[5] It is a no-brainer to understand that the obsolescence of information due to the fast-paced real-world situations does make the structure follows strategy principle to be invalid and outdated.
[6] The appointment of a new person as a chief executive officer is a strategy, but the appointed person as a CEO, would not make an instant decision to change the structure according to his wish as changing of a structure itself would be complicated as it would cause disruptions to a company's fortunes in terms of how it would want to carry its business operations on a daily basis.
The hallmark of Walmart is their ability to run their operations with cost leadership in focus which can be evident with their track record of having not manufactured any product or service.
Walmart with all guns blazing has cemented its low pricing strategy ever since its inception in line with the company structure and business model.
Hence it is proven that Walmart having a hierarchical structure in place gives top level management a greater control over the organizational activities and it helps to better monitor the work processes.
Although these approval procedures might be time consuming and complicated, these hierarchical procedures would eventually help the organization to determine on what and how much efforts should be put in place to go ahead with certain business activities and what kind of business activities should not happen in order to live up to the company’s objectives on maintaining low-cost strategy.