Overview
The objective of the report is to convey the information gathered about strategies and plans used by Mcdonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). This report starts out with a brief introduction allocated to each of the company. Initially, we begin by explaining the planning strategies used by Mcdonald’s and KFC and then compare the plans against each other. After that, we briefly explained the importance of planning for both the companies. Following that, we explained and compared the leadership behaviour of both company’s CEO and the types of power he uses to influence others and the organisational results. We then described the 5 Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs for both the companies and suggested how the CEO can further motivate his people. Lastly, we defined the managerial roles played by the CEOs and did a final comparison based on these
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Participative style is where the leader and the subordinates shares their views and opinions in decision making process. This can be seen in Roger Eaton where he provides group of interactive sessions and open conversations. This is to enhance open communication and give employees the opportunity to express concerns and their ideas.
Comparison:
Steve Easterbrook, CEO of Mcdonald’s, adopts the selling style. Steve believes in managing the people in his company by using both directive and supportive behaviour. He displays his supportive behaviour towards his employees by motivating them to further increase their self-confidence level. In addition to this, he also shows directive behaviour by paying attention to his employees and make sure they carry out tasks correctly and under supervision.
Roger Eaton on the other hand adopts a participative style. He entrusts tasks to his employees and involves them in decision-making process for KFC and encourages them to delegate other employees to get things done instead of him supervising everyone all the
• Using a participative style with a team who know their job. The leader knows the problem, but does not have all the information. The employees know their jobs and want to actively be part of the team.
McDonalds and Chick-fil-A offer similar menu items, such as chicken sandwiches, chicken wraps, and chicken nuggets. While McDonalds’ chicken McNuggets and Chick-fil-A’s nuggets both claim to be chicken they differ in various ways such as the appearance, the actual meat inside and, in price. The appearance of food is what draws the buyer’s attention. The chicken McNuggets are tan brown and all similar in shape, looking like a bell or a boot. Chick-fil-A’s chicken nuggets come in different shapes depending on how they are breaded, and they are fried until golden brown. While what the food looks like it important, it also matters what is inside of it. Biting into McDonalds’ McNuggets looks like mashed up chicken stuffed inside a tan brown shell.
About everyone at some age, at some point or another, and in some country has gotten a sample of American's symbol for fast food through the golden arches of McDonald's. This report will attempt to analyze the external and internal sectors that affect the company's success. The external analysis will provide opportunities and threats while the internal analysis will show indicators of strength and weakness. It will then follow up with critical issues, strategic alternatives, recommendations and implementation. The case studied is found in Appendix 2 of Mary Coulter's "Strategic Management in Action" book.
He challenges the employees and encourages them and creates a dynamic environment which motivates them to always work hard. (Dreamforce 2012) He believes to never second guess the person he delegate and the importance of the freedom to make mistakes. He wants to motivate them to be entrepreneurial and ready for their next venture.
Their food seems to be the same, but it isn’t. On one hand, McDonald’s hamburger weighs less and has only 9g of total fat, while Burger King’s hamburger has 12g and they have a saltier taste. On the other hand, Burger King’s beef are 100% pure and they flame-boils their burgers, while McDonald’s fries their beef. That’s why they taste different. Concern at cost, McDonald’s simple burger is lower at $0.89 while Burger King’s has their simple burger at $0.99.
In what ways does Trader Joe’s demonstrate the importance of each responsibility in the management process- planning, organizing, leading and controlling? They have created their own University for future leaders. By controlling who they promote, only within the company, and planning room for advancement from the day you become an employee shows the value they take in their staff. For example, imagine you start as a cashier and it’s your first day on the job. It can bring great comfort knowing that your manager started in exactly the same role. Not only provides management with the ability to relate to their employees but also the employees to look to the manager’s leadership and mentoring for success.
In participative leadership, the leader of a group usually makes the final decisions, but only after consulting other team members for their input. Team members are inspired and motivated by this type of leadership which helps the leader’s decisions to be more widely accepted and adopted by the members (Reilly, 2011). In 1978, James Burns wrote a book about leadership styles in which he described the participative leader style as a type of
McDonald’s and Google are two of the biggest well known companies that I have decided to research and write about. Why are they so successful and how did they manage to stay in business for such a long period of time? Management, is definitely one of the key points to their success. The purpose of this essay is to show the similarities and the differences between two management perspectives in which both companies are using and that has been around for generations. In this essay, I will describe how and and why my examples illustrate the classical and humanistic approach. This essay will begin with an overview of the importance of classical and humanistic
It’s interesting how so many people manage companies and nobody seems to be doing it exactly the same. John Clendenin is a great example. Hers a quote by one of his employees that explains his management style, “He throws you into the ocean and he will let you swim around until you go under and then he will grab you and pull you back.” The thing about him is, he is very team orientated. A quote by Clendenin from the book is, “We can accomplish amazing things when we pull together as a team.” He pushes his team to grow and he lets them do so, until they fail so then he steps in. He also overlapped job responsibilities, which again pushed for that team environment. One of his superiors called him “forthright.” He pushed his superiors to
McDonalds (McD’s) and Burger King (BK) are key players in the fast food industry and have been competing for many years. They both provide similar food that is prepared quickly for a low price. So what sets them apart? The difference between McD’s and BK is their corporate culture – operational management. The manufacturing method at McD’s follows the “Doing It All For You” versus “Having It Your Way” at BK.
I regard myself a participative leader. In the words of DuBrin (2008, p.348), "a participative leader is the one who shares decision making with group members." In the past, I have held various leadership positions. During those brief stints as a leader, I have found it prudent to consult widely before making decisions. In my opinion, it is by consulting widely that we make the most viable decisions. It is also by consulting widely that we motivate others to achieve set goals (Pride, Hughes, and Kapoor, 2011).
McDonald’s is one of the world’s biggest and well-known fast food restaurant in the world with about 40,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries. It started in 1954 when Ray Kroc comes across in a small restaurant in California that was owned by brothers ‘’Dick and Mac McDonald’’, and decided to buy it. He started off small and opened his first restaurant in Illinois. Years later he bought the rights to the name McDonald’s. McDonald’s continues to expand their franchise business all over the world including the Philippines. It was in 1981 that George T. Yang a Filipino-Chinese businessman opened the first McDonald’s restaurant in Morayta, Manila. McDonald’s wants to bring its food closer to every Filipino and they decided to open more restaurants. Now McDonald's is one of the leading fast-food chains in the Philippines with more than 500 restaurants. American McDonalds and Philippine McDonald’s working closely together in achieving high quality and value of their restaurant, but they do have differences in some aspect.
The central thesis of this paper examines the organizational structures of McDonalds, Burger King, and Wendy’s food restaurants. It will examine the comparison and contrast of the organizational structure of McDonalds with Burger King, and Wendy’s Corporations. What functions influence McDonalds, and explains how the organizational design helps determine the structure that best suits McDonalds needs, as a business.
The key strengths of participative leadership style are increased productivity and job satisfaction. When employees are afforded an opportunity to be involved in the organization’s decision making process, they are likely to develop a strong sense of commitment to the organization as well as increase their performance. Job satisfaction is another key strength of this leadership style. Most employees display high levels of job satisfaction when they notice their suggestions and/or recommendations are taken seriously and in some instances implemented within the organization. Additionally, this
McDonald’s is one of the biggest companies in the world with restaurants in 119 countries and it has accomplished this extraordinary global presence through its effective management practices. McDonald’s uses a combination of Fredrik Taylor’s scientific management, Max Weber’s hierarchical structure, and Henri Fayol’s administrative principles to run its restaurants. McDonald’s has become a mechanistic organization by making its restaurant environment predictable. McDonald’s has developed set management structure and a predetermined set of procedures for running its restaurants. As a result, McDonald’s has come to resemble a machine where employees are like components of the big McDonald’s machine.