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Write a 1 page essay on Global Environment/ labor (Strategic Management).

One way of deciding what to outsource and what not to outsource, McDonald’s could have used Outsourcing Decision Matrix. According to this matric an organization should never outsource those jobs that have a major impact on the operations and smooth running of the business (Hassanien, 2013). Fries is one of the most important part of the meals that McDonald’s offers to its customers. It is served independently as well as along with the burgers that are being sold by the company. Therefore they have a major impact on the operations of McDonald’s in Japan. Due to this McDonald’s should have allowed the production of fries to take place within Japan instead of outsourcing the job to US. Furthermore, while outsourcing an organization should never depend on one supplier (Trent, 2010). It should always have more than one supplier so the organization does not end up without supply if an unknown event takes place. In case of McDonald’s, the company could have opted to purchase or manufacture fries in US and Japan and if the supply from any one of the supplier would have stopped, the company could always depend on the other