Panda Express is the largest casual fast food chain company, which serves American Chinese cuisine mostly in the United States. It operated since 1983 when the first store was open at Glendale, California. After running the company for almost 33 years, Panda Express has expanded and developed over 1,800 stores spread throughout the world and employs 26,000 people at the moment. Last year, the company reached $2.2 billion in revenue, which is doubling in just four years (Pierson, 2015). The company is known as the most successful and dominant fast food chain in the world. One of the reasons behind the success of Panda Express are the employees. The company maintains a low percentage of employee turnover by giving them training and development …show more content…
Quoted by John Berman in the ABC News article Panda Express: Self-Help Courses and Zumba are Recipe for Success?, Cherng said "When you do life a certain way, it's bound to give you a higher level of probability to succeed and that's what we preach." (Berman, 2011) Therefore, he developed mandatory action plans for all employees, whom he named “The Panda Way”, it includes continuous learning, leading a healthy lifestyle, developing other people, advancing oneself, and acknowledging others (Smith, 2013). He believes that Panda is not only a place where the employees are taught to do a better job at work, but also a better job in their …show more content…
I would recommend Panda Express to give a case study for those applicants or participants that apply to be a manager. Giving applicants a narrative description of a real situation that depict problems that often occur in their employment would definitely help Human Resource Department to pick the right person. The participants could come up with various solutions or decisions that solve or match the situations. By doing this, Panda can see the analytical, problem solving skills of each
We will be organising some tests and exercises, interviews and group interviews to see how people work together there will be attitude test, interest’s tests, and personality tests the objective of this will be to make sure we fill the roles with the rightly skilled
Organizations are growing in size each and every day, which in turn creates a high demand for employees. This outcome, however, needs a systematic approach to determine the right employee for the right position. The process has become so large that organizations need specialized help from Human Resource Management (HRM) departments to ensure that the requirements of the position are met. Therefore, the HRM department provides the function of job analysis in order to select the right individual for the position. "Job analysis is a complex and vital part of every HRM program, as well as an important systematic process used within an organization to determine future members of the workforce." Job analysis
Players can also benefit by being added to the Loyal Panda program that enables them to earn points for playing real-money games. The Loyal Panda Points can be redeemed when selecting various gifts that are found in the Loyal Panda shop. There are 4 different levels. As the level increases so do the benefits that are associated with it. The Loyal Panda Program is designed to reward the player's every action
Learning Outcome 1: Understand key contemporary business issues affecting the HR function within private, public and third sector organisations.
It makes great business sense for the CEO to prioritize self-improvement for employees. This is a smart move to coach employees in performing citizenship behavior on the job. Organizational citizenship behavior benefits the entire company by employees supporting and defending the company actions, working to improve operations and being loyal to the company (Colquitt, Lepine, & Wesson, 2013, p. 39). Satisfied employees will
In this case, an analysis of the outputs for Whole Foods Market was performed. As with the previous case in regards to inputs, the purpose of this analysis is to determine the company’s outputs, how they interact, and how they help Whole Foods achieve their company goals. As such, determining the outputs, understanding how they are measured, and analyzing the congruency between the functions are imperative to determining how they fit into the organization.
When you order your meal, the side fills up half of the plate. Then, you have the three items as your entrées which each take up a quarter of the plate. A burger can be eaten in minutes while a full plate at Panda Express takes time to eat leaving you with time to enjoy the delicious flavors, freshness, and quality of your meal. You have a plethora of food to choose from as your main course. With all this amount of food, one meal is perfect for those who do sports and build up monstrous appetites, as one example. And if you can’t finish all that food, you have plenty for left-overs. For the small amount you pay, you buy an excellent meal that will fill you up for hours.
As a human resources manager, the primary task is to ensure that only the best candidates are called for interview. In essence, academic credentials are not enough to determine a candidate’s suitability. During the interview, it is important to ensure that the applicant has required skills to meet the firm’s objectives. For example, a given person might have the best academic qualifications as per the job’s description but lack other important aspects such as ability to work in the team and good communication skills. During the interview, such traits should be noted to disqualify applicants who cannot meet fundamental requirements of a team player.
To explain the how the fast food industry affects the lives of it’s employees, I have prepared a set of questions to ask employees who have a fundamental experience of working in the fast food industry (appendix[i]). I also have a similar set of questions to ask people who have never worked in the fast food industry (appendix[ii]).
Anther HR issue the article may be helpful for is defining why a manager is important. Some industries are struggling with
China’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has seen positive growth every year since 1976, when their growth was -1.6%. In 2015, China’s GDP grew by 6.9% and so far, each quarter in 2016 has seen 6.7% growth. These numbers are actually China’s worst growth rates since 1990, when GDP only rose by 3.8%. China has actually held the position of the world’s second largest economy since 2009, right behind the United States. With China boasting the largest population in the world — 1.357 billion as of 2013 — the market holds a lot of opportunity for the fast food industry. In particular, meat consumption is at an all time high. China is growing increasingly dependent on imports in order to keep up with the demand. This generates the perfect opportunity for fast food chains to enter the market and feed the growing masses.
Giant Pandas are mammals that belong to the bear family and they have very special characteristics, which can be easily recognized. Pandas have a thick layer of black and white fur on their skin that feels like wool; it protects from the cold during winter in the cool forest of their habitat in south central of China . Panda bears are classified as carnivorous in terms of categorization, even though their food source is entirely bamboo. It is reasonable to infer this as they have well-developed large sharp canine teeth and strong agile claws for crushing tough bamboo and to protect themselves in the wild6. Though Giant Pandas are charmingly placid and gentle when calm, they can also be dangerous. Pandas are not docile, they were born to be fresh meat eaters, and fight if provoked. Pandas are not afraid to face strong animals; there are very few natural enemies that can threaten them. Animals such as Jackals, Leopards and the Yellow-throated Martens are usually the ones that and capture and harm baby Pandas , when they’re weak and helpless. This is also reflected in the movie “Kung Fu Panda” to educate young children on animals in wild. In the plot of the movie, Kung Fu Panda’s enemy is a highly endangered species (snow leopard). The main reason they became enemies is attributed to their requirement for similar habitat7. This research begs the question:
The interviews and screening process must address management background. They must also demonstrate motivation to grow and learn on the job. Less attention show be paid to existing relationships for this new hiring strategy to work
(Lawler) Around the 1990s, along with the advent of ‘talent management’ came the view that human resources (HR) can and should add more value to corporations. In a competitive marketplace, talent management is a primary driver for organizational success. Broadly defined, talent management is the implementation of integrated strategies or systems designed to increase workplace productivity by developing improved processes for attracting, developing, retaining and utilizing people with the required skills and aptitude to meet current and future business needs. (SHRM Glossary)
Secondly, human resource is an important aspect of business; most of organizations nowadays view people as their most valuable resources. In fact, the part that intrigued me was the challenges derived from the changes in function and structure of HR department. HR is becoming a need for every aspects of day-to-day management, and job-seekers would find their jobs require more of generalists with more skills and competencies to perform multi-tasking (Larsen & Brewster 2003). Those are challenges as well as potential, on which you could learn and develop yourself.