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Internal Issues<br />

Organizational Structure<br />

MCD’s top leadership has seen some turnover recently. The position of controller stands vacant,<br />

and the McDonald’s USA group currently includes new executives to head its East and West<br />

Divisions. Exhibit 3 provides a list of MCD’s top leadership as well as the firm’s organizational<br />

chart.<br />

Note that MCD’s operations are organized into a geographical structure with four key segments.<br />

These four segments are (1) McDonald’s—USA, (2) McDonald’s—Europe, (3) McDonald’s—<br />

APMEA (Asia/Pacific, Middle East, and Africa), and (4) McDonald’s—Other Countries and<br />

Corporate.<br />

Finances<br />

In addition to the steady growth in the number of restaurants, MCD exhibited strong financial performance<br />

by geographic segment between 2008 and 2009, even as the worldwide economic crisis<br />

negatively impacted MCD’s key competitors. As shown in Exhibit 4, revenues and operating margins<br />

in the three key segments (United States, Europe, and APMEA) rose steadily in 2006 through<br />

2008, offsetting declines in the “Other and Corporate” segment.<br />

MCD delivers consistently good performance, making it a darling for investors. In April 2009,<br />

major industry analysts rated MCD as a “buy,” suggesting low levels of risk for investors. MCD’s<br />

EXHIBIT 3 McDonald’s Corporation: Executive Officers and Organizational Chart<br />

Jeffrey P.<br />

Stratton,<br />

Executive Vice<br />

President–<br />

Chief<br />

Restaurant<br />

Officer<br />

Gloria Santona,<br />

Corporate<br />

Executive<br />

Vice President,<br />

General<br />

Counsel, and<br />

Secretary<br />

Jose Armario,<br />

Group President-<br />

McDonalds Canada<br />

and Latin America<br />

Jim Johanessen,<br />

President,<br />

Central Division<br />

for McDonald’s<br />

USA<br />

James A. Skinner,<br />

Vice Chairman and<br />

Chief Executive<br />

Officer<br />

Richard<br />

Floersch,<br />

Executive Vice<br />

President and<br />

Chief Human<br />

Resources<br />

Officer<br />

Source: http:/www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/our_company/bios.html<br />

Timothy J. Fenton,<br />

President,<br />

McDonald’s<br />

Asia/Pacific, Middle<br />

East and Africa<br />

Karen King,<br />

East Division for<br />

McDonald’s<br />

USA<br />

Ralph Alvarez,<br />

President and<br />

Chief<br />

Operating<br />

Officer<br />

Peter J. Bensen,<br />

Executive Vice<br />

President and<br />

Chief Financial<br />

Officer<br />

Janice Fields,<br />

Executive Vice<br />

President and Chief<br />

Operating Officer,<br />

McDonald’s USA<br />

Steve Plotkin,<br />

West Division for<br />

McDonald’s USA<br />

THE COHESION CASE 29<br />

Mary N. Dillon,<br />

Corporate<br />

Executive Vice<br />

President &<br />

Global Chief<br />

Marketing<br />

Officer<br />

Denis Hennequin,<br />

President of<br />

McDonald’s Europe<br />

Donald Thompson,<br />

President of<br />

McDonald’s USA

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