He believes t is best for our economy. Malaria provides a much stronger argument than author Dan Levine. This assumption is supported by various rhetorical strategies. In contrast, Levine consistently commits fallacies. Author Dan Levine of “Wall-Mart’s Big City Blues” argues against Wall-Mart because it does not abide by the Miming wage ordinance of Hartford, CT. The use of rhetorical strategies and fallacies In both […]

1. Identify the relevant macroeconomic factors in the case study. What impact do these have on the focal organization? Globalization Due to globalization many retail firms are looking out for opportunities to venture into businesses outside the borders of their home country. In this front thought the number of US firms retail firms entering into the global market is relatively less; there are a number […]

Organizational structure varies from one organization to another. Organizations with flat structure usually have a wide p of control; those with tall structure have narrow p of control. Organizations with strong or cohesive vertical type of authority structure are usually centralized; those with weak authority structure are decentralized. Although these are just hypotheses, there is a need to validate them. Hence, I have conducted an […]

Wal-Mart: Ethical or Unethical? Almost everyone living in North America undoubtedly knows what Wal-Mart is and has already conceived some sort of opinion, whether it is good or bad. On one hand people complain that they are ruining competition, they are treating their employees’ terribly or that they are given extreme unfair advantages that no other company receives. However, on the other spectrum there are […]

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , is an icon of American business. From small-town business to multinational, from hugely controversial to a leader in renewable energy, Wal-Mart has long been a lightning rod for news and criticism. With 2008 sales of over $405. 6 billion and more than two million employees worldwide, the world’s largest public corporation must carefully manage many different stakeholder relationships. It is a […]

One of the foremost advantages of Wal-Mart is due to its management’s keen understanding of substitutes. In a market that has quick changing needs, Wal-Mart has constantly been threatened by the collective substitutes such as grocers, drug stores and other retail stores. The presence of these other substitutes creates a small yet viable threat to the business of Wal-Mart; a threat that Wal-Mart is all […]

Foreign Direct Investment Wal-Mart – ASDA Wal-Mart is an American company, based in Arkansas, USA that runs large discount department stores. The company was started in 1945 when Sam Walton open a store in Arkansas, the premise behind the company was to slightly undercut its competitors while still making a profit. This idea proved a large success. In 1962 the name Wal-Mart was established when […]

Although it was several years ago now, in 1988 a 24-year old man was injured at his local Wal-Mart store after tripping over several rocking chairs. The man claims that as he turned the corner of an aisle he tripped over three 1. 5 foot-high children’s rocking chairs, which caused several injuries, some of which were lacerated forehead, several strains and sprains, a jaw injury […]

Wal-Mart basically takes care of its strategic management by expanding customer base and selling at lower prices than competitors. Hence it is not surprising that the company has been reported to be practicing predatory pricing (Wikipedia, 2007). This is evident in being market share in the US and its presence on many countries of the world through the Wal-Mart International. With the simple model adopted […]

Wal-Mart is considered to be the retail giant and powerhouse of the retail industry. The organization is a transnational organization and it’s operated in all the major countries of the world. It was started in America and was founded by Sam Walton. In the United States it has to deal with issues like labor unions, cultural diversity, rights of lesbian and gay employees etc (Fishman, […]