Select a place that you visit (e.g., Tim Horton’s) and/or perhaps work at and identify the elements of McDonaldization (below) that you find in their bureaucratic organizational structure. The point of this activity is to show how formal organizations that were perfected as far back as 1913 with the Ford assembly line (Links https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fords-assembly-line-starts-rolling)crept into the fast-food industry in the 1950s and now into all aspects of our lives in modern times (including the school you currently attend). McDonaldization: Efficiency entails a managerial focus on minimizing the time required to complete individual tasks as well as that required to complete the whole operation or process of production and distribution. Quantification is a focus on quantifiable objectives (counting things) rather than subjective ones (evaluation of quality). Predictability is found in repetitive and routinized production or service delivery processes and in the consistent output of products or experiences that are identical or close to it (predictability of the consumer experience). Control within McDonaldization is wielded by the management to ensure that workers appear and act the same on a moment-to-moment and daily basis. It also refers to the use of robots and technology to reduce or replace human employees wherever possible .https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fords-assembly-line-starts-rolling