52 • CASES IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR revisited the vision statement. The upcoming weeks would be crucial because Matthew wondered if the still-nascent state of OP4.com ’s culture at its Vancouver head office would survive this restructuring. NOTE 1. Source: Jupiter Communications‚ 2000. WESTjET AIRLINES (A): THE CULTURE THAT BREEDS A PASSION To SuccEED Prepared by Ken Mark under the supervision of Professor Gerard Seijts Copyright© 2001‚ lvey Management Services INTRODUCTION It was April 17
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Deregulation of the airlines in 1978 forced the industry to rethink their business strategy in order to be successful during a period of widespread operating losses due to an economic recession‚ striking air traffic controllers and brutal price wars. The poster child for innovation during this period was Astro Airlines founded in 1980 by its charismatic leader‚ Arthur Burton. Enthusiasm‚ excitement and optimism were watch words used to describe the atmosphere at Astro Airlines in the initial years
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Alaska Airlines ran its business satisfied with complacency and dependent on customer loyalty and goodwill (Avolio‚ Patterson‚ & Baker‚ 2015). While Alaska Airlines was thinking the business could sustain this practice‚ many changes were occurring that would have a ripple effect and adversely affect the airline (Avolio‚ et al.‚ 2015). One executive stated it started as far back to 1999 when the airline was succeeding despite themselves due to fortuitous fuel costs and a good economy” (Avolio
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fame may arise from great accomplishments‚ while other names become known for the issues for which they stand upon‚ like Rosa Parks‚ Roe and Miranda. For my first paper‚ the event that I felt influenced and changed the foundation and helped structure the American Legal History was the famous 1928 civil case Palsgraf V. Long Island Railroad Co. (248 N.Y. 339; 162 N.E. 99; Courts of Appeals New York (1928) The unique facts of the case created a need for a new application of the generally accepted theory
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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CASE STUDY BY Aurelio Montelongo Jr. June 22‚ 2012 Southwest Airlines is in an environment whose conditions for most in this type of industry have been anything but profitable. So why is it that Southwest Airlines‚ who has been profitable in this volatile market been able to make money? Though Southwest did have a losing quarter it was not due to lack of fliers or its service to its customers‚ but an investment in its fuel hedging cost. As fuel dropped in price‚ Southwest
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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES Southwest Airlines Co. is a major U.S. airline and the world’s largest low-cost carrier‚ headquartered in Dallas‚ Texas. It was established in 1967 that operates Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways to fly among three major Texas cities – Dallas‚ Houston and San Antonio. It is the biggest operator of the Boeing 737 in the world. Flight distances ranged from 190 to 250 miles and flight time were about 45 minutes. Today Southwest operates nearly 400 Boeing 737 aircraft to 59 U
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Southwest Airlines Abby S. Boeltram BCOM/230 June-Monday‚ 2013 Jeff Gofter Southwest Airlines Organizational culture is the collective behavior of people‚ who comprise an organization‚ and this behavior affects the way people and groups within the organization interact with others‚ internally and externally. Founder of Southwest Airlines‚ Herb Kelleher is credited with creating an organizational culture that unique in America today and which has propelled Southwest to the number one spot
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Airline Deregulation act of 1978 Aston A Samms Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Abstract The United States Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 was a dramatic turning point in America. It was the first systematic dismantling of a comprehensive system of government control since the Supreme Court declared the National Recovery Act unconstitutional in 1935. It was also part of a broader movement that‚ with varying degrees of thoroughness‚ transformed such industries as trucking‚ railroads‚ buses
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Chapter 2 Characteristics of the Airline Industry The real difficulty in changing any enterprise lies not in developing new ideas‚ but in escaping from the old ones. John Maynard Keynes 2.1 Introduction In recent years‚ the European airline industry has exhibited impressively dynamics. The sector has gone through a drastic change on both the supply and the demand side. Unlikely in other industries‚ the driving forces governing the recent changes do not depend mainly on technological factors
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2.0 Background to the organization Firefly is the wholly-owned subsidiary by the Malaysia Airline System Berhad (MAS). Firefly is launched on April 3rd 2007 as well as it is the Malaysia’s first community airline that operated under FlyFirefly Sdn Bhd. the Malaysia’s first community airline also known as a new Malaysian no-frills airline. The name of Firefly is come from the characteristics of agility‚ brilliance‚ charm‚ and fun. Firefly offers a full service point-to-point carrier. The
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