Essays on McDonald's

Introduction

The MacDonald’s Company started as a joined venture by two brothers in California but later was sold out to their business partners who expanded it into Macdonald’s Corporation (Aswathappa, 2008). After the success of the initial franchise business, the partners resolved to expand the MacDonald’s Corporation across the country with its advertisement dubbed ‘Look for the Golden Arches,’ boosting its profits further. The company faced a number of challenges in the 1980s and 1990s but later refurbished itself in the early 21st century making it explore new avenues for growth

Thesis Statement:

The paper gives a presentation about the MacDonald’s ...

ANCOVA is a procedure of analysis of variance procedure where the effects of the covariates (extraneous variables) are eliminated from the data of the dependent variable before analysis of ANOVA is carried out. ANCOVA permits the control of the linear effect of extraneous variables unwanted in a study (Bradley, 2009). ANCOVA Utilizes regression analysis to eliminate the effect of extraneous variables in the analysis. ANCOVA is used to enhance the precision of group comparisons through accounting for variation on the prognostic variables. In the analysis for imbalances in the prognostic variables, ANCOVA is also used to adjust the comparisons between ...

Starbucks vs McDonald´s Business Ethics and Compliance

This document aims to compare Business Ethics and Code of Conduct of two competing companies: McDonald´s and Starbucks. Strategic values and the image of the brand illustrate the differences between the two companies and their approach and formulation of the constructs of Business Ethics. Starbucks mission statement is: “To inspire and nurture the human spirit—one person, one cup, and one neighborhood at a time”. The statement is concise and inspiring, bringing the core idea of the business – be part of the community and grow together with internal and external stakeholder. Starbucks does not try to position itself as a ...

McDonald's book is one that helps one get back on the track of life organization of life especially after the chaos experienced during the holidays. Chapters twelve and thirteen are especially important in tackling the issues and challenges of everyday life. Other than the bible, this is one of the most direct books that provide guidance on how to handle issues of everyday life. One of the most important advices evident in the book is especially important for people who have a tendency to procrastinate and overload their calendars. Apparently, this is how people lose sight of the structure of ...

Compare the significance for Canada of the Treaty of Washington, and the Alaska Boundary Dispute.

Introduction The Treaty of Washington and the Alaska Boundary Dispute both were significant incidents in the history of Canada. Both share some amount of similarities. At the time when the Treaty of Washington was signed in 1871, the Dominion of Canada was newly formed but still it was under the imperial control of the British Empire. The Alaska Boundary Dispute also took place at the same time when the Dominion of Canada was formed in 1867, but all the foreign affairs of Canada were still controlled by the British Empire. The Treaty of Washington was signed on the ...

Strategic Analysis

McDonald´s Corporation Current analysis involves strategic position of McDonald´s relative to Starbucks Coffee Company. Recent decades brought a number of challenges to the McDonald´s Corporation, related to changing external environment. Such companies as Wendy´s and Burger King came to the market with innovative proposition and strong investment portfolio, putting pressure on McDonald`s market share on its major markets and sharing the growth potential in emerging geographical segments (McDonald´s, 2013). While the company continued to pursue its strategic direction on organic growth and quality of service it made a number of changes to diversify its product ...

8A: Product Positioning Map

The Product Positioning Matrix (Appendix I) reflects the analysis of McDonald´s Product positioning relative to the core competitors on international arena. The matrix is based on two critical criteria: differentiation of the product and availability of the product. Under differentiation we understand the unique characteristics of the product offered by McDonald´s and the competitors. Availability looks at the market presence and overall access to the product by the customer. The analysis includes the comparison of McDonald´s, Burger King, Wendy´s and Hardee´s store. It is possible to argue that target customers for all stores ...

Introduction

The concept of leadership is complex and multidimensional that includes intrapersonal, interpersonal, intergroup and situational variables (Grohar-Murray & DiCroce, 2003). Grohar-Murray and DiCroce (2003) also state that a leader is a person who inspires, develops, gains trust, and relies on people . Nowadays, nurses at all levels of organization are expected to have and exercises leadership skills (Grohar-Murray & DiCroce, 2003) . In this paper, I have chosen Florence Nightingale as a leader to be discussed. I will explain why I have chosen her, what leadership style best describes her, and both positive and negative aspects of this style. I will also give examples where she ...

Introduction

Strategic management refers to the process of initializing and implementation of particular goals by the top executive in relation to the specific attributes of both the internal and external milieu. Strategist management is always guided by the market trends of various products. A comparison is done with the sales trend and increase of market niche of the competing companies (Macdonald, 2008). This essay seeks to examine the SWOT analysis and strategic management tactics of MacDonald. As a point of departure, the MacDonald, various companies always seek to be at the top and this compels them to seek ways of ...

Literal analysis is crucial elements that help in critical analysis of the works of literature. In the context of the play ‘Goodnight Desdemona, good morning Juliet' is an n indication of a play that can be applied with the help of the theories. A vindication of the right of women according to Mary is evident in the play. Critically, we seek to understand the cries of women in the play and their representing to find out the root causes of their problems and the best way to curb them. Her thought indicates that women should have access to education to ...

The book “Google AdWords for Dummies” written by Howie Jacobson, Joel McDonald and Kristie McDonald published in the year 2011 by John Wiley & Sons is one of the unique books that maximizes the AdWord campaign when compared to other books of the same genre. The authors describe how one can make money the right way by using the AdWords. The book not only allows fine geographic targeting, but also allows the advertisers to edit, pause or delete the ads in real time whenever required. The authors included tips and techniques that enable to improve the advertising return on investment ...

The Fast Food Industry

The American fast food business has in the past recorded unprecedented growth rates, with some of the most successful chains such as MacDonald’s, Burger King, Dairy Queen, and MacDonald dominating the marketing. This has seen a cut throat competition with every business implementing strategies to outweigh their competitors. Most of the fast food stores sell almost the same products, with MacDonald selling burgers, sandwiches, snacks, beverages and meal bundles consisting of bacon and sausage Mcmufin. Burger King also sells chicken sandwiches, shakes, smoothies, salad bars, and salads. These are the mainstream products, compared to dairy queen, which has included ...

MacDonald`s Corporation is regarded as the American powerful, fast food service economy. Currently, the organization serves approximately 68 million clients on a daily basis across 119 nations. The organization has managed to make a profit of about $5.5 billion with a deep cultural pride in its “patrimonial culinaire” (Schlosser et al. 4) Theories indicate that the culture/cognitive trend in MacDonald Corporation have led to the trend of homogeneity and standardization. Given the large scope of globalization cultural trend, MacDonald Corporation has been able to address the principles of its fast food dominance in the easiest and efficient manner. The culture ...

Qualitative Research

Overview Issues McDonald success in fast food or junk food business has failed to reflect in its new green menu. The good news as part of our lifestyle the junk food is still flying off McDonalds counters. However, these are certainly not long lasting; people of all classes are shifting slowly towards greener foods putting McDonald in an uncomfortable situation that demands immediate action to save the future.

Problem statement

This marketing research addresses the inherent problem, of people’s perceptions to McDonald green menu, which does not show the expected success. McDonald competitors like Chipotles already control the green ...

Harm of fast food is very high, and its products are the enemies of the digestive system, because they relate to junk food. Of course, if you eat a hamburger a month, special harm to the body it will not do. But if you do a regular fast food meals, as it is happening everywhere in America, obesity and other problems cannot be avoided. Americans, whose food fast food becomes a way of life from childhood, are a good example of such a hazard supply. More than 50 million people in the United States are obese, the average person's weight is about 100 pounds. ...

This is a company that operates in the food industry. It has businesses on fast foods and burgers. The company runs a number of restaurants in different countries around the world. McDonald has spread so fast due to the chain of co-ordinated efforts of its managers and directors who are based in the countries and regions the company operates. The company invests relatively enough in advertisement and this in a way fosters its rapid growth. The ever available market for food stuff brought the idea of participating in the food industry. It fetches high profits for since the cash inflows do not ...

Q1: Current Organizational Chart

The analysis of the current organizational chart demonstrates direct report relationships between superior and subordinate person. McDonald´s operates basic organizational chart structure, reflecting lean hierarchical relationships within the company. Top position in the company is occupied by a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with six direct reports, responsible for particular organizational areas in the company. Based on the chart it is possible to determine that the company´s management structure has the following divisions: 1) Operational Units- restaurant control, 2) council and secretariat, 3) Human Resource Management (HRM), 4) General Operations, 5) Financial Functions and Marketing. Lower organizational level, however, ...

Exercise 6A – SWOT Analysis

The table below represents the SWOT analysis for the entire McDonald´s Corporation. Each category outlines the major factors that build on the analysis and reflects the suggestions on the future actions and strategic goals for the company.

Exercise 6B – SPACE Matrix

Components of the analysis The SPACE Matrix below reflects the position of the company in terms of external and internal factors that are outlined in the table above. Based on the ranking and the analysis completed for the McDonald´s Corporation, the company should pursue ‘competitive’ strategy that will ensure average risk and high responsiveness in current and forecasted economic ...

The essay “Half Baked: UC Berkeley’s Diversity Machine Loses Its Mind Over Cupcakes,” written by Heather MacDonald, is an interesting one when analyzed from the perspective of a progressive mindset. The article works to denounce and laugh off claims that a bake drive created by a Young Republican organization at UC Berkeley was offensive. In essence, MacDonald says that the controversy, in spite of its negative attention, “has nevertheless served one useful function: it has clarified just what Berkeley’s vice chancellor for equity and diversity does for his whopping $194,000 annual salary” (765). This essay is full of flawed ...

Reading Reflection

Ritzer considers the influence of MacDonald’s policy on contemporary societies. According to Ritzer people have incorporated the MacDonald’s policy in virtually all aspects of life such as in the healthcare, education, work, religion, politics, family and other private and public sectors. The MacDonaldization that the article discusses is not the typical MacDonald’s enterprise but the struggle to expand businesses and franchises throughout the United States and beyond. To attract as many consumers as possible, within and globally, businesses have adopted the franchising principles that Ray Kroc used to expand the MacDonald's restaurants. Further, companies package ...

It`s not really often we can find the band with so diverse and strange music and with so interesting and outstanding history as well. The King Crimson is one of the least that can surely be classified to such kind of bands. Being created on the 30th of November 1968 the band was first rehearsed on the 13th of January 1969 in London with the first band`s line-up: Robert Fripp, who was the guitarist of the band, Greg Lake, the bassist and the vocalist, Michael Giles was the band`s drummer, Ian McDonald, playing the woodwinds ...

Introduction

The McDonald’s restaurant is one of the largest restaurants offering hamburger food .The restaurant is distributed all over 119 countries. It serves approximately 68 million daily. Its main headquarters is in the United States where it started in 1940. It began as a barbecue restaurant and was operated by Richard Maurice and McDonald but in 1948; they reorganize their business and produce only the hamburger using the production principles. Most McDonald restaurants offer counter services as well as drive-through service with either indoor or outdoor seating. In some countries, “McDrive” near highways do not offer counter service or ...

Network Application Protocols

Introduction A number of application protocols aids communication across the internet. According to Dowd and McDonald (2006), some of the network protocols used include Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which is used for web browsing, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), which is used for transferring files and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), which is used for sending and receiving e-mail. The list of application protocols used across the internet is long, and only a few are going to be discussed here.

Auditing Application Protocols

Auditing is essential to ensure that the protocols used do not present avenues for attacks (Jackson, 2010). Certain procedures are ...

Certain theories explain the causes, nature, and extent of crime; for example, the theory of rational choice explains that individuals commit crime to fulfill their pleasures (Reynald, 2011, p. 23). According to this theory, individuals choose to do wrong if it results to rewards and fun rather than pain. The theory of trait argues that individuals are born with certain characteristics that make them engage in criminal activities. The social structure hypothesis argues that the surrounding influences the behavior of people. According to this theory, a person becomes a criminal if he or she lives with criminals (Walker, 2011, p.59). The ...

Software Vulnerability Fundamentals

- Vulnerabilities - Refers to weaknesses that exist in software and which attackers exploit to their advantage (Dowd, McDonald, and Schuh, 2007). Vulnerabilities can result from implementation, configuration, or design. - Implementation: Vulnerabilities will result because of protocol flaws, fault software design or incomplete testing (Arregoces and Portolani, 2003). - Configuration: According to Arregoces and Portolani (2003) use of default, settings increase the occurrence of vulnerabilities in the software. - Design: Poor security designs in software or inappropriate implementation of redundancy mechanisms promote vulnerability (Arregoces and Portolani, 2003). - Necessity of Auditing Auditing ...

McDonald’s corporation is referred to as the number one worlds’ forerunner of worldwide brand expansion with its branches located evenly throughout the entire globe. Most of its branches are based in U.S, that is approximate 1700 and the rest are within 51 countries in the region. All the branches are oblige to major their focus on the marketing strategy and improving their operational excellence ensuring that their innovation level are to another notch in comparison to potential competitors. It forces the management to introduce a new strategy known “plan to win”. It entailed a revitalization program of a particular brand that ...

Introduction

McDonald’s restaurant commenced its operation in the cafeteria sector in the late 1990 after starship children’s hospital decided to take the initiative of making a new eatery into that particular area. This advances brought about a debate arguing on the impact contributed by its existence in the same locality with a very reputable children’s hospital within New Zealand. Analyzing the context of place-in-the world and ethical landscape in text brought to light this debate and facilitate for set up of suitable solution (Walsh, 2005).

Support for McDonalds

The site to which the starship children’s hospital was located did not receive full ...

People who eat fast food are diverse, they come from different countries, experience various life situations, have different age and sex. Still, what unites them is their enormous life to fast food and often missing the possible consequences that this kind of food can bring to them. This paper is dedicated to the analysis of fast food eaters, the possible problems that they can experience, both mental and physical and the possible ways they can decrease the negative consequences of fast food consumption. One of the recent research found that US adults consume over one-tenth of the daily ...

John A. MacDonald was the first prime minister of Canada. His policies were focused in growing the country politically, economically and physically. His wish for a bigger nation that was independent economically was not easy considering the other bigger and stronger nations that surrounded Canada. Furthermore, Canada was under the leadership of Britain which made it quite challenging for any leader to make and implement any laws. However, this did not hinder MacDonald from achieving his dream of better Canada. In his national policies, he still considered Britain to be its great supporter and in fact engaged the nation to ...

People who eat fast food are diverse, they come from different countries, experience various life situations, have different age and sex. Still, what unites them is their enormous life to fast food and often missing the possible consequences that this kind of food can bring to them. This paper is dedicated to the analysis of fast food eaters, the possible problems that they can experience, both mental and physical and the possible ways they can decrease the negative consequences of fast food consumption. One of the recent research found that US adults consume over one-tenth of the daily ...

Big Mac is one of MacDonald’s oldest and best selling products. It is a specially designed double-layered hamburger that is basically made of pure beef. It is layered with a sauce on a sesame seed bun (MacDonald’s, 2013). Topping is then done with cheese, minced onions as well as marinates. The Big Mac has been in the market for over five decades and, as it were, may be said to be in the maturity stage in the product cycle. There are currently other competing substitutes for the product (Keith, 2008). As such, MacDonald’s is concentrating on adding new features ...

Possible Topics

1. Counter-terrorism measures and violation of human rights. Are counter-terrorism measures counterproductive in preventing terrorism or do they violate human rights?

A Case of the US PATRIOTIC ACT of 2001

Objectives - Analyzing the effectiveness of counter-terrorism measures in preventing terrorism (McDonald and Mir 2011). - Finding out whether counter-terrorism measures lead to violation of human rights. - Evaluating the effects of counter-terrorism measures in contributing to animosity between the religious affiliations i.e Muslims verses the rest of the world. - Analyzing the effects of the PATRIOTIC ACT with regards to violation of Liberty rights and its violation on the provisions of the US ...

Introduction

Mass culture is often used as an opposite term of high culture, and refers to a culture form that is linked to the contemporary society. An analogy of atomization is used in describing the mass culture, where it is argued that people relate like the atoms found in a compound. The culture covers the majority of people. It is also described and mostly related to globalizations since it is closely linked to the institutionalization of different processes and their different lifestyles. It has been resourceful since problems to deal with mass culture are at the moment being experienced in the society. ...

I do like to eat in fast food restaurants. They have a lot of advantages: the service is fast, so you do not have to wait for 20-40 minutes to get your meal, you can eat there during your lunch, or if you are in a hurry, you can also grab a meal to go, and in some of them you can order from your car. McDonald's is one of my favorite fast food restaurants, the prices are quite cheap there, and you always know that your meal will taste good. Usually I order Big Mac, this is my favorite burger, mostly ...

In the article Teacher Voice and Ownership of the Curriculum Change, Kirk and Macdonald outline an analysis of two curriculum reform projects known as the National Professional Development Program (NPDP) and Queensland Syllabus Project (QSP) which were undertaken during the course of 1993-1998 (Kirk & Macdonald, 2001). The study is focused on teacher’s rights of curriculum reform conducted on Health and Physical Education in Australia. This study was aimed at responding to four main questions which are mentioned below:-

“1. What are the challenges of large-scale reform?

2. What support, for instance, is required for teacher to engage ...

Cultural items become "glocal" when international items get introduced into a country, and the item becomes blended with the items of the new country, so as, to fit into the culture of the natives. For instance, America established McDonald's and following much success, the chain expanded at an international level to nations such as UK, Asia and China. Presently, McDonald operates in about 120 nations. The most amusing thing with this expansion is that McDonald serves different dishes in each of these nations. For instance, McDonald serves chicken, hamburgers and fish, in India, since the Indian natives considers beef sacred ( ...

Response to question 1

The condition is described by researchers as nine groups of hereditary disorders affecting muscle strength among articulating nerves. They are Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Becker muscular dystrophy; Congenital MD; Emery-Dreifuss MD; Facioscapulohumeral MD; Distal MD; Myotonic MD; Oculopharyngeal MD and Limb-girdle MD (Motlagh, MacDonald, Tarnoplosky, 2005) A progressive pathophysiology begins with muscle weakness that gets worse over time. Some types start in early childhood and are linked to the male gender. Contractures could develop; then loss of balance and coordination; wasting of the muscle which is replaced by fatty tissue in some cases; sclerosis; difficulty in walking; frequent falls; ...

Counter-Terrorism and Security Powers in the UK

Abstract This report is based on four submissions as below: Liberty (Robinson, 2010) submitted an 11-page document which refers to previous government approaches to this subject and expresses a number of serious concerns, most particularly that the current Prevent approach will cause isolation and disillusionment of many UK Muslims. Amnesty International’s 19-page submission (2010) finds a number of areas of concern regarding human rights erosions and lists several recommendations that the government could adopt to improve / correct the situation. In his 16-page document that was presented to Parliament in January 2011, Lord Macdonald (2011) referred ...

MCDONALD'S TWITTER CAMPAIGN AND H&M'S POTENTIAL COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

1. Introduction: Rhetoric strategies have evolved and so have rhetorical strategies over the digital media. This paper focuses on two cases which are the McDonald Case and the H$M case. These two cases are analyzed using the various Rhetorical strategies that are commonly used by authors. This includes the description strategy, compare and contract strategy, division strategy, argumentation, process analysis and the exemplification strategy. The content in each case provides a basis for this analysis, the first case is the McDonald campaign that backfired, this article narrates how a campaign by this company resulted into negative feedbacks and ...

The Macdonald’s case demonstrates the concept of strategy as defined in the text. From the case, a strategy is perceived to be a mix developed to enhance business growth, to attract, please and retain customers. Besides, it presents the ability to have a better competitive edge via successful competition in the market. Endless desire to achieve set objectives is also a recipe to strategic competitiveness. These however can only be achieved by reorganizing a business’ operations. Notable strategies employed by the Macdonald’s Cooperation revolve around cost leadership, differentiation and focus strategies. The case also provides a nice lead-in to discuss anticipated environmental changes ...

Americans and Japanese mingled very well in the second war leading to merging of culture in both sides. These affected the two types of food they ate and how the food was prepared. Japanese eating styles changed by the introduction of MacDonald. The company introduced a lot of food stuffs that was in Japan previously (Watson, 167). This led to the change in menus in restaurants and other social laces. The introduction of fast foods the Asia was a new thing that changed the style of preparing food from their traditional way of cooking. This led to hamburger becoming a Japanese traditional ...

Introduction

The McDonald Company has been in operation since 1955. A SWOT analysis of the operations of the company reveals that the company has several strengths and weaknesses. It has opportunities to take advantage of to make more profit. However it also faces several threats that it has to deal with. A SWOT analysis is the critical review of a firm’s external environment. Strategic companies carry out the analysis in order to come up with the best strategies that will assist in gaining a competitive edge.

Operational SWOT Analysis

The company is great in terms of service quality. In 2008, the company was ranked ...

McDonaldization concept was first put into application by Henry Ford in his assembly line so as to increase the production of automobiles. This concept was then later applied by George Ritzer to express sociological events in society. The concept is used to refer to the replacement of sensibly consistent rules for traditional or rather irrational rules. In other words McDonaldization is a rationalization process at acute levels. To be more specific, according to George Ritzer it is the process that has led to the principles of fast-food restaurant dominating most sectors of the American society and the entire world at ...

Executive Summary

McDonald’s, with its huge customer base and steadily increasing revenue, has proved the excellence of it operations management. Operations management can be defined as a long term strategy that shapes a company’s operations in such a way that it is aligned to organisational goals, market requirements and available resources. The objective of this paper is to delve through the effective operations management strategies of McDonald’s that have significantly contributed to its huge success. It studies the various the components of operations management and how effectively it has been utilised in McDonald’s. The corporation is the leader in ...

McDonald’s is the largest food service retailer of the fast food industry. Ray Kroc started the group of McDonald’s in the year 1955 in Illinois, United States. The company employs 444000 employees in 35429 restaurants located across 119 countries . A majority of the restaurants operated by McDonald’s belong to individual franchisees. The key factors that contributed to the success of McDonald’s are its suppliers and franchisees. Over 80 percent of the restaurants run by McDonald’s belong to the franchisees. McDonald’s has a market share of 57 percent . The company enforces the “Plan to Win” ...

Strategic Development and Challenges for McDonald’s

Strategy addresses the why and what of marketing activities. Marketing involves satisfying needs and wants of the customer. The task of any business is to deliver customer value while being socially responsible. In a highly competitive economy with increasingly intelligent buyers, a company can win only by fine tuning its value delivery process and providing superior value. In January 2011, McDonald’s announced that its earnings of fourth quarter in the previous year rose 2.1 percent despite of a slump in December due to extreme weather in U.S. and Europe. The analysts attributed the success of McDonald’s to the “Plan to ...

Introduction

McDonald’s is the leading chain of restaurants that was established in year 1967 by opening a very first fast food restaurant in Canada. Since then, McDonald’s showed a crucial growth in restaurant chains, spreading them in Germany, Japan, Australia, and UK. In these 40 years, McDonald’s has emerged as a leading fast food restaurant chain throughout the world. But from the last five quarters, this company is not gaining profit, which is questionable for its shareholders and managers. McDonald’s share is becoming sluggish since last 4 quarters and has a growth of only 7 percent (Peterson, 2014). This wasn’ ...

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: MCDONALD’S

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Application of the information systems is essential for the organizations in the modern business environment. It signifies the methods which can improve the operational efficiencies of the business and at the same time assist in innovating new practices which may differentiate and create a competitive edge for the business. Application and effective use has been analyzed in this report using the example of McDonalds which is a leading player in the fast food industry. Innovating new methods helps the businesses in sustaining the competition from the competitors and proposing new methods which enhance customer satisfaction. The use of ...

McDonald’s has come under sharp criticism lately due to our advertisements that are aimed at children. This public outcry highlights the ethical dilemma that is marketing to children and youth especially for products that are unhealthy. Seeing as McDonald’s is the world’s largest fast food chain with 34000 outlets worldwide (Simon), it is imperative that we ensure that all our advertisements are not only legal but also ethical. The negative publicity is hurting our company’s image and may lead to a decline in our profits which are currently at $ 27 billion annually (Simon).

Those in our marketing department believe that marketing to children is ethical because of the following reasons;

- There is ...

One fast food chain that can be considered as very successful in terms of doing business globally is McDonald’s. It operates in 119 countries with more than 34,000 locations worldwide and serving approximately 69 million customers each day.. The organizational structure of McDonald’s is designed to complement its worldwide operations. The operations of the company are divided into five geographical divisions namely United States, Europe, Asia/Pacific/Middle East/Africa, Latin America and Canada. One of the strategies being used by McDonald’s to increase its presence internationally is through franchising. Although McDonald’s grants franchises, they ...

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Abstract International business has gained popularity recently as it helps companies to expand their business and generate greater profits. The objective of this paper is to analyse a company’s global operations and its competencies. It also analyses impact of economic and political policies, use of technology and globalisation on firm’s performance. McDonald’s has been selected as a company for this analysis. The paper analyses the use of comparative advantage, economies of scale and differentiation strategy by the company to gain competitive advantage. It also discusses the impact of economic like trade restrictions and labour laws, and political ...

The Role of Marketing

Marketing is a managerial process where a customer’s requirements are identified, anticipated, and met in a manner which is profitable (Ferrell and Pride, 2010). Marketing functions to recognize the needs of the customers and setting in place systems in which their needs are met. Marketing is a function which must occur in synergy with other business functions to be successful (Ferrell and Pride, 2010). It is very important for businesses today to dedicate resources to marketing because the success of the business is pegged on the realization of its organizational objectives. Understanding consumer behavior can allow the company to be able to ...

Strategic Management Analysis

STRENGTHS: - Large Brand Name: McDonald’s is present in the market for the 50 years now, and is serving more than 50 million customers. This shows the bigness of the brand, and how long it has been serving the consumers. It is as a result of this customers trust McDonald’s and new products introduced under the umbrella of this brand are going to win the consumer’s trust.. - Largest fast food Company: McDonald’s has around thirty thousand retail outlets around the world. This has given McDonald’s a unique advantage in terms of economies of ...

McDonald’s Corporation is one of largest foodservice retailers in the world. The Company was established in 1940 and headquartered in the U.S, but following its internationalization strategy it has grown rapidly over the years. Besides, the Company has followed a unique business model, operating restaurant as an affiliate, a franchise, or the corporation itself. Currently, the company operates in more than 118 countries, running more than 35,000 native restaurants, serving millions of customers every day (McDonald’s, 2013). Arguably, the food industry is one of the most regulated industries, and more than often companies operating this industry tend to ...

McDonald’s has been consistently included in the top franchisors in the listing of Entrepreneur Magazine, Franchise Times Magazine, USA Today and Black Enterprise Magazine. Owning a McDonald’s franchise offers a good business opportunity for entrepreneurs because of the reputation of McDonald’s in the fast food industry and the support that they offer to their franchisees. As of 2013, McDonald’s has 12,628 franchise units in the U.S., 1,135 in Canada and 14,344 in other countries. On the other hand, it has 6,627 company-owned stores. These figures show that McDonald’s is indeed committed to ...

International Operations

McDonald’s global management strategies cover the many different organizational functions of operations, marketing, human resource management, finance, research, compliance and other aspects of management. Because of the size and complexity of operating in the international marketplace, these functions confound McDonalds with many different, complex and often inter-related issues. On top of these functionary requirements, the food chain gian also has to deal with external factors that complicate the situation such as a country’s culture and the legal and administrative framework that an international corporation must work with to be eligible to compete in that said market place. Thus a ...

Executive summary of the case

The case study starts with a brief history of Mc Donald’s; how it came into being. McDonald’s “competency center” in each country uses their acquired to knowledge to innovate and develop strategies for growth of the company. The case focuses on the company’s Switzerland strategy. In 2001, McDonald’s diversified into hotel industry in Switzerland by setting up two hotels in Zurich and Lully. The hotels were operated under the brand name of "Golden Arch Hotel”. They were positioned as 4 stared hotels that were highly modern and technologically advanced in terms of interiors of the hotel ( ...

McDonald’s

The McDonald’s Corporation or how we all are used calling it simply “McDonald’s” has grown into a multinational company, the world’s largest chain of fast food restaurants serving millions of people daily in over 100 countries of the world. So it may be hard to imagine that this “giant” has grown out from a small barbecue restaurant opened by Richard and Maurice McDonald in 1940 in San Bernardino, California. Later in 1948 their business concept was reorganized into a hamburger selling place very much close to what we know it is now. And in 1955 the business was purchased ...

McDonald’s I’m lovin’ it Marketing Campaign

Marketing environment and primary strategy of McDonald’s Today, McDonald’s is one of the biggest food chains in the world. It has its outlets in more than 122 countries and it has now become an iconic brand. This case deals with McDonald’s “I’m lovin’ it” marketing campaign, which proved to be a major turning point for the burger giant. Over the past several years, McDonald’s has posted consistent growth rates in spite of difficult market conditions. Analysts and experts credited this success of McDonald’s to their “Plan to Win” strategy, which was devised and ...

Advertising is a paid-for communication designed to persuade and influence the target customers about a product or service. Advertising is a strategic device created to arrest the public attention so that the prospective customers could be convinced about the utility of a certain product and service offering. Victorian era was the period when the form of modern advertising evolved. Thomas J Barratt is regarded as the father of modern advertising. It was he who by using slogans, phrases and images popularized the brand of Pears soap. His use of slogan like "Good Morning, have you used Pears soap?" initiated the custom of using ...