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among employees (It Takes Both Sides in a Wal-Mart Equation, 2004). But how does Wal-Mart stack up when it comes to organizational design?
To answer this question, we should first understand what, exactly, organizational design is. In its most basic form, the process of organizational design attempts to match resources to mission
- in other words, organizational design tries to match employees, information and technology to the organizations vision and strategy (Autry, 1996). With
this in mind, lets examine Wal-Marts strategy. Wal-Mart is an interesting study, because its mission and strategy are also part of
its slogan - Wal-Marts mission statement is to help people save money so they can live better (Investor Frequently Asked Questions, 2009). The ad campaign stresses it as well "save
money, live better." Loosely translated, this means that Wal-Mart offers the lowest prices to attract customers (and repeat customers), thereby improving its bottom line.
But to improve the bottom line, Wal-Mart also operates an extraordinarily efficient supply chain. Most of the companys suppliers are in line with its lean practices - or
they arent suppliers. In recent years, Wal-Mart has been rolling out a radio frequency identification program in an attempt to better manage inventory. This is another way to save costs
- a lost palette of goods, after all, cant be sold because it cant be found. So at least on the supply end, the company seems to be doing well
(though some suppliers have been resentful because of having to pay to upgrade its RFID technology). Where the company still seems to
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