Unit 1, Assessment 3 – P4, Explain how their style of organisation helps them to fulfil their purpose
In this document I shall be investigating my chosen business, McDonalds and Argos, I shall be looking into how their style of internal organisation helps them to achieve their aims and objectives. I will also identify how the different departments in the company work together, and how they have developed overtime with the growth of the company.
McDonalds is one of the biggest fast-food chains in the world, they have been running since 1974 and currently operate around 1,200 restaurants in Britain and Ireland alone. On their website they express their interest in serving quality food that their customers can trust. However, they do go on to discuss about how highly they prioritise their relationship with suppliers, franchisees and employees. They also talk about how they are firm supporters in British Agriculture, and choosing to use only British suppliers in their restaurants in Britain. They employ over 91,000 employees in their restaurants and invest over £40 million a year into training and development of staff.
Because McDonalds is such a big business, they have many different parts and departments, such as accounting, marketing, operations and human resources. We know that this type of structure is working for McDonalds because of all their success in the past years. McDonalds has been producing a revenue of over $25 billion for the past 5 years, which is an incredible amount for any business around the world. This means that the business has managed to link all departments together in their business, which then allows them to work efficiently throughout the business and get all the work done that is needed to. This once again shows that the business is suited to and needs a hierarchy structure to get the business to work smoothly and to co-operate well with