Walmart Case Study

A firm’s strategic decision remains vital in influencing overall firm growth through increased efficiency and effectiveness pertaining to productivity as it invokes the planning and development aspects within the organization (Anderson 2007). Strategic management remains crucial to the organization as it influences the development of an analysis of the firm’s position in relation to the internal and external elements influencing overall firm growth in the domestic and global markets (Gardiner 2006). Strategic management influences the development of an effective planning process as it influences the identification of the key objectives, which steer proper allocation of available resources and consequent development of viable project plans considered

Increased growth of the company has been influenced by continuous adoption of strategic objectives geared towards the identification of the existent customer needs and consequent provision of products and services that meet the existent need in the market (Hubbard 2004). Through a review of the company as the study’s case study, the study seeks to determine the effect of strategic management on business growth at Wal-Mart through the review of the company’s position in the market in relation to Porter’s five forces analysis, Ansoff matrix together with a review of the company’s competitive position in the market. The review of the company’s strategic position will remain instrumental in the development of an analysis regarding the existent and future position of the company in the

The integration of a political analysis remains crucial in the review of the existent policies adopted by the government pertaining to business operations and regulations. The existent policies adopted by a government remain crucial in the review of the market and the potential of the market in ensuring business growth. The existence of a political environment that places emphasis on economic growth remains crucial to business expansion as it involves the introduction of key policies geared towards influencing overall market growth and development. For instance, increased adoption of favorable foreign direct investment (FDI) policies in Africa and the Middle East have influenced the growth of the markets into potential expansion markets as they influence the adoption of favorable policies that initiate foreign business expansion and integration within the environments. The key changes adopted in the political environment pertaining to the retail industry involve the development of a sustainable supply chain. The policies seek to influence the adoption of supply and production processes that adhere to the existent human rights and supply stipulations within the respective operating