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    Part 1 1.) provide an overview as follows; type of retailer‚ headquarters location‚ annual volume‚ sales growth trend‚ number of store locations‚ target market‚ geographic markets served‚ products/services offered and channels of distribution provided.  Note: this will require use of one of the library data bases‚ such as Hoovers or Data Monitor. Wal-Mart (Wal-Mart) founded in Arkansas in 1962 by American retail legend Mr. Sam Walton and the head quarter is also located in Bentonville‚ Arkansas

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    (2009). To serve God and Wal-Mart: the making of Christian free enterprise. Cambridge‚Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. Ronald Jeurissen‚ M. v. (2007). Ethics & Business. Assen: Koninklijke Van Gorcum. The Seattle Times. (2012‚ June 24). Walmart ’s Bellevue Move Rouses Local Opposition. The Seattle Times.

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    The Fiedler Contingency Model was created in the mid-1960s by Fred Fiedler‚ a scientist who helped advance the study of personality and characteristics of leaders. The model states that there is no one best style of leadership. Instead‚ a leader’s effectiveness is based on the situation. This is the result of two factors – "leadership style" and "situational favorableness" (later called "situational control"). Leadership Style Identifying leadership style is the first step in using the model

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    Wal-Mart – Competing in Global markets 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Company Profile Wal-Mart is a multinational company. Wal-Mart operates with 69 different names in 27 countries. Wal-Mart serves around 200 million people for a week. 2.2 million Employees work at Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart supplies products and services of several sectors such as retail‚ health‚ electronics and automobiles etc. Main motto of Wal-Mart is to provide the products at a cheaper price than its competitors. 1.2 Products

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    Contingency Theories of Leadership Nelson Mandela‚ Margaret Thatcher‚ Martin Luther King and Mother Teresa are just few of the names that come to mind whenever we think of great leaders. They have a vision of what they want and have the ability to communicate their vision in order to gain the support and cooperation of their followers. Often we find it easy to identify great leaders yet it is difficult to explain the qualities that make them great. In comparison‚ Nelson Mandela and Margaret Thatcher

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    FIEDLER’S CONTINGENCY THEORY Introduction The contingency Theory shows the relationship between the leader’s orientation or style and group performance under differing situational conditions. The theory is based on determining the orientation of a leader ( relationship or task )‚ the elements of the situation ( leader-member relations‚ task structure and leader position power)‚ and the leader orientation that was found to be most effective as the situation changed from low to moderate

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    CONTINGENCY THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP  WHAT ARE CONTINGENCY THEORIES? _best way to organize a corporation _their performances depend on internal and external situation _leaders’ styles are classified base on these theories HOW MANY CONTINGENCY THEORIES DO WE HAVE?  FIEDLER MODEL  SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORY (SLT)  PATH-GOAL THEORY <THE FIEDLER _Developed by Fred Fiedler MODEL> _Leader style makes effective group performance  LEADER: _2 leader’s styles: Relationship-oriented and Taskoriented

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    charge of Wal-Mart Global Operations would you use the same tactics used in the expansion into Japan when you move into other countries?  Why or why not. I was recently reading up on Wal-Mart and came across an interesting article on their strategic plans for the Japanese market.  They have not found as great amount of success in Japan as they have in other global markets and there are various reasons for this.  Most likely it is because Wal-Mart’s generic low-cost‚ low-price strategy does not easily

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    One pioneer who was instrumental in moving organization theory to the contingency approach was Joan Woodward‚ who studies the effect of technology on the organization. Woodward found that many variations in organization structure were associated with differences in manufacturing techniques. As Woodward pointed out: "Different technologies imposed different kinds of demands‚ and these demands had to met through an appropriate structure. Commercially successful firms seemed to be those in which function

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    Comprehensive Project Proposal Regression Application toward Better Management of Construction Project Budgets Objective This project plans to develop a methodology to estimate future projects’ costs and their appropriate contingency reserves for changing prices in constructional projects. Based on the methodology‚ recommendations will be given in order to change Ministry of Construction’s policies that relates to project budgets‚ and how to deal with the current policies if they are not

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