ADMS 1000 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Mary Parker Follett, Chester Barnard, Cash Register

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 1000
• Professor: Eytan Lasry

Document Summary

Mcdonald"s is known as one of the most successful fast-food restaurants because of its many locations around the world and its ever increasing fanbase. Mcdonald"s worldwide success is the company"s method to managing each restaurant which includes both classical and behavioural approaches. Under the classical approach, mcdonald"s uses different concepts from scientific management, administrative management, and bureaucratic management. According to the article1, it was stated that the ceo of mcdonald"s corporation was watching as the line cooks prepared the food. This statement reveals the perspective of supervising the workers under scientific management. According to administrative management, the concepts of division of work, and unity of command are subject to mcdonald"s classical approach. Firstly, the division of work can be seen within any mcdonald"s restaurant as soon as you enter. There are certain workers at the cash register, drive through, and in the kitchen which reveals how the work has been divided into simple components which are assigned to workers.