1. Answer the questions for the case “integrating McDonald ’s Business‚ Human Resource‚ and Staffing Strategies" page 49‚ Chapter 2. [ 15 Marks] Questions 1: How would you describe McDonald ’s business strategy? What are the foundations of its competitive advantage? Answer: McDonald’s business strategy is a specialization strategy. The organization is built on a foundation that gives it a competitive advantage and a business strategy that is consistent‚ flexible‚ and specialized. McDonald’s
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Identify and explain how you would prepare for a health inspection. You may use some concepts learned from HACCP as an example. Personally‚ I would make sure that my restaurant or food service venue I was running is operating above expectations. First off‚ I would start with the overall appearance of the establishment. If a health Inspector was coming to review a fine dining establishment then it would throw off a lot of red flags if it didn’t look like a fine dining experience. I would have my employees
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different instruments. Public expenditure has traditionally been a component of fiscal policy which is an instrument of the State to influence economic growth. Several models of government investment and growth have been designed to investigate the relation between government expenditure and economic growth. However‚ some debate prevails. To illustrate‚ studies done by Landau (1986)‚ Barro (1990)‚ Grier and Tullock (1989) reveal a negative relationship between government expenditure and economic growth‚ while
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Understanding the response of personal savings and expenditure to changes in the interest rates is a central to many issues in the economic policy. If personal savings decline as a result‚ the overall increase in the national savings would be less than the reduction in the budget deficit. Alternatively‚ contractionary monetary policy generally causes interest rates to rise. It personal saving increase as a result‚ the corresponding fall in consumer expenditure helps to slow the economy. Household behaviour
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University‚ Ontario‚ Canada This study draws out evidence from 11 organizations‚ local as well as multinationals‚ in Pakistan to test the ‘culture-sensitive’ view. A number of conclusions are drawn. First‚ the findings support this view; evidence shows enough similarities exist between local organizations and multinationals to indicate that the influences of the parent companies of multinationals are weakened by the national characteristics of the environments in which they operate. Second‚ it is
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What Would You Do? Chapter 4 American Express Headquarters‚ New York‚ NY Headquarters‚ New York‚ New York.1 With medical costs rising 10 to 15 percent per year‚ one of the members of your Board of Directors mentioned that some companies are now refusing to hire smokers and that the board should discuss this option at the next month’s meeting. Nationwide‚ about 6‚000 companies refuse to hire smokers. Weyco‚ an employee benefits company in Okemos‚ Michigan‚ requires all applicants to take
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The Union Budget was released yesterday. Here are the highlights. * Tax slab on personal income remains unchanged * Income tax exemption limit raised by Rs 50‚000 to Rs 2.5 lakh and for senior citizens to Rs 3 lakh * Exemption limit for investment in financial instruments under 80C raised to Rs 1.5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh. * Investment limit in PPF raised to Rs 1.5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh * Deduction limit on interest on loan for self-occupied house raised to Rs 2 lakh from Rs 1.5 lakh. * Kisan Vikas Patra
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Actual abuse Scenario A member of staff at a nursery called busy bee nursery found out that one of the children she was teaching had bruises‚ she noticed that they were not ordinary bruises which they would get at their age. Also they were in areas which were strange like his stomach‚ underarms and on his back. The staff members were worried for his safety because they were not caused by accident like the child bumping into a hard object or tripping up. Response: The correct response would be
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INTRODUCTION Just as organisations have goals describing their primary business objectives‚ they also have goals with respect to controlling how these objectives are met. These are the control goals of an organisation which are enforced through a system of internal control. Such a system enables them to adhere to external laws and internal regulations‚ prevent and detect fraud and continuously enhance the overall quality of the business. Independent of the type of organisation‚ these internal control
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indispensable that you know exactly how to define success in your life! One must have personal definition of what success means to you‚ and then set goals accordingly. Once you deduce what is important for you personally you are able to focus on your visions and goals which will help you to achieve them in a true sense.
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