Case Study Report McDonald ’s BACKGROUND: Brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald founders of McDonald ’s Corporation grew from a single drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino‚ California in 1948 to the largest food service organization in the world. In 1955 Ray Kroc opened firs McDonald ’s in Des Plaines‚ Illinois and became exclusive franchising agent for the company. By 1991 McDonald ’s owned $13 billion of fast-food industry‚ operating 12‚400 restaurants in 59 countries (Ezine). The company
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General Environment Analysis for the Cathay Pacific Airlines With headquarter and airline hub located in Hong Kong‚ the general environment of Hong Kong has significant effect on Cathay Pacific. It is crucial to analyze the key trends and events of the six segments of Hong Kong general environment in order to adjust the firm strategy of Cathay Pacific. The six segments are sociocultural‚ demographic‚ political or legal‚ technological‚ economic and global. The Sociocultural Segment The value
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this decision may be based on a wide range of information they have been provided with. However good this information is‚ ultimately it is that person who has made the judgment. If most of the stakeholders are satisfied with the plans and the outcome‚ s/he will be regarded as a ’good leader and manager’; if the decision angers some stakeholders unduly‚ that person’s reputation might well suffer. Task 1 (5 marks) Identify whether each stakeholder above is internal or external. Internal:
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macro-environmental factors in India. To give some more debt to this answer‚ I found it convenient to use the PESTEL analysis as a tool to identify the key macro-environmental factors that were relevant for McDonalds when they entered India‚ and then shortly comment on each of them what McDonalds did that was so good. Political/Legal Until the early 1990s‚ India’s political parties were critical of foreign companies operating in India. After that the market opened more up‚ but still the political
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GLOBAL & TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT TRENDS: WAL-MART The Radio Frequency Identification‚ a short range communication technology‚ profoundly has impacted businesses. It helps companies track and control goods as they move through the supply chain. It can improve operational efficiencies and customer service while providing new business opportunities. However‚ like many other new technologies‚ RFDI also brings some concerns for people as well as benefits. For this assignment‚ I will focus on this
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General Environmental Analysis of the Softdrink Industry Technological Environment. Revolutionary developments in machineries brought by technological advancements and discoveries have provided companies with enhancements in its operations‚ which when adopted and utilized effectively‚ may bring progress. Here‚ companies are able to produce more outputs than they have before‚ increasing its productivity and keeping up with the increasing demand of the market. Discoveries in additives would also provide
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McDonalds - the 90th largest economy in the world - feeds about 1 percent of the world’s population a day. That’s 68 million people! It hires more than 1 million workers in the US per year and is the world’s largest toy distributer. McDonalds also created the Ronald McDonald House charity‚ which houses more than 6000 families a year in Australia alone. However‚ this Illinois-based company is undeniably threatening the ‘global village’. It is doing so in a lot of ways‚ including the damage it inflicts
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Our company that we chose to research is McDonald’s; whose full company name is McDonald’s Corporation. McDonald’s is the world ’s largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants‚ worldwide‚ serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries and counting. McDonalds was founded May 14‚ 1940 in San Bernardino‚ California by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald. The focus of McDonald’s at the time was their “Speedee Service System"‚ they did this by introducing an assembly line style kitchen
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History of McDonald’s The McDonald ’s concept was introduced in San Bernardino‚ California by Dick and Mac McDonald of Manchester‚ New Hampshire. It was modified and expanded by their business partner‚ Ray Kroc‚ of Oak Park‚ Illinois‚ who later bought out the business interests of the McDonald brothers in the concept and went on to found McDonald ’s Corporation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_McDonald%27s McDonald’s is a company which has a colorful history and developed the culture
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risen since the use of e-learning has expanded. We have to find answers on the following questions: how is quality defined‚ How can quality be assessed? The same principles apply to quality of e-learning as in the quality of teaching and learning in general. However‚ there are some special characteristics in e-learning that need to be specified. Quality management has to cover the teaching and learning‚ including the organization of the learning process‚ the learning content and the pedagogical and technical
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