Victoria Smith, Chris Lee, Brittany McMillan, Jordan Allen

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.

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?

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

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?

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?

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.

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.

The End! “When you play, play hard. When you work, don’t play at all”-Theodore Roosevelt