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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and market growth strategy. When to use it Ansoff’s growth matrix suggests that a business’ attempts to grow depend on whether it markets new or existing products in new or existing markets. How to use it This matrix helps companies decide what course of action should be taken given current performance. The matrix consists of four strategies: • • • • Market penetration (existing markets‚ existing products): Market penetration occurs when a company enters/penetrates a market with
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Cross Cultural Perspective: McDonald’s India ETH/316 May 1‚ 2014 Cross Cultural Perspective: McDonald’s India McDonald’s launched it first restaurant in 1996. Unlike any other market‚ McDonald’s corp. has ventured in‚ India showed to be one of the toughest. As India’s population is very diverse and complex between different communities‚ religions‚ beliefs‚ and value systems‚ Mcdonald’s had to consider the cultural‚ economical and sociopolitical factors. Cultural Issue Because 80% of the population
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McDonald’s is getting a massive amount of bad press from critics circling on this issue which is steering away franchisees and customers. The company is renowned for its fast preparation of meals for customers‚ and since the start of the business by the McDonald brothers‚ Richard and Maurice‚ themselves‚ the company underwent issues pertaining to health – campaigns against the overall fastfood industry occurred‚ launched by public interests groups‚ environmentalists‚ and consumer advocates. Apart from that
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(10-Oct-08) Market cap Total assets Trading Vol $59.18B $28.461 B 9.08M EPS (Q2 2009) EPS (2008) EPS (2007) EPS (2006) P/E (ttm) Div Yield $1.85 $3.84 $3.70 $3.55 14.38 2.0% ROA (ttm) ROE (ttm) 13.05% 30.50% Report by Jake Schanzmeyer 14-Sept-09 McDonalds Corporations is one of the largest and most globally recognizable brands and serves nearly 47 million customers daily. MCD operates in more than 118 countries and as of yearend 2008 had over 31‚000 locations worldwide. McDonalds operates the
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of McDonalds. Having one of the most favorite burgers in the world‚ McDonalds is a brand which will hardly be missed by anyone. The SWOT of Mcdonalds discusses the reasons that the firm has been able to achieve this height of fame‚ and why‚ be it breakfast‚ lunch or dinner‚ people may prefer the local McDonalds STRENGTH Brand Equity…world-wide 42% of US fast-food hamburger business Consistency of food Successful items: Fries‚ Happy Meal‚ Big Mac‚ Egg McMuffin‚ Promotions Overseas market Balance
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Ali Alogaili MacDonald’s Operations MC Donald Corporation was Born in 1940s. It was the first fast food industry in the world market. And who started a chain system in the world market. It serves some of the world favorite and famous food like French fries‚ Big Quarter Pounder‚ Chicken Nuggets and sausage McMuffin with egg as a breakfast. MC Donald is the leading global food service retailer with more than 33000 local restaurants served by more than 1.7 million employees
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Mc Donald’s target market is every segment of the demography! The segments of the demography are; family life-cycles‚gender‚ age‚Nationality‚ Income‚Generation‚Race etc. Like u stated‚ Marketing Mix are the 4p’s: Product‚ Price‚Place‚Promotion 1.Mc Donald Product :value-priced ‚ fast-serviced meal 2.Mc Donald Price: my guess is Value-pricing (offering just the right combination of quality and good service at a a fair price) 3. Place: Strategic location of most Mc Donald fast-food outlet
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outlets (See Table 1). Headquartered in the United States‚ the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948 they reorganized their business as a hamburger stand using production line principles. Businessman Ray Kroc joined the company as a franchise agent in 1955. He subsequently purchased the chain from the McDonald brothers and oversaw its worldwide growth. [1] North America United States‚ Mexico‚ Canada Europe Austria‚ Belgium‚ Czech Republic‚ Finland
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and establishing a pleasant relationship with them. In this age of commercialism‚ in an age where societies are depending upon the businesses of both small and big capitalists‚ food industry occupies the fundamental and the dominating place in the market since its nature responds to the most basic and vital need of the people – food. Everywhere‚ every corner of the streets in our nation‚ there are presence of food and beverage establishments; establishments that played a role of great importance
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