the assignment covers a range of topics related to Walmart, including organizational culture, absorptive capacity, commitment, strategic control, strategic change, and corporate governance. Each question asks the student to analyze a specific aspect of Walmart's operations, such as applying the ice...
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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................3
Question 1.............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Application of Iceberg analogy of organisational culture to Walmart.............................................3
Question 2.............................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Absorptive capacity......................................................................................................................4
2.2 The four dimensions that determine the absorptive capacity of Walmart in 2005.....................4
Question 3.............................................................................................................................................5
3.1 levels of commitment..................................................................................................................5
3.2 Walmart’s level of commitment..................................................................................................7
Question 4.............................................................................................................................................7
4.1 Four types of strategic control.....................................................................................................7
4.2 form of strategic control applicable to endangered South African enterprises by Walmart.......8
Question 5.............................................................................................................................................9
5.1 The types of strategic change......................................................................................................9
5.2 The kind of strategic shift that applies to changes in Walmart's corporate strategy.................10
5.3 best-practice model of planned change.....................................................................................11
Question 6...........................................................................................................................................12
6.1 corporate governance................................................................................................................12
6.2 King Report on Corporate Governance's three value dimensions.............................................12
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................13
List of references.................................................................................................................................14
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