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A 17 page paper. This essay provides an overview of Wal-Mart Store, Inc. It reports what is known about the company's culture, what it says and how that is sometimes contradicted. The essay discusses different theories, such as Schein's three-layer theory and Hofstede's Dimensions and others related to corporate culture, such as types of cultures and comments on which Wal-Mart fits into. The essay also discusses the difficulty in changing an organization's culture and offers two brief examples of failure. Bibliography lists 22 sources.
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says and how that is sometimes contradicted. The essay discusses different theories related to corporate culture, such as types of cultures and comments on which Wal-Mart fits into. The essay
also discusses the difficulty in changing an organizations culture and offers two brief examples of failure. Organization Overview Wal-Mart is an enigma. It is the most successful retail
organization in the world, in fact, it is more successful than its three closest competitors put together. It could not be that successful without doing a lot of things right.
On the other hand, Wal-Mart has more employee-generated class action lawsuits against it than any other company. This would suggest it is doing a lot of things wrong, at least
in terms of how they treat their employees. These two very disparate sides of the companys culture make it an enigma. Wal-Mart has more than 7,200 stores across the
world, including 975 discount stores, about, 2,800 Supercenters, which include groceries and just under 600 warehouse stores called Sams Club (Biesada 2009). The company expanded to Canada and Mexico and
is the number 1 retailer in both countries and it operates in Europe, South America and Asia (Biesada 2009). It holds a 95 percent interest in SEIYU, a Japanese retailer
(Biesada 2009). Sam Waltons heirs still hold a 40 percent share of the company (Biesada 2009), which gives the family the controlling vote. Sam Walton founded the company and opened
his first store in Rogers, Arkansas in 1962. Since then, the companys headquarters were moved to Bentonville, Arkansas. Worldwide, the company employs over a million people. Wal-Marts Organizational
Culture It is very difficult to gain a clear understanding of Wal-Marts culture because is seems to be contradictory within itself. We know the principles under which Sam Walton founded
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