6. Reread the Management Focus on Wal-Mart's International Division and answer the following questions:

a. Why did the centralization of decisions at the headquarters of Wal-Mart's international division create problems for the company's different national operations? Has Wal-Mart's response been appropriate?

b. Do you think that having an international division is the best structure for managing Wal-Mart's foreign operations? What problems might arise with this structure? What other structure might work?