BRITISH AIRWAYS CASE STUDY BUS661: LEADING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE KIMBERLY JOHNSON DR. JIM JEREMIAH JUNE 23‚ 2013 The British Airways (BA) Debacle occurred because the management team introduced a swipe card system which would allow management to use staff more efficiently and to record employees start and end time for each work day. This was a unilateral decision by BA to introduce the swipe card because the staff was not adequately consulted. (Palmer‚ Dunford‚ & Akin‚ Managing Organizational
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INTRODUCTION British Airways is one of the fastest growing airlines in the world. It has grown by its own leadership qualities and unique culture. Bob Ayling‚ Chief Executive implemented changes in the organization without getting support from its employees. He thought a change is necessary‚ even when BA was making record profit‚ because in the long run some decision has to be made. On one side he tried to raise staff morale by reinventing training programmes and by building a hotel at Heathrow
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Some changes might be more complex and difficult to implement while others are incremental‚ small changes. However‚ even small changes can create unanticipated resistance. The level of change that British airways took was fine tuning which is a part of the first-level change. The change was done in order to adapt in the market and improve the operations by allowing the employer to have full control of all employees working hours. Their
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Marketing Strategy of Comair in South Africa Comair is South Africa’s longest non-national carrier (Comair Airways Limited‚ 2012). Comair Limited is an airline that operates two brands: British Airways and Kulula.com. British Airways is aimed at business travellers and the high class society while Kulula.com is aimed at leisure and middle class passengers. British Airways has two offerings‚ Club (business class) and Traveller (economy class). Club facilitates for the more elite customer and Traveller
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All students should read case British Airways: Challenges Ahead‚ and do following tasks: 1. Summarize the external environment‚ including conditions in the general‚ industry‚ and competitor environments. [1.5 marks] British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom‚ The British Airways Heritage Centre situated within British Airways Waterside Corporate Headquarters near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport. It is the largest airline in the UK based on fleet size‚ international
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Sakura Lounge Sakura Lounge‚ named after the Japanese word for cherry blossom‚ is Japan Airlines’ signature lounge. In addition‚ the airline also operates the following international‚ including First Class Lounge‚ Sakura Lounge annex and JAL Lounge; and domestic lounges‚ including Diamond Premier Lounge and JAL Lounge. Access to the lounges depend on the class of travel or the membership status in the JAL Mileage Bank or JAL Global Club. Sakura Lounge in Narita International Airport Terminal
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[1] General Knowledge [2] http://www.britishairways.com/travel/globalgateway.jsp/global/public/en_ [3] https://www.martindales.ltd.uk/1_about_martindales/overview.html [4] http://www.businessdictionary.com/ [5] http://pestleanalysis.com/ [6] British Airways 2012 annual report (See sources section in folder) [7] http://www.caa.co.uk/homepage.aspx?catid=752
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Student Number: W12019271 Tutor: Emma‚Mullen Introduction: As a most famous and largest British aviation organization‚ British Airways is destined to be highly concerned by everyone‚ including its change. British Airways has owned nearly 90 years air service experience sine 1919‚ and started the firstly world’s daily international scheduled air service (British Airway‚ 2013). However‚ British Airways had experienced a series of events from 2009 to 2011‚ and it contains some relative change policies
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DogFight over Europe: Ryanair Global Business Strategy What is your assessment of Ryanair’s launch strategy? Is it sensible? Will it succeed? We believe that Ryanair’s launch strategy was successful and we will justify this statement with information that was provided in the Ryanair’s case. To begin with‚ Ryanair airline was not that hard to establish for Cathal and Declan Ryan because of the capital that Ryanair’s founders managed to get from their father‚ Tony Ryan‚ who was a co-founder of
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determine if British Airway and other Airline Companies are Corporate Social Responsible Companies‚ or are they merely using the CSR status as a public relations exercise to ensure they achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. To provide feasible and affordable recommendations the airline
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