Thursday, October 15, 2009

McDonald's Hamburger University Tradition

In today's rapidly changing world, taking such an important part in business either as an individual or as a company is getting harder. Also, such a harsh competition forces people to become more concerned their career and how they try to reach their dream jobs.

Although there is no such a certain way to figure out how to become a professional in an area, there is one sure thing that big multinational corporations have already figured out; it is training, and job education, whatever your position is, covering a wide area from line to top managers of a company.

From this point of view, McDonalds has started the education related to the job to be a professional worker in all kinds of positions. It is called Hamburger University, established in 1961, and located in Oak Brook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. This corporate university was designed to instruct personnel employed by McDonald's in the various aspects of the business, and so far it has given around 70,000 graduates. Moreover, many people might think that it is not a real university, but the answer "yes, it is". Also, it is an international university spread around the world to educate and certificate those who are most likely going to take a professional position for the company after graduation.

The most important reason why I wanted to write about the subject is laid under what the founder of McDonals, Ray Kroc says, "If we are going to go anywhere, we’ve got to have talent. And, I’m going to put my money in talent." Therefore, we can easily see that the company takes its workers, their efficiency and directly the company's effectiveness as the first requirement in such a diversified work environment which the company has been aiming for a long time.

If you would like to get more information, please check this webpage out and there is a funny Hamburger University commercial which I would like you to see.


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