Culture at Southwest Airlines on the Eve of Merger with AirTran In looking at Southwest’s values and norms‚ it’s helpful to examine how the company’s culture is described by all stakeholders (internal – employees‚ management; external – investors‚ customers). Five key values emerge that guide the company at all levels. 1. Zealous passion for customer satisfaction Southwest’s relentless commitment goes beyond the lip service most companies uphold. From line level to the C-suite‚ everyone
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Introduction Mergers and acquisitions are becoming commonly practiced strategic options for organizations. Organizations are coming together one way or another to realize emerging commercial opportunities. Goals for this upcoming and popular strategy converges around themes including growth‚ diversification and achieving economies of scale. A merger is a consolidation of two organizations into one. On the other hand‚ acquisition is the purchase of an organization by another which gives the buyer
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Culture and organizations Hofstede Introduction: The rules of the social game Different minds but common problems Mensen‚ volken en groepen die op een andere manier denken‚ handelen en voelen hebben dikwijls conflicten met elkaar. Het is echter noodzakelijk dat er tussen verschillende culturen wordt samengewerkt om militaire‚ ecologische‚ economische‚ meteorologische en hygiënische problemen op te lossen. Voorwaarde voor deze samenwerking is dat we de verschillen in denken‚ handelen
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Hofstede Mini Questionnaire To prepare for the second tutorial please complete the following short questionnaire. Each answer has a scale from A to F. You need to circle one letter for each question. There is some guidance to explain each scale (eg very high anxiety etc)‚ and it important to identify the place on each scale that you feel best applies to you personally. This questionnaire was developed from an original instrument designed by Mead (2000‚ pp.103-105) 1. Suppose that your
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Hofstede 1 Running Head: HOFSTEDE’S CULTURAL DIMENSIONS: THE BASICS AND THE CRITICISMS ra oi M Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions: E. The Basics and the Criticisms Moira E. Hanna H Clemson University na an Hofstede 2 Abstract Hofstede’s model (1980) has been used widely in research in the past two decades. The culture-based model consists of four dimensions: power distance‚ uncertainty avoidance‚ individualism-collectivism‚ and masculinity-femininity. Each of these
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Title: Analyzing the Daimler SAP system Contents 1.0 Introduction about the cooperation …………………...3 2.0 Why Choose SAP………………………………………..4 3.0 Investments & Challenges to go for SAP way………....5 4.0 Problems during SAP implementation………………...6 5.0 SAP implementation.........................................................7 6.0 The Benefits by Using the SAP........................................8 7.0 Recommendation for Future Improvement...................9
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Topics Covered |Class |Title |Concepts |Tools | |11. | |Components of Demand |Moving Average | | |Forecasting |What/when to forecast |Exponential Smoothing | | | |Time Series
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1 Introduction to Mergers & Acquisitions in Automotive Industry 4 3.2 Rationale of research project 4 3.3 Statement of Research Objectives 4 4. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 5 4.1 Mergers & Acquisitions 5 4.2 Recent Trends in Automotive Mergers & Acquisitions 5 4.3 Debates in the field of M & A 6 4.4 Key Research components 6 4.5. Schematic Diagram 7 5. LITERATURE REVIEW 8 5.1 Mergers& Acquisitions 8 5.2 Types of Mergers & Acquisitions 8 5.3 Advantages of Mergers & Acquisitions 8
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are McSweeney’s critiques valuable? 4 Research Validity 5 Research Reliability: 5 Research Sample 5 Back to Culture 7 Questionnaire and Dimensions 8 History and Research Validations 9 Conclusion 10 Bibliography 12 Introduction: Etic or Emic? At what extent are McSweeney’s critiques valuable? Arguably‚ Hofstede’s work (1980‚ 1997) represents a pioneering approach of culture as a way of comparing international management frameworks. First of all‚ prior to offering any evaluations in regards
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I think that this Sustainability Report was written in a comprehensive‚ detailed‚ and fact-based manner. The report outlines Daimler AG’s efforts to engineer‚ not only a more environmentally responsible car‚ but an entire environmentally responsible process for the lifecycle of these vehicles from creation to end-of-life recycling. The report is although‚ very self-serving as it details many of its own practices and procedures‚ but does little to compare itself to the industry specifically. I’m
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