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Organizational Theory     1
In today’s business there are so many organizational behavior concepts to take into thought for the success or failure of any organization or company. Communication, motivation, power and politics are some of the concepts that will cause a business to make or break.   The way these concepts are implemented by management and employees is the success or failure of a business or organization. Businesses must be competitive to stay alive, or these same businesses will deteriorate and die. These beliefs are what help the success of what is the groundwork of Wal-Mart.
Paul Lindner was the Director of Merchandising for the Daymon Worldwide Inc. who accomplished many years of study and research on the retail markets of private industries.   Paul spent his working days on the road traveling from store to store collecting data.   Mr. Lindner interviewed hundreds of stores in his travels and spoke to thousands of store managers, department managers, and the personnel of the company’s headquarters, suppliers, vendors and even the customers (Lindner, 2005).   Mr. Lindner created a list of ideas that Wal-Mart has used or is currently implementing which drives them to be a successful retail superstore.   For the other competitors to be this successful, these other companies need to consider incorporating some of the 50 Wal-Marts successful ideas.
Some of Wal-Marts flourishing ideas and programs are listed below.  
(1) The Value Time is the low cost items that relate to exceptional value labeled at Wal-Mart (Lindner, 2005).  
(2)   The 10 for $10 program allows the customer to purchase a mixture of products for $10 (Lindner, 2005).    
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(3) The Protect the Home Turf was once dominated by supermarkets until it was taken over by the Wal-Mart supercenters.   Wal-Mart now dominates the sales in a wide range of products such as pet...