What were the three major points you learned and why did those points resonate with you? Explain.

(p.130), Good Food Case, and Old Housekeeper Case (Home/Week 7/Canvas) and answer on the following questions for EACH case: What are the symptoms indicating on the case problem(s)? What is the root of the problem? What is your recommended solution? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the solution strategy? Read “How Chipotle CEO Brian […]

How can managers at Chipotle respond in an attempt to counteract/defeat this customer bias

What aspects of Chipotle’s business model do you think need immediate attention? Explain. Just like managers have biases when making decisions about running an organization, customers also have biases when making decisions about making a purchase. Therefore, one may assert that managers should consider potential customer biases when they engage in strategic planning. The author […]

Why after the first change in food handling procedures, did Chipotle face another contamination? What went wrong a second time and why does this keep occurring until today?

Chipotles Poor-Decision making In Food Safety Describe the food handling processes and procedures for employees. When was the first food contamination, what was it and how many people are getting sick? What was Chipotle’s food handling procedures before the first contamination? What decisions were made to change this? Why after the first change in food […]

What were the problems with Chipotle’s initial response to the crisis?

Risk Management – Chipotle 1. What happened? What are the underlying causes of the event(s)? 2. What is the likely impact of the event(s) on Chipotle? 3. What positive actions were taken by Chipotle? 4. What were the problems with Chipotle’s initial response to the crisis? 5. What other actions would you take?

Discuss Why is it important for Chipotle to revise the company’s food-handling standards? Which controls would be more important to Chipotle—feedforward, concurrent, or feedback? Explain. How can Chipotle make sure that employees are following the new food handling standards? What are some measures of organizational performance that Chipotle management should use?

read “Case Application 1: The Challenge of “Healthy” Fast-Food” on pages 622-623 of your text and answer the following: Why is it important for Chipotle to revise the company’s food-handling standards? Which controls would be more important to Chipotle—feedforward, concurrent, or feedback? Explain. How can Chipotle make sure that employees are following the new food […]

What factors contributed to the loss of confidence in the Chipotle brand?

Write a 350- to 700-word response that addresses the following questions: What factors contributed to the loss of confidence in the Chipotle brand? Do the actions taken to date present a strategy that would improve consumer trust? Why or why not? Consider Chipotle’s competitors. How does Chipotle’s internal environment compare to the internal environment of […]