so that the body can survive. That is the idea of functionalism. Everything and everyone has a purpose that helps society. Take Walmart for example. Its existence serves an important function. All the different components of the functionalist perspective are seen in Walmart. Manifest functions are the obvious reasons why something exist‚ in this case Walmart. Walmart is a one stop shop. It has clothes‚ food‚ medicine‚ gas‚ and even a place that fix cars. It was created to have everything that one
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Cause and Effect Final Essay Ever since I was young‚ I have been exposed to different kinds of experiences. Each of these experiences has brought a new life lesson. My mother has always encouraged me to do what I love‚ so during high school‚ in 8th grade I attended to a school called The Grier School in Altoona Pennsylvania‚ which specializes in dance and horse back riding. In this school I meet a variety of people that really made me grow as a person. Of all these new people that I met‚ the
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Sam Walton had a vision and traveled the country studying discount retailing because he had a vision of selling quality products at a lower price. He opened his own store‚ Wal-Mart‚ in Rogers‚ Arkansas in 1962. Today‚ Wal-Mart is the largest retail chain in the world with over 9‚000 stores‚ servicing over 176 million customers‚ and over two million employees in 15 countries; Mexico‚ Puerto Rico‚ Canada‚ Argentina‚ Brazil‚ China‚ the United Kingdom‚ Chile‚ Japan‚ Costa Rica‚ El Salvador‚ Guatemala‚
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Walmart and Why It is Good for American Business “Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer...” Adam Smith. Wal-Mart is a producer who has the sole purpose of promoting consumption of the consumer. Wal-Mart and its quest for capital improvement are playing a major and vital role in the evolution of economic life. Wal-Mart brings positive
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Problems faced in different countries 1. Slowness to develop a strong presence online. Walmart has become sloppy in executing big changes‚ which is inevitable for an organization. After so many years of such an explosive growth. Case in point is Walmart’s slowness to develop a strong presence online. Despite these fears‚ Walmart’s leaders are optimistic that they can shift the business and position the retailer for long-term success. They are already testing a radical new concept -- downsizing
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The companies I chose to do this research on are Target and Walmart. The retailing market for the companies I chose is vastly different. Each of the companies has a set of customers from different age level to different income levels‚ but these are not the only demographics that set these two companies apart from each other. Both of these companies have the potential for growth in the future but what will be the aspects that allow these companies to grow. Target was founded in 1902 Minneapolis
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Steam Boat Springs‚ CO 1. + reputation 2. + supplier to WalMart 3. – community identity Employees 1. 1 M Associates 2. Sam Walton‚ CEO 3. Brenda Lockhart 1. + job 2. – legacy 3. + job (WalMart spokes person) Consumers 1. 100M+ shoppers per week 2. Consumers of local merchants 1. + low prices 2. – selection ‚ choice‚ support of locals Owners 1. The Walton Family 2. WalMart Shareholders 3. Board of Directors of WalMart 1. – Reputation‚ money 2. -/+ Dividends and Growth 3. – Reputation
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to create a different shopping experience for consumers. However‚ because of the nature of the supermarket industry in Argentina and Brazil‚ Wal-Mart has not seen any profits and has faced many problems with implementing their “Everyday Low Price” strategy ("Wal-Mart history timeline‚" 2012). By exporting their “main street USA” type of shop all over the world‚ Wal-Mart sought to bring a different type of shopping experience to other cultures and make profits in the process. However‚ because of
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aaa 9/25/2012 Sociology 300 Professor P.Zisk Is Walmart good for American? Frontline offers two harshly contrasting images: one of Circleville‚ Ohio‚ where the local TV manufacturing plant has closed down; the other -- a sea of high rises in the South China‚ Shenzhen. For Wal-Mart‚ China has become the cheapest‚ most reliable production platform in the world‚ the source of up to $25 billion in annual imports that help the company deliver everyday low prices to 100 million customers a week
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Teamwork at Wal-Mart It is essential to have teamwork within a company. Companies who have embraced the concept of teamwork have reported increased performance in work production‚ problem solving and it has stimulated new growth. This group project approach has improved employee morale and increased input when managed correctly. The benefits of teamwork can make a positive effect in the company that incorporates this type of teamwork approach. As each new project is started‚ a new team
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