are a symbol recognized immediately by most. Our group chose to do our report on McDonald’s because it is one of the most well-known corporations worldwide‚ and was listed as 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
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1. Introduction: Job satisfaction describes how content an individual is with his or her job. It is a relatively recent term since in previous centuries the jobs available to a particular person were often predetermined by the occupation of that person’s parent. There are a variety of factors that can influence a person’s level of job satisfaction. Some of these factors include the level of pay and benefits‚ the perceived fairness of the promotion
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“Don’t be a settler‚ get rid of cable and upgrade to Direct TV.” This phrase in the “The Settlers: Satisfaction” ad makes viewers question if they are not getting the most out of life. This ad begins in a regular urban neighborhood with one old time farm house situated in the middle. The family shown are old fashioned people who live off the land. The mother asks the father why they don’t switch to Direct TV. The father insists they are settlers and‚ since they are settlers‚ it means they can ‘settle’
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Employee Involvement Programs at MOBILINK MOBILINK recognises individual differences Mobilink believes that Employees have different needs. Do not treat them all alike. Mobilink spend the time necessary to understand what is important to each employee. This will allow mobilink employee to individualize goals‚ level of involvement‚ and rewards to align with individual needs. Recognising External Factors along with Internal Factors The managers and employees at Mobilink agrees that
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in 119 countries. 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. A McDonald’s restaurant is operated by either a franchisee‚ an affiliate‚ or the corporation
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The Cyprus Journal of Sciences The Journal of Americanos College Editor Charalambos Louca Americanos College Joseph S. Joseph‚ University of Cyprus‚ Cyprus Kalliope Agapiou-Josephides‚ University of Cyprus‚ Cyprus Krassimira Ilieva‚ Bulgarian Academy of Sciences‚ Sofia‚ Bulgaria Leonidas A. Phylactou‚ Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics‚ Cyprus Marianna Sigala‚ University of the Aegean‚ Greece Mary Koutselini-Ioannidou‚ University of Cyprus‚ Cyprus Mary Vaxevanidou‚ Patras Greek Open University
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Global Expansion of McDonalds Many American corporations have attempted to expand their business globally. Some of these corporations have succeeded‚ but some have also failed because they have encountered different cultural barriers and differences that made it hard for these corporations to succeed. One of those multinational corporations that have encountered a few cultural barriers as they began global expansion was none other than McDonald’s. Though McDonald’s has encountered
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Attempting to understand the nature of job satisfaction and its effects on work performance is not easy. For at least 50 years industrial/organizational psychologists have been wrestling with the question of the relationship between job satisfaction and job performance. Researchers have put a considerable amount of effort into attempts to demonstrate that the two are positively related in a particular fashion: a happy worker is a good worker. Although this sounds like a very appealing idea‚ the results
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Customer Satisfaction Strategies What is customer satisfaction? We are in the midst of a revolution in business. Some call it a customer revolution‚ others a quality revolution‚ others a service revolution. Organizations are attempting to obtain increased customer satisfaction by focusing on the quality of their products and the service provided. This movement toward quality has produced significant benefits but just like other business fads‚ joining and adopting the religion does not insure
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Mcdonalds In China Introduction: McDonald’s in China McDonald’s is considered as the most successful and largest restaurant chain in the world. In 1990 McDonald’s opened its first store in Shenzhen China. In 1992‚ McDonald’s Beijing outlet was opened. There are more than 800 McDonald’s outlets in China today. This paper aims to 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
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