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For my business course, I have been asked to prepare a report for a

business at work. I could choose any business to investigate. I

decided to do McDonalds because it is globally recognised and of its

size. Also because it is a franchise I thought that it would be

interesting to see how a franchise operated. The tasks that I need to

complete are, explain the ownership of my chosen business and the

advantages and disadvantages to this, the objectives the business sets

for it self, how it meets these objectives and is it successful in

meeting these. Look at the departments within the business and the

functional areas within each of these departments. Look at the

different management styles within the business, looking at the

organisational structure, the communication used within the business,

the impact of ICT on the organisations communications, and the price

of the product that the business sells and how they set this price.

For my extension piece, if I chose to do it, I have to look at other

ways in which objectives can be met and show how a change in structure

or functions to achieve the objectives with the alternative

approaches.

I got all the information on McDonalds from their various websites

around the world; this included the UK, Australia and principally the

American website. I also phoned McDonalds UK and requested a student

information pack. All information is from 2000 unless otherwise

stated.

2.0 Background Information

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McDonalds was the brainchild of two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald.

They dreamt of owning a small chain of moderately successful burger

...

... middle of paper ...

...ld lose a

substantial amount of money after paying compensation.

10.1 Quality Control

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Quality control is the process of checking the products at various

stages of production to ensure that nothing has gone wrong.

Traditionally, this was carried out by a sole quality controller, now

more and more businesses are installing key points along key points of

the production and asking staff members to check the products at these

points.

11.0 Bibliography

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1. www.mcdonalds.com

2. www.mcdonalds.co.uk

3. www.185red.com/docs/video_passe.pdf

4. http://nimbus.ocis.temple.edu/~ychoi/mcdonald.html

5. www.bized.ac.uk

6. McDonalds Education Service- Fact File 1998 and 2000

7. Hodder Vocational A-Level- Business

8. The Times 100- Edition 6

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