In today’s society, consumers have many choices on what grocery store to buy groceries, retail store to purchase clothing, and pharmacies to fill ones prescriptions. The CEO of Wal-Mart thought it would be extremely convenient for consumers to be able to shop at one store for all of his/her needs. This concept helped Wal-Mart to become one of the largest corporations in the United States and also nationwide. The foundation of the organizational structure, function, and design molded Wal-Mart into a successful organization. Sam Walton founded Wal-Mart in 1962. Walton (1962) believed that each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they held for their community. The organizational structure Walton chose to organize his company is the divisional structure. This structure is made up of separate, semi-autonomous units or divisions. Wal-Mart had different divisions and each division has its own goals to accomplish. A manager oversees their division and is completely responsible for the success or failure of the division. Managers knew they would be held accountable for the results of their department. There are difference and similarities in the divisional structure compared to other organizational structures. For example, in the functional structure the employees are grouped into different departments, which is similar to the divisional structure. However, unlike the divisional structure, the functional structure does not have a manager for each department. The matrix structure is also very different, but has some similarities to the divisional structure. The matrix structure assigns specialist from different functional departments to work on one or more projects. The matrix structure is different from the divisional structure because there are employees who specialize in a specific skill working to complete one project. The similarities between the divisional structure and the matrix structure are working under a manager and all employees are focus on accomplishing one goal. Most large corporations use the divisional structure to organize their business. Wal-Mart has many different departments, such as the marketing department, finance department, human resource department, and the operations department. Each department has a group of employee’s that work under a manager. The managers are responsible for the performance of their employees. The marketing department is responsible to connect with consumers. Wal-Mart uses unique strategies to target markets around the world. In the finance department, Wal-Mart goal is to create a holistic environment that mitigates risk and capitalizes on opportunities. The finance department is the financial aspects of the company; it also includes Enterprise Risk Management, Health and Wellness, Logistics, Operations and Sustainability. The human resource department is responsible to fitting the right person to the right position. Wal-Mart’s mission is “improving our global consumer’s lives and saving them money” (Walton, 1964); Wal-Mart has the same vision for its employees. Wal-Mart offers its employees excellent benefits. The operations department is the heart of Wal-Mart, much like many other corporations. The managers in the operation department must have communication, organizational, financial, people skills. The managers have to also have leadership skills. There are several different managers within the corporation. Those managers include: market manager, store manager, shift manager, and assistant manager. The market manager drives business and market growth across multiple store. The store manager directs operations. Shift managers are responsible for total store operations and the shifts of the employees. The assistant manager is responsible of the sales and associates within one store. The organizational design that Wal-Mart currently uses is the best fit for the organization. The divisional organization groups units around products, consumers, and geographic regions. The organization also uses the functional design because it has different departments that specialize in specific skills. For example, the human resource department is a group of employees that is skilled in human resource. Wal-Mart also incorporates the matrix design within its company. There are managers and personnel that report to two bosses. Wal-Mart is not a successful company because of its lack of organization. Sam Walton has created a corporation that is well organized and very detailed oriented. Sam Walton’s main mission was to “ innovate locally, globally, ethically, sustainably and with everything possible to save people money and help them live better” (Walton, 1964). Walton realized for a company to operate smoothly it must have an organizational structure that suits the size and the vision of the corporation. He also knew that it is imperative to have different functions to control a large corporation. Wal-Mart is proof of had work, determination, and a great organizational foundation.