A Walmart Journal

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A Walmart Journal

By: Raad Alsalhi
Academic Supervisor:
Dr. Suliman Alazaz
2017

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Introduction This paper will discuss the famous Walmart retail chain stores and all the criteria connected to it. It will also talk about the hypothetical situation of me being the CEO of Walmart in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Furthermore, the paper will focus on the Managerial point of view of running a huge business such as Walmart and the duets associated with them.

Page Break Index A brief introduction about Walmart's history
Managerial functions
Probable Stakeholders
Types of planning and levels of management
SMART
Strategic management process
Organizational structure
Conclusion

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Walmart was …show more content…

people can purchase products such as TV's, cameras, printers, laptops and computers. It also sells music albums, films, books and jewelry. In addition to furniture, the shop also offers baby products, sporting equipment and grocery. (Tashia Washington,2017)
Photo Services:
Walmart provides self-service kiosks that allows t printing digital pictures. you can upload photos from your flash drive. You can also edit pictures and create albums; Photo Centers are found in most Walmart stores. You can also find Digital photo services on Walmart's website, it gives you the chance to upload your images using any kind of smart device. (john costa,2017) Pharmacy:
They over a vast majority of different medications both chemical and generic. But the new strategy is to focus on online filling prescriptions since they are booming lately. As online sales keep attracting new customers day by day, Wal-Mart has been looking for ways to accelerate the new business. "This is just going to add on to that overall experience." Daniel Eckert, senior vice president of Walmart Services. (Krystina Gustafson,2017) Business …show more content…

This is much more difficult than simply managing tasks; it involves communicating and motivating but also inspiring and encouraging employees to achieve a higher level of productivity. Not all managers are leaders. A worker will follow the directions of a manager because they have to, but an employee will voluntarily follow the directions of a leader because they believe in who he or she is as a person, what he or she stands for, and for the manner in which they are inspired by the leader.

Controlling: The purpose of controlling is to make sure that everything occurs in the best way with the standards. An efficient system of control helps to predict any situation before they actually occur. It will also make things easier to deal with both on the short and long terms. It’s a feature that not a lot of mangers exile at but it will definitely help them to achieve their goals if the learned how to master it in the right way.(Kinicki, A., & Williams, B.,2013)

Types of planning Operational Planning: This type of planning usually focuses on day to day activities of the company in order to make sure everything runs

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