Sayer Addington Sociology 110-007 3/2/2013 McDonaldization Theory Social Observation Assignment 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
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Question 1 The location of Mc Donald’s‚ on the corner of Wangfujin street and the Avenue of Eternal Peace‚ is a very good strategic choice. It’s close to the heart of Beijing and Tiananmen Square‚ which is historically a very famous place and is still today a very active place. A lot of people cross this area every day and the fast-food concept match to the demand. Question 2 Mc Donald’s encountered the imperfect rules of Guanxi. Guanxi is one of the powerful forces values in Chinese culture
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the American call for $75‚ exercise the call immediately in order to purchase a share of Pintail stock for $50‚ and then sell the share of Pintail stock for $200. The net gain is: $200 – ($75 + $50) = $75. If the call is a European call‚ you should buy the call‚ deposit in the bank an amount equal to the present value of the exercise price‚ and sell the stock short. This produces a current cash flow equal to: $200 – $75 – ($50/1 + r) At the maturity of the call‚ the action depends on whether
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McDonalds is one of the world’s most well-known fast food restaurants. It is the world’s leading food service with more than 30 thousand restaurants‚ throughout the world‚ serving 46 million customers each day. McDonalds tries to display their trustworthiness to consumers through their commercials. For example‚ the videos Grandmother and Granddaughter‚ New Dad‚ and ChaCha slide show how McDonalds commercials attract viewers and identifies McDonalds as a “trustworthy friend”. McDonalds has developed
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McDonald’s utilizes an excellent operations strategy in order to gain a larger market share and increase value to the shareholders. The corporation specifically focuses on speed‚ standardization‚ quality‚ and affordability. McDonalds has moved ahead of the competition by focusing on these factors. McDonald’s competes on three main bases‚ such as speed‚ affordability‚ and standardization‚ mainly to make their customers happy. Through extensive market research and surveys‚ the organization discovered
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point the marketing mix is put together. The product life cycle Sales Time Decline Maturity Growth Development Introduction i. Product The important thing to remember when offering menu items to potential customers is that there is a huge amount of choice available to those potential customers with regard to how and where they spend their money. Therefore McDonald’s places considerable emphasis on developing a menu which customers want. Market research establishes exactly what this is
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McDonald is the largest fast food restaurant brand in the world. It provides a mass fast food service with great-tasting and high quality foods as well as speed and convenience to customers. (McDonald annual report 2013) It operates with a low variety and high volume products. Technology is used to improve operation process in order to produce standardized service to individual customer. Thus only limited customization of service‚ and limited contact between customers and staffs can be made. (Greasley
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McDonalds SWOT analysis 2013 Strengths Location‚ commercial/high density areas. Efficiency & speed. Reasonably priced menu. Standard/ quality/ reliability. Friendly customer orientated staff. Largest fast food market share in the world. Children targeting. Weaknesses Negative publicity Unhealthy food menu. High employee turnover. Competition. Opportunities Maturity → New markets Home delivery service. Threats Other local fast food chains. Lawsuits against McDonalds. Strengths
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Introduction McDonald Corporation is the world’s largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurant. There are over 30‚000 McDonald’s restaurants in more than 100 countries and served an average of 50 million customer daily. A McDonald restaurant is operated by either a franchisee or by the corporation itself. The very first McDonald was open in Singapore in 1979 and today there are over 120 McDonald restaurants across the island which served 1.2 million customers weekly. McDonald employs around 9
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and Benefits 12 Compensation: 12 Employee Benefits: 12 People Promise: 13 Benefit Categories: 13 HR Policy at McDonald’s At McDonald ’s‚ their people are their most important asset. They provide the best employment experience for their employees in order for McDonald ’s to achieve their goal of providing their valued customers with the world ’s best quick-service restaurant experience. They strive to recruit the best‚ hire the best‚ and provide the best
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