Analyze the technology used in three different restaurants

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Workbook: Bistro Technology*

Analyze the technology used in three different restaurants-McDonald's, Subway, and a typical family restaurant.

Visit all three restaurants and infer how the work is done, according to the following criteria.

You are not allowed to interview any employees, but instead you will be an observer. Take lots of notes when you are there.

	McDonald's	Subway	Family Restaurant
Organization goals: Speed, service, atmosphere, etc.
Authority structure
Type of technology using Woodward's model
Organization structure: Mechanistic or organic?
Team versus individual: Do people work together or alone?
Interdependence: How do employees depend on each other?
Tasks: Routine versus non routine
Specialization of tasks by employees
Standardization: How varied are tasks and products?
Expertise required: Technical versus social
Decision making: Centralized versus decentralized

Questions

1. Is the technology used the best one for each restaurant, considering its goals and environment?

2. From the preceding data, determine if the structure and other characteristics fit the technology.

3. If you were part of a consulting team assigned to improve the operations of each organization, what recommendations would you make?

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