ the founder of Wal-Mart‚ had many visions and a clear sense of direction
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Sam Walton was an American businessman best known for founding the retail chain Wal-Mart‚ which grew to be the world’s largest corporation. Sam Walton was born in Kingfisher Oklahoma in 1918. From his humble beginnings‚ he rose and founded the largest retail empire in the world. He attended the University of Missouri at Columbia‚ graduating in 1940 with a bachelor’s degree in economics. He served as a Captain in the Army Intelligence Corps from 1942 to 1945. He married his wife Helen in 1943
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RUNNING HEAD: INFORMATION MANAGEMENT Information Resources Wal-Mart is one of the largest retail stores in the United States and has over 3‚700 stores and others internationally as well. This is one of the most successful areas that Wal-Mart has accomplished in‚ having the largest retail base in the country and even through this successfulness there is still more room to develop new ideas to ensure that this continues to stay one of the largest retail stores and also increase the numbers
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Wal-Mart and the United States and Global Economy Azusa Pacific University Table of Contents History of Sam Walton 3 Background of Wal-Mart 5 Management Philosophy 9 Use of Information Technology as a Competitive Weapon 10 Purchasing Power 12 Supply Chain and Inventory Management 14 Supply Chain and Distribution 14 Inventory Management 18 Expanded Operation in Groceries 21 Labor Unions and Wal-Mart 22 Role of the Largest
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Organizational Management and Wal-Mart John King University of Phoenix Management: Theory‚ Practice and‚ Application MGT/330 Toney Calloway February 02‚ 2010 Organizational Management and Wal-Mart There are subtle differences between management and leadership. Management is responsible for establishing procedures that effectively run the organization. They set rules and guidelines to ensure the success of the company‚ and sees to it that these guidelines are followed. Management‚ in simple
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Sam Walton – the founder of the world’s largest retailer‚ Walmart. From Midwest origins‚ Sam Walton began his retail career as a sales trainee at a J.C. Penny in Des Moines‚ Iowa (Sam Walton). His boss once threatened to fire him‚ because his books were always a mess. But Mr. Walton cared more about customer service than organized books‚ but was not fired because he was such a good salesman‚ he “added about $25 per month in commissions to his beginner’s salary (Sam Walton).” After being released
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Wal-mart foreign expansion Wal-mart is the world’s largest retailer. The company employs some 1.8million people‚operates3‚900 stores in the united states and 2‚700 in the rest of the world‚ and generated sales of $345 billion in the fiscal year ending january31‚2007. some $77billion of these sales wrer generated in 15 nations out side of the united states. Facing a slowdown in growth in the united states‚ wal-mart began its international expansion in the early 1900s when it entered mexico‚ teaming
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Leadership Sam Walton Sam Walton‚ the founder of WalMart since year 1962‚ was said to be a brilliant and versatile leader. Walton was a very self-confidence leader as he was once forced to close his shop ( Not name as WalMart yet) due to certain issues between landlord and him but he was so determined that he will be successful in his venture‚ he decided to start over a new shop at a rural place then successfully expand his reach to many places until the first WalMart opened at Roger‚ Arkansas
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assume that Wal-Mart‚ being the company that gives the lowest wage rate in the US‚ people that work for this company need money in order to survive in society. So this system turns out to be not at all beneficial morally for the employees. Finally‚ we can assert that this system gives more power to the managers to fire employees who do not fit into the computerized system. Therefore‚ the level of employee satisfaction goes down. What are the consequences of these effects for Wal-Mart? The first
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