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Author

Slater, Robert, 1943-2014.

Title The Wal-Mart decade : how a generation of leaders turned Sam Walton's legacy into the world's number one company / Robert Slater.

Published

New York : Portfolio, 2003.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
UniM Giblin Eunson	381.1490973 SLAT	AVAILABLE

Physical description	242 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Pt. 1. Wal-Mart Today -- 1. Celebrating in a Basketball Arena -- Pt. 2. The Founder and His Legacy -- 2. The Man from Kingfisher -- 3. Give Me a Squiggly: Sam Walton's Culture -- 4. Avoid the Layers, Avoid the Frills -- Pt. 3. A New Wal-Mart, A New Team -- 5. A New Management Team Follows Mr. Sam -- 6. A Strategy of Growth -- Pt. 4. Wal-Mart as a Growth Engine -- 7. The More Complex Wal-Mart Today -- 8. Applying the Culture a Store at a Time -- 9. Beyond the Seas: A New Outlet for Growth -- 10. Live Snakes and Turtle Races: Wal-Mart in China -- Pt. 5. Who Defines Wal-Mart? -- 11. Mr. Logistics Takes Over -- 12. A Matter of Reputation: Taking the Gloves Off -- 13. A Strategy for the Twenty-first Century: The New Openness -- Pt. 6. Whither Wal-Mart? -- 14. Where the Future Will Take Wal-Mart.
Summary	Slater, a highly respected business journalist and author, was granted unprecedented access to the company while writing "The Wal-Mart Decade." He takes readers deep into the inner circle, where the big decisions are made about strategy and operations.
Subject	Walton, Sam, 1918-1992.
	Wal-Mart (Firm) -- History.
	Discount houses (Retail trade) -- United States -- History.
	Businessmen -- United States -- Biography.
	Retail trade -- United States -- Management -- Case studies.
	Success in business -- United States -- Case studies.
	Entrepreneurship -- United States -- Case studies.
	Leadership -- United States -- Case studies.
	Corporations -- United States -- Growth -- Case studies.
ISBN	1591840066