RESEARCH PROPOSAL

RESEARCH PROPOSAL

RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Overview of Organization

Starbucks Corporation will be the topic of my research for the organizational behavior course. Starbucks is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain of stores with headquarters in Seattle, Washington. It is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with over 16,000 stores in more than 50 countries, out of which over 12,000 in the United States and Canada, and over 700 in the UK only. Three partners namely Jerry Baldwin, Gordon Bowker and Zev Siegl in Seattle founded the Starbucks in 1971. Howard Schultz, who is currently President and CEO of the organization, was hired ...