The Founder 2016

LDRS 302 Assignment – The Founder 2016

In this team assignment, you will watch The Founder (2016), a movie that illustrates Scientific Management. The link is https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/efe30d79-de48-44f6-8afe-4340c9677237. Please note that you will need your TWU email address (@mytwu.ca) to access the video.

Please keep in mind the following:

• Who was the founder of McDonald's? How did he manipulate his way to this position?

• How did the original McDonald's restaurant practice scientific management?

• What is your group's takeaway from how McDonald's was started?

• How is scientific management practiced in McDonald's today?

Assignment Guidelines

• Your team will produce a PowerPoint for this presentation (at least five slides for each presenter).

• Each team member is allotted five minutes for their presentation.

• It will be timed, and there will be an allowance of fifteen seconds for each presenter. One percent will be deducted for every two seconds over and under the time limit.

• Your team is expected to answer all these questions. Topics that are not covered will have to be addressed in the Q&A session.

• You will have the opportunity to evaluate your teammates.

• Your speaking notes must accompany the PowerPoint slides, but you are not to read off them.

• Reference page(s) must accompany your PowerPoint.

Due Date

• Please check your Course Syllabus for the due date.

• A copy of your PowerPoint must be uploaded in the Moodle Assignment Dropbox the evening before the presentation.

P.S. Please remember that this university takes academic misconduct seriously. The instructor will review all suspected cases of academic dishonesty per Trinity Western University's Procedures for dealing with Acts of Academic Dishonesty. Students are reminded to review Trinity Western University's Policy on Academic Dishonesty. A copy can be found in the "Course Resources" section in Moodle.