Purchase Solution

Legitimacy motivation and Walmart

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

Do you believe that legitimacy really motivates a large, powerful organization such as Wal-Mart? Is acceptance by other people a motivation for individuals as well? Explain.

Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary

A brief discussion on whether Walmart is motivated by legitimacy.

Solution Preview

No. I think that the original leaders may have believed in legitimacy, but the real work of the company is to gain profits. To allow consumers to think that a company is motivated by legitimacy is ...

Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
MS Word 2010-Tricky Features

These questions are based on features of the previous word versions that were easy to figure out, but now seem more hidden to me.

Paradigms and Frameworks of Management Research

This quiz evaluates your understanding of the paradigm-based and epistimological frameworks of research. It is intended for advanced students.

Accounting: Statement of Cash flows

This quiz tests your knowledge of the components of the statements of cash flows and the methods used to determine cash flows.

Income Streams

In our ever changing world, developing secondary income streams is becoming more important. This quiz provides a brief overview of income sources.

Team Development Strategies

This quiz will assess your knowledge of team-building processes, learning styles, and leadership methods. Team development is essential to creating and maintaining high performing teams.

View More Free Quizzes
Related BrainMass Solutions

  • Do you believe that legitimacy really motivates a large, powerful organization such as Wal-Mart?

    LEGITIMACY AND MOTIVATION Legitimacy and organizational motivation: Wal-Mart Corporate Legitimacy is defined by Bateman and Snell (2007) as people's judgment of a company's acceptance, appropriateness, and desirability, generally stemming from company

  • Walmart Sustainability Relevant Issues

    In what ways could your company change in order to enhance its perceived legitimacy in the stakeholder system? How can the company become more transparent and connected to the larger sphere of interests?

  • Power tactics and Power bases

    Consultation works when a boss, coworker, or employee increases the target's motivation and support by involving him or her in deciding how the plan or change will be done (Robbins & Judge, 2008, p 200).

  • Perspectives of Diversity

    access to and legitimacy with those markets and constituent groups.

  • Legitimacy and government

    324763 Legitimacy and government What is legitimacy and why is important to a government? Thank you for using Brainmass.

  • Organizational leadership

    Reward systems also can enhance employee motivation and reinforce the image of an organization among key stakeholders or future employees".

  • Leadership

    Typically, legitimacy is seen as a topdown concept, In fact, it can be argued that legitimacy only applies when those over whom it is being exercised are willing to accept the legitimacy. This is a bottomup concept of legitimacy.

  • Transformational leadership and subordinates

    Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart is a good example of a transformational leader who embodied the core components of transformational leadership such as intellectual stimulation, individualized consideration, inspirational motivation and idealized

  • Walgreens:Forms of Legitimacy in an Organization

    524885 Forms of Legitimacy at Walgreens based upon research and observation. Explanation of missing aspects and impact of legitimacies on impression of chain. Examples and references are given.

View More Related Solutions