Question Case Assignment Write a 3- to 4-page paper, answering the following question:

26 May Question Case Assignment Write a 3- to 4-page paper, answering the following question:

Question
Case Assignment

Write a 3- to 4-page paper, answering the following question:

· What functions of management has McDonald’s leadership used, and continue to use in order to remain the most profitable fast food restaurant in the world?

SLP Assignment Expectations
Select an organization or company that you know very well, maybe where you work or where you used to work. During the SLPS you are going to analyze this organization.

Write a brief summary explaining how your organization uses the four functions of management, of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.

As a reminder:

· Planning

o During this process, organizations develop visions, goals, and objectives. They select strategies to reach their vision and meet goals and objectives.

· Organizing

o During this stage, organizations select organization design and structures that enable them to implement strategies.

· Leading

o This process refers to leadership, meaning the styles leaders use to fulfill their functions.

· Controlling

o This process monitors if strategies are on track and deadlines are met.

Be sure to study the Background materials.

Apply the functions of management to facts about your organization. Support your statements with facts.

Please use thePaper Format, for all SLPs.

Please do your best to format your essay according to APA formatting requirements. Here is a good information source to help you with that: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

There is an Introduction (providing a roadmap to the paper), A Main Body with subsections (one subsection per question), Conclusions (summary) and a List of References.

Please use titles and headings per each section and subsection.

The recommended Outline:

Please remember that a paper has anIntroduction(road map of main points),Main Body(subsections where each main point is developed and argued),Conclusions(summary of main points of the paper),List References. Please use headings and titles.

Introduction

Main Body:

· Planning

· Organizing

· Leading

· Controlling

Conclusions

List of References

Module2

Case Assignment
Write a 3- to 4-page paper answering this question:

· How has Starbucks managed to come to its current position with respect to record earnings? Please answer the question in the context of a SWOT analysis. If yes, what strategies does he need to implement successfully? If Not, which are the reasons?

Any answer is correct but needs to be well argued.

Helpful Hints:

· Read the Background materials in depth.

· Read both articles

· Analyze the current situation using the SWOT framework.

1. Environment such as economy trends overall industry

2. Competition (other players and newcomers)

3. Strengths (company strength such as customer base, brand etc.)

4. Weaknesses (premium pricing, saturation, etc.)

· Given the environment (threats and opportunities) and company (strengths and weaknesses) can S reach 23 B?

· Make the decision of Yes or No based on results of your analysis.

· Identify facts in the case that match concepts of strategic planning (vision, goals, strategies) and relate them.

· Apply these concepts to facts in the case in order to develop your arguments.

· Format: Introduction; Main Body: SWOT (each item a separate section), Discussion (Yes and how; or No and why); Conclusions

SLP Assignment Expectations
Write a 1- to 3-page paper focusing on theFunction of Planningat the Organization you selected.

Please first make sure to read the Background Materials and apply them to your selected organization.

Brief Reminder

The planning stage sets the directions and selects means to meet them.

· Leadership develops the vision that generates goals and objectives.

· The company performs external and internal analysis in order to determine strengths and weaknesses, as well as opportunities and threats. Examples are SWOT (which we apply in the case) and PEST analysis.

SWOT: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats.PEST: Political, Economic, Social, Technological

· Strategies (such as business ones, functional ones (marketing, operations, human resources, etc), and corporate ones (restructuring, alliances, mergers, etc) are selected.

Helpful Hints

The paper should use the Paper Format

Please do your best to format your essay according to APA formatting requirements. Here is a good information source to help you with that: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

Recommended Outline:

Introduction

· Main Body with Subsections

· Vision, Goals, Objectives

· Brief Analysis (if applicable)

· Selected Strategies

Conclusions

List of references

There is an Introduction (providing a roadmap to the paper), A Main Body with subsections (one subsection per strategy, Conclusions (summary) and a List of References.

Please use titles and headings per each section and subsection.

Module 3