1. What does it mean to say that the music industry has been "McDonaldized" or rationalized?…
Food Hygiene - In both countries, McDonalds has to be very hygienic in order for the business to stay open and successful. The impact of an unhygienic restaurant would be catastrophic for the company’s image.…
Miguel and his family left their home country of Chihuahua, Mexico for safety, better opportunities and to be free of religious persecution. (Why did you and your leave your home country?) Miguel’s parents had been talking about leaving their home land for a while, they were concerned with the escalating violence because of the drug war, an increase of kidnappings and homicides, made them feel unsafe not only in their own home but anywhere in the city. The family also practiced the Protestant faith which did not blend well with the locals, the majority of whom were Catholic. They felt they could not openly talk about or practice the religion of their choice. So in 2004 Miguel’s parents decided it was time to move the family to the U.S.…
James Intagliata, N. K. (2001). Enhancing the Talent Management System to Support McDonald 's Corporation 's Global Growth. Retrieved from alexcelgroup.com.…
Ezra Levant wrote a piece for Maclean’s magazine analyzing what happened during the case between Beena Datt and McDonald’s hand washing policy. Although there have been remarkable stories that have been released by that particular company, they are also known for being controversial. In the past, Maclean’s has created negative conversation due to offensive magazine covers. Some inappropriate catchphrases that were used to grab people’s attention have been “Is god poison?” and “Lawyers are rats.” In one particular case an article that was released which was titled “The future belongs the Islam” sparked anger from the Canadian Islamic Congress. They filed complaints with the Canadian Human Rights Commission, British Columbia Human rights commission and the Ontario…
As I mentioned before every company that wants to establish in a different country needs to adapt their products to the culture and the market preferences of every specific country. McDonald’s being a fast food restaurant was not the exeption for this.…
The good in having a McDonald’s all over the world, is when traveling its easy access for you and your family, having the experience to eat fast food in a foreign country and it’s sometimes the cheapest thing to eat. The bad about McDonalds is sanitary and safety standards, weight gain from just sitting around or by traveling and not watching your intake of fast foods, environmental hazards and artificial flavoring. That’s what I think about having a McDonalds all over the world cause of its advantages and disadvantages in fast food. Some countries likes Syria, Cambodia, Montenegro and many others that don’t have a McDonalds. The reason these countries don’t have one is because they are a small country, poor sales and wasn’t even considered or banned. By banning McDonalds, would help with the decrease of globalization and the food wasn’t…
When confronted with the word, McDonald’s, most people think of the Whopper Meal, or a bright yellow M, famously known as the “Golden Arches” (Macionis 121), sitting on the side of the 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”.…
I did my research on McDonald's a global organization that has had a few cultural issues that affects them when growing outside the United States. So as we all know McDonald's is a fast food company, they started in the United States in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant. In 1948 they took a look at the restaurant and choice to change what they made and sold. They moved to a production line principle and start to make hamburger. McDonald's became a franchise in 1955 when businessman Ray Kroc purchased the chain from the McDonald brothers and started its worldwide growth. The thing that most do not know is that they our operated by a franchisee, an affiliate, or the corporation itself. Right now McDonald's restaurants are found in 119 countries around the world and they serve about 68 million customers each day, so they have had to deal with many different cultural issues. I think two issues that they have had to work through that was hard were opening in India and the outlook that they and other fast food places are the reason for fatter people.…
No matter one’s opinion of McDonald's while in America, the familiar golden arches can be a welcome sight when traveling in a foreign country. I discovered this firsthand when I spent my summer in Ukraine. Although the comparison between the little, Ukrainian grocery stores, dirty street markets and the American looking McDonald's was stark, I still expected to get the same old sandwich and disgusting cup of coffee. I found myself pleasantly surprised with the remarkably improved quality from its American counterpart. My friend convinced me to try a latte and an egg sandwich. After that, every time I walked past a McDonald's I looked forward to stopping, especially for a latte. I have only purchased an American McDonald's coffee once since…
McDonaldization is in every society and seems to be growing. It just like every thing else has it advantages and its disadvantages. Businesses have gone global in recent years. When the business goes global it may not take into account the many differences in cultures. McDonalds has added special regional foods in many of their chains to attract more natives. They adapt few changes but the majority of the menu stays the same. This big scale business has really lost the flavor for small town local economies. Studies have…
While at one time bureaucracy was seen as one of the most efficient forms of organization, with its rational control and rules unfortunately not everything is as it appears. Bureaucracy does have its downfalls and also is seen as a threat to those in society by taking away their freedom and individuality by over rationalizing. Which is a common factor McDonaldization and bureaucracies share, by being rational to the extreme it seems there is a unexpected side effect of becoming irrational. More often than not resulting in negative outcomes instead of the desired. Another way of relating McDonaldization and bureaucracies is their goal for being efficient and also their respect and acceptance for their employees. Both look for the best way to produce the greatest amount of product with the lowest price, eventually resulting in quantity over quality. While their employees in the work place are accepted and respected for their individuality by fellow employees, however for the most part their individuality is not allowed. They are required to look the same, act the same, and required to hold and stand for the standard the bureaucracy and McDonaldization set instead of their own if they wanted to continue being employed. In the end Bureaucracy tried to organize the government like assembly lines did for the factories in relation to McDonaldization and the union did for employee wages.…
McDonald's feeds more than 46 million people a day, that is more than the entire population of Spain. Not to mention, McDonald’s is only one fast food restaurant amongst an array of different choices people face…
McDonald’s produce limited but high quality food. Mainly they sell hamburgers, cheese burgers, fries, chicken, breakfast items, soft drinks, shakes, desserts, salads, wraps smoothies, vegetarian items fruit and other kind of food which is famous in the country its located.…
Most people believe that Nicaragua became a foreign aid money pit due to the Contra/Santanista wars in the 1980’s. Although it is true that the Contra/ Santanista wars finally drove Nicaragua into an economic stand still there are two main reasons that their socioeconomic crisis occurred: First, Nicaragua has a long history of corrupt dictators who’s only interests were to exploit the country’s vast riches and secondly, because they have been at war for over 166 years trying to find their true independence from wealthy conquering nations. To think that recent 20th century events is the reason Nicaragua can’t get out of their financial crisis is disregarding the other two factors. By believing that Nicaragua today is not able to manage their own government after their country was finally left in socioeconomic ruin by corrupt dictators and over 166 years of conflict, one will be bound to repeat the error again when evaluating emerging governments and distribution of foreign aid funds to countries of other former corrupt regimes like what is happening in the Middle East today. Opening up your eyes to the idea that nations largely inhabited by poor people are the ones who end up paying for the mistakes of generations of the past can be a factor to socioeconomic crisis as well as believing in strong international corrective support to stamp out corrupt leaders will ensure that socioeconomic crisis like what has happened to Nicaragua will only be a historical memory and not a repeat global security risk and financial burden.…