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1. What opportunities and threats did McDonald’s face? How did it handle them? What alternatives could it have chosen? 2. Before McDonald’s entered the European market, few people believed that fast food could be successful in Europe. Why do you think McDonald’s succeeded? What strategies did it follow? How did these differ from its strategies in Asia? 3. What is McDonald’s basic philosophy? How does it enforce this philosophy and adapt to different environments? 4. Why is McDonald’s successful in many countries around the world? 1. Why was VW so successful in China while other companies failed? 2. What would you recommend to Shanghai VW to remain successful in the future? 3. Was it wise of VW AG in Germany to share its latest engine technology with the Chinese? 1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a hands-off, decentralized management approach? 2. How can Daewoo stay competitive with the Japanese? 3. What are some of the controllable and uncontrollable factors in this case? How should Mr. Kim respond to those factors? 4. What do you think of Daewoo’s expansion into central Europe? What are the advantages and risks for the company? 5. Why do you think GM acquired the company, while Ford did not? 1. Do you think it is ethical to engage in restructuring and delayering resulting in massive reduction of positions? 2. How would you feel if you were the boss in the “workout” sessions being asked to leave the meeting while your subordinates discuss problems and suggest solutions to which you have to say “yes,” “no,” or “require further study”? 3. Why would other companies agree to study their “best practices”? 4. What do you think of evaluating the performance of managers not only on the achievement of results, but also on the degree to which they share the organizational values? 5. How would you feel of setting unrealistic (stretch)

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