McDonalds Managing Performance Lillian Atkins BUS 3040 Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 21730 Westport Avenue Euclid‚ Ohio 44123 Telephone: 216-926-3108 E-mail: liliratki@yahoo.com Instructor: Sally Buffkin Abstract People are the most important resource of an organization and they ensure the interaction of financial‚ industrial‚ and other resources so that the organization can function. Since 2001 McDonald’s has introduced a series of significant changes to its
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Macdonald’s Industry: McDonalds is the leader of the industry with more than 33 500 restaurants serving nearly 68 million people in 119 countries each day. McDonalds‚ with headquarters in the United States‚ opened First store in 1940 by the McDonald brothers. The Industry is the Global Food Service. The Industry is at mature stage of its cycle in US. This is demonstrated by the low average growth rate about 4%-6%. * Combined annual revenue of about $120 billion * Industry is highly fragmented:
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HISTORY OF MC DONALD Dick and Mac Mcdonald were two brothers who started the McDonald’s brand in California after moving their hotdog stand to San Bernadino from Monrovia Airport. After realizing that hamburgers were their most popular product‚ the brothers reinvented their restaurant using their Speedee Service System in 1948. It was a concept that created a production line of hamburgers that were made before being ordered. This concept pioneered the fast food industry and was in complete contrast
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This paper integrates elements from the theory of agency‚ the theory of property rights and the theory of finance to develop a theory of the ownership structure of the firm. We focus in this paper on the behavioral implications of the property rights specified in the contracts between the owners and managers of the firm. The possibility of monitoring the behavior of the company by means of review of controls has stayed aside in this analysis. In the activity they can use resources for changing
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areas such as malls and airports. Product Strategy McDonalds is the most popular brand in the world. McDonalds has 3 good brand journalism which are surprise‚ delight and unique. Surprise builds interesting brands‚ delight is customer satisfaction and unique is that the people of the world are happy with big mac‚ French fries‚ golden arches‚ Ronald McDonald and happy meals. McDonalds builds a good image in the customers mind. The McDonalds logo is memorized in people’s minds according to a survey
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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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There are few people in the world that do not know McDonalds‚ or recognize the famous Golden Arches. The success of the McDonald’s corporation is founded on the consistent quality of its hamburgers. Have you ever wondered why McDonald’s hot‚ fresh products taste the same everywhere in the world? It’s McDonald’s unique purchasing system and the relationship McDonalds shares with its dedicated suppliers that ensure the quality of products in every restaurant. At McDonald’s they have a saying
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number three on Gartner’s Supply Chain Top 25 List for 2012. This was recently announced at Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in May of this year. McDonald’s started in 1937 as a drive-in restaurant by two brothers‚ Richard and Maurice McDonald. Hamburgers were just ten cents. In 1948‚ after realizing that most of their profits came from hamburgers‚ they closed the drive-in and made it a self-serve operation. They set up their kitchen like an assembly line to ensure maximum efficiency
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Background | 3 | PEST Analysis | 4-9 | 4Ps Strategies | 10-11 | References | 12-13 | Appendix | 14 | Company Background McDonald is a largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants in the world. Approximately 68 million customers in 119 countries daily are served. The birth of McDonald began with Raymond Albert Kroc. He found two brothers (Richard and Maurice McDonald) who run a hamburger restaurant and acquired the franchising right from them to run McDonald’s restaurant. In 1955‚ McDonald’s
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chicken strips‚ chicken wraps‚ French fries‚ salads‚ shakes‚ sundaes‚ soft serve cones‚ pies‚ cookies‚ soft drinks‚ coffee‚ smoothies‚ apples‚ and milk for kids meals. In 1990‚ they decided to go with the fad and go green! They cut down on paper costs dramatically and “during the 1990s alone‚ we eliminated 300 million pounds of product packaging by redesigning and reducing materials.” [2] This shows the world that not only do they want to make our stomachs happy‚ but they truly are working to make
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