Organizational Structure of Walmart
Walmart Structure
This week we are going to look at Walmart and their organizational structure. We will be comparing and contrasting their organizational structure with a couple other different types of organizational structures to show why the structure they use is best for their corporation. Next we will evaluate how the organizational functions like operations, finance, human resources and marketing influence and determine the organizational structure and how it progresses their corporation. Lastly, we will explain how the organizational design, such as product, matrix, customer-based, departmentalization, functional and geographic, helps to determine which structure will best suit Walmart’s needs in their different departments and with the consumer. Walmart is a very large corporation in which they have a wide variety of geographic areas, products, customers, divisions, and departments to discuss, evaluate, research, and come to a resolution to the different matters at hand to ensure a strong and promising future for their corporation and employees. Walmart operates on a line of business (or divisional) organizational structure which has helped them to move to the top and stay at the top of the retail division. As we can see in the example A-1 below, there are many levels and branches of the Walmart corporation organizational structure that are almost like a family tree. Example A-1
(“Fly2pic”, 2011)
This type of organizational structure is best for the larger organizations as they have many departments to run and manage whereas a small business has a limited amount of departments and does not require the amount of management staff that a larger business requires. Walmart is a very large company that operates in a wide variety of geographic areas from the United States to China and even India. The corporation has divided the areas up into what is called districts. Each district has a District Manager who over sees all the stores within
This week we are going to look at Walmart and their organizational structure. We will be comparing and contrasting their organizational structure with a couple other different types of organizational structures to show why the structure they use is best for their corporation. Next we will evaluate how the organizational functions like operations, finance, human resources and marketing influence and determine the organizational structure and how it progresses their corporation. Lastly, we will explain how the organizational design, such as product, matrix, customer-based, departmentalization, functional and geographic, helps to determine which structure will best suit Walmart’s needs in their different departments and with the consumer. Walmart is a very large corporation in which they have a wide variety of geographic areas, products, customers, divisions, and departments to discuss, evaluate, research, and come to a resolution to the different matters at hand to ensure a strong and promising future for their corporation and employees. Walmart operates on a line of business (or divisional) organizational structure which has helped them to move to the top and stay at the top of the retail division. As we can see in the example A-1 below, there are many levels and branches of the Walmart corporation organizational structure that are almost like a family tree. Example A-1
(“Fly2pic”, 2011)
This type of organizational structure is best for the larger organizations as they have many departments to run and manage whereas a small business has a limited amount of departments and does not require the amount of management staff that a larger business requires. Walmart is a very large company that operates in a wide variety of geographic areas from the United States to China and even India. The corporation has divided the areas up into what is called districts. Each district has a District Manager who over sees all the stores within
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