analyze the importance and the extent to which culture affects the operations of McDonald’s in China. The impacts of the Chinese culture on the operations‚ policies and decisions of McDonald’s are studied as well as the changes brought about by McDonalds‚ a symbol of American culture‚ to the Chinese society. Two areas will be analyzed –employee relations (human resources management processes and policies) and restaurant operations. Part I: The Chinese Culture Kluckohn and Strodtbeck’s Cultural
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McDonald’s reported a year end annual earnings report for the last 4 years: 2010‚ 2009‚ 2008‚ and 2007. This portion of the McDonalds essay will cover the company’s account amounts for the 2 most recent year end reporting period which are 2010 and 2009. This report will cover the actual numbers from McDonald’s Corp balance sheet. The balance sheet lists each individual account that applies as a liability account. Accounts payable‚ notes payable‚ short term debt‚ accrued liabilities‚ and other
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Agile Manufacturing In 1991‚ an industry-led study‚ sponsored by the United States Navy Mantech Program‚ and supported by the Iacocca Institute at Lehigh University in the United States‚ was conducted in order to originate a new paradigm for successful manufacturing enterprises. The report of that study‚ entitled “21st Century Manufacturing Enterprise Strategy”‚ coined the term “agile manufacturing” History of Agile Manufacturing The report which is entitled “21st Century Manufacturing Enterprise
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Lean construction is an efficient way to design production system in order to eliminate the waste of material‚ time and bring more value to the project. The article used the example of Toyota production system to explain the lean construction. The engineer Taiichi Ohno’s pursuit of perfection and his redesigned production process reduced the cost and improved the value of the new production system. The article compares the lean construction with current practice in Toyota. As the result they
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certain employees of Simon Marketing and associates had colluded to defraud the McDonald’s Corporation in excess of $13 million worth of game prizes over the promotion period (Albrecht et al‚ 2012‚ p.210). The Simon Marketing firm was contracted by McDonalds to run their promotional sweepstakes games. The game prizes consisted of cash‚ vehicles‚ vacations and/or food prizes. According to Richard Dent (FBI Special Agent in Charge)‚ the main players involved in the scheme were as follows; Linda L
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Organizational Communication Analysis of McDonald’s Yijun Zhang October 17‚ 2014 The McDonald’s corporation was started in 1940 and has since grown as a fast food entity‚ with restaurants and supply outlets all over the world. Maurice and Richard McDonald started a Bar-B-Q restaurant in San Bernardino‚ the United States in 1940(“McDonald’s History”). In 1948‚ they introduced the “Speedee Service System” and the CEO Ray Kroc established the McDonald’s System Inc. in Illinois in 1955. In addition‚ the
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can see through the analysis that there are certain areas where Mc Donald’s can improve its performance. Mc Donald’s EFE Matrix McDonalds is one of the Americas largest fast food chain. It was opened in 1940. McDonalds head quarter is at Oak Brook Illinois. Being the market dominator in the fast food market it is necessary to understand what is making McDonalds a leader in its market segment. So for that we will go through an EFE Matrix. External Factor evaluation (EFE) is the widely known
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with a friendly caring staff. Suzanne’s staff embraced that philosophy by being very friendly with the seniors. After evaluating Suzanne’s dillema‚ I thing she should not ignore her senior citizens market. Encouraging the seniors to frequent her Mcdonalds would attract business and increase sales as a popular meeting place for this type of clientele. The group of seniors do not pose any threat since they typically leave before the lunch rush hours hit. Another plus is that seniors are friendly and
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more various. 4) New marketing fashion ideas. 5) Eating habits change. In the internal analysis‚ all the strengths we have can be ignored first‚ because we don’t need to worry about them first. The weakness part is high possibility impacting McDonalds‚ especially the unhealthy food menu and the invariable food choices. In the external analysis‚ threats is mostly impacting McDonald’s future. And the opportunities are helping its future‚ also is important to impact McDonald’s. According the SWOT
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Bahaudin G. Mujtaba. (2007). McDonald’s Success Strategy and Global Expansion through Customer and Brand loyalty Vernon life cycle reference: Figure 3: (2010) Sunanda Chavan . (2010). What made McDonald ’s big in India. Available: http://www.managementparadise.com/forums/marketing-management/205743-what-made-mcdonald-s-big-biz-india.html . Last accessed 23rd Jan 2011. (2010)
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