McDonald Corporation One McDonald Plaza Oak Brook‚ IL 60523 USA BUSN 5200 Company Description McDonald’s is the leading global food service retailer with more than 33‚500 local restaurants serving approximately 69 million people in 119 countries each day. For years their philosophy of providing good food for a low price has led to astounding growth throughout the world. This has led to new jobs and economic benefits for wherever the stores are located. More than 80% of McDonalds
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McDonalds: Brazil and China Introduction In 1940‚ Dick and Mac McDonald open a Bar-B-Q drive in restaurant in San Bernardino‚ California. In1948‚ they close down to change what they sold. They now sold 9 items: 15¢ hamburgers‚ cheeseburgers‚ potato chips‚ coffee‚ milk‚ soft drinks‚ and a slice of pie. In 1949‚ their world famous fries replace potato chips. As stated on McDonald’s website in 1954‚ Ray Kroc sells the brothers multi-mixers‚ becomes their franchising agent‚ and in
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In the late 1940s‚ Dick and Mac McDonalds were searching for a way to improve their little drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino‚ California. They invented an entirely new concept based upon speed service‚ low prices‚ and big volumes. Word of its success spread quickly and in 1952 they had more than 300 franchising inquires a month from all over the country. McDonald’s is now the largest and best-known foodservice retailer and one of the two best-known and powerful brands in the market. With more
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INTRODUCTION So as to understand the structure and culture of the fast food giant known as McDonald’s and why they are the world’s largest restaurant franchise‚ one would need to look at their strategically point of view . By doing this‚ it would allow anyone to reveal each measurement in the business‚ corporate and global level strategies. McDonald greatest strengths are introducing fast food into people minds and becoming part of the American culture. Corporations like Wal-Mart who has
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----------------------------------- Feb 6‚ 2006 Ethical Criticism of McDonalds http://www.echeat.com/essay.php?t=28470 Arguably the most important aspect of an organization is its emphasis on ethical behavior. The key premise was that by ‘doing the right thing’ internally and externally‚ businesses created a good working atmosphere‚ while also benefiting society and the environment. The problem is that many ethical issues are subjective and based on one’s values and beliefs. As a result
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stratégie globale. De plus‚ nous ferons une critique de leur stratégie et apporterons quelques pistes intéressantes pour le futur de la marque. En 2008‚ la marque McDonald’s a été placée au huitième rang du classement des « Top 10 Global Brands » de Business Week avec une valeur associée à la marque de près de 31 milliards de dollars américains. L’histoire de cet immense royaume de restauration commença en 1954‚ année où Ray Kroc ouvrit le premier restaurant McDonald’s à Des Plaines‚ en Illinois. Depuis
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highway. Little do they know that over 33‚000 McDonalds are operating worldwide‚ one of which holds fifteen hundred people. Not only a “symbol of U.S. Culture” (Macionis 121)‚ but it has become a theory of sociology‚ unknown to most‚ conveniently named the “McDonaldization Theory”. The McDonaldization of Society is based off the findings of George Ritzer (1993)‚ in which he found four basic principles that our society correlates with the McDonalds Empire; those four principles are efficiency‚ predictability
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ASSEMBLE MADE FOR YOU Inspecting assembled products for appearance and taste : * For hot products‚ make sure they have been in the Heated Landing Zone(HLZ) for 1 minutes. * Unwrap or open the product’s wrap‚ check to see if the product has the following characteristics : -products look appetizing. - it is neatly and correctly dressed‚ with tender loving care. - it is not crushed or abused. -it does not have condiments on wrap‚ box or bowl. Inspecting assembled products for temperature
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Governments and Companies exist in other forms (i.e lobbying). * Question 3 * It is commonly admitted that a western company‚ just like any other legal entity‚ has to respect the law. Business law has been made to ease exchanges between a company and its environment; it is the cornerstone of any business‚ preventing misunderstandings on a first hand‚ and fixing conflicts on a second hand. In emerging countries and especially in China‚ law is not as important as in western countries. Due to different
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In order to understand McDonald’s structure and culture and why they continue to be the world’s largest restaurant chain we conducted a SWOT analysis that allowed us to consider every dimension involved in the business level and corporate level strategies. Our research indicated more viable strengths than weaknesses. Strengths such as brand recognition‚ steady growth in global markets‚ and strong leadership. McDonald’s has become part of America’s culture and now the same can be said for the global
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