Training at McDonalds is an integral part of the company's management program. In fact, McDonalds regards management training as so important that they actually created "Hamburger University" wherein managers and possible franchisees learn "The Basics of McDonald's Operations". Hamburger University was created by McDonalds Corporation in order to instruct their employees or personnel employed by McDonald's Independent Franchisees in every aspect of the business. Some of the characteristics of the global training plan at McDonalds …showed first 75 words of 484 total…

…showed last 75 words of 484 total…program a keen edge over many of it's competitors. That coupled with the popularity of the McDonalds name and the various community assistance programs that the Corporation participates in makes McDonalds a very successful international business. The fact that they have "Hamburger Universities" located in key areas around the world, allows them to cut the costs of training their personnel while still maintaining the standard "smiling faces" that people have come to associate with McDonalds.