It's getting to the point where a scorecard is going to be needed to keep track of who is moving up, over or out of the executive suites at Wal-Mart.
Soon to be announced changes, according to an Advertising Age report, involve Eduardo Castro-Wright, CEO of Wal-Mart Stores in the U.S., and Doug McMillon, CEO of Sam's Club.
Mr. Castro-Wright is expected to be move to an international post while Mr. McMillon will take over at Wal-Mart Stores here. Pat Curran, executive VP-store operations of Wal-Mart Stores, is considered a likely candidate to replace Mr. McMillon at Sam's.
According to Ad Age, "It's not clear how high up the management changes will ultimately go. The level of Mr. Castro-Wright's new post isn't clear, and if it involves succeeding Mike Duke, vice chairman of Wal-Mart International, that could entail a bigger change among the company's top three leaders, who also include CEO Lee Scott and John Menzer, vice chairman of the U.S. business."
Discussion Questions: What do all the many changes at Wal-Mart say about the state of management at the company? Is the company scrambling to "fix things" or are the moves simply a case of putting the right people in place to more smoothly move the company to the next level of its development?