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Victoria Smith, Chris Lee, Brittany McMillan, Jordan Allen
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What is McDonaldization?McDonaldization is the process in which a
company starts to model themselves after McDonald’s. They do everything in a precise way and work accordingly to a specific set of standards.
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EfficiencyEfficiency- Functioning in the best possible way with
very little to know waste of time and or effort.
A hypermarketEx. Tire & Lube Express, Pharmacy, Optical Centre,
Cell phone stores, etc.
Their mission: complete any needed tasks without leaving the store
Multiple Check-out lanes & departments
Energy efficiency
Water Conserving Sinks
How does this relate to McDonaldization?
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CalculabilityCalculability-This is the aspect of a McDonalized
company that says products are produced and sold according to a particular set of standards.
Clothes
Groceries
Electronics
Garden
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PredictabilityPredictability- what you can expect to see in every
Walmart
Express Lanes
Prices
Different smaller businesses within Walmart itself
Open 24/7
How does this relate to McDonaldization?
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ControlControl- Putting restraint on the direction in
which the company takesHeat and air conditioning controlled by
Tennessee.Wal-Mart has control over their customers
because they decide what products they are going to sell and carry in their stores
Wal-Mart has control over their employees due to the fact there is no union.
Wal-Mart even has control over other countries who are making the products. When they lower prices here, they lower working wages somewhere else.
How does this relate to McDonaldization?
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How to deal with McDonaldization in Walmart
Walmart should work accordingly to a set of rules and standards that they devise themselves. This would back away from a McDonald’s type of system.
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Rational or Irrational? That is the question.Walmart is irrational and rational.
Self-checkout and hypermarket system are examples how Walmart is irrational.
Although, Walmart is rational because they match prices, have a common goal of a prosperous business, and are dependable to customers.
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The End! “When you play, play hard. When you work, don’t play at all”-Theodore Roosevelt