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    Sam Walton, a businessman and entrepreneur with an innovative vision, started his own company, which became the leading in discount retailing today. His brilliance and unusual business practices lead him and his associates to acquire a successful company for over thirty years. Even after his death, the company is still growing steadily today. Walmart executives still continue to rely on Walton’s traditions, concepts, goals, and philosophies. He exerted a tremendous influence and left a legacy behind

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    Sam Walton was born March twenty-nine, 1918 in a small town in Oklahoma. His father was Tom Walton and his mother was Nancy Lee. Walton lived on a farm until 1923, he moved around a lot from one small town to another. He was the youngest Eagle Scott in the state of Missouri history. While finishing his degree at the University of Missouri, Walton joined J.C. Penny as a trainee in the management program in Iowa. In 1942, Walton began the military until 1945 when he completed service. By the age

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    Sam Walton was a highly successful businessman, partially as a result of his highly influential Human Resources strategy. Walton labored toward creating a welcoming environment for his employees and for Wal-Mart customers alike. Sam Walton believed in engaging his employees and customers personally, moreover Walton believed in treating people well and fostering teamwork within the workplace. Sam Walton use of human capital management, skills development, targeted recruitment, and growth – revenue/profit

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    Sam Walton a life A person whose adventures,giving,curious for money, and owned a lot of business, is like a captitlest. Capitalists own business earn a lot of money and sometimes give it to something. They earn the money by trading stocks,investing in big corporations,and using their money wisely.Capitalists are sometimes greedy and are rich. Sam walton was a capitalist and the owner of walmart and owned business before owning walmart,was giving and adventures. After analysing 3 sites for biographies

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    Sam Walton exemplifies the American Dream. Throughout the life of Samuel Walton, Walton shared his passion for success and drive with his associates, and these passions enabled him to be one of the wealthiest men in the world . What set Sam Walton apart from the rest of the world was the revolution of retail demand when it came to consumers, and also the knowledge of how to adapt and innovate in a moving world . Sam Walton emerged on the retail scene from humble beginnings. Before opening Walmart

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    In the reading of “Sam Walton/ Jay Z” by George Packer, both Sam and Jay Z became famous and rich. While both of them had very different ways of them becoming the people are today. Sam, owner of Wal-Mart, had built up his business doing what everyone else does. He did it in steps in a reasonable way, like any powerful business owner would do. On the other hand Jay Z built his empire up by hustling. He eventually got his power by going on tour, after being a hustler and doing illegal things. They

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    Sam Walton and Wal-Mart Sam Walton was born on March 29, 1918 to Thomas Gibson and Nancy Lee Walton near Kingfisher, Oklahoma. In Oklahoma, they owned and lived on a farm until 1923. The Walton's then decided that the farm was not profitable enough to raise a family on. So, Sam and Jame's (Sam's younger brother born in 1921) dad decided he would go back to being a Farm Loan Appraiser. Once this job started the Walton family moved out of Oklahoma and moved from town to town in Missouri. This

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    Samael Walton is mostly known for his large success with his company Walmart. Which was started in Newport, Arkansas with the intentions of creating a franchise with the model of low prices that has pushed Walmart to be a high success (Who is Sam Walton,n.d). He was born on march 29, 1918 in his hometown of Kingfisher, Oklahoma (Who is Sam Walton,n.d). In his later years, he finally published a book entitled “Sam Walton: Made in America” contains information about how the Walton’s lived and his

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    In 1963, Sam Walton had a vision. A vision, that he could bring what the consumers needed, to them, at the lowest price possible. Mr. Walton believed that a company could not be run by just one person, it had to take team work. With Mr. Walton relying on his associates at the lowest level possible, he created the retail empire known today as Walmart. Mr. Sam, as he was referred to, would visit each and every store to learn about its culture. He would sit down with each and every associate and get

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    Sam Walton initiate an international business were, he promoted his own vision of value over benefits. The transformational vision allowed Mr. Walton to go from running a business to being one of the most successful motivate leader, and build his own store nationwide. It’s what allow his company to grow and the importance to achieve his goals; by having his morals and good values. Sam Walton was the type of person that would take his time to teach other, in how to get the job done correctly. He had

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