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    Southwest Airlines 2008

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    Case #20 – Southwest Airlines Company History  1966 Rollin King approached Herb Kelleher’s law office with plan to start low-cost/lowfare airline  Ran into legal problems‚ rival airlines in Texas did everything they could to block new airline  Herb Kelleher was determined to start up airline  1971 – Lamar Muse Southwest CEO‚ background in industry to get it up and starting  Raised $7 million in capital and private investors to purchase planes and equipment  Flights started between Dallas

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    Southwest Airline Analysis

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    Executive Summary Southwest Airlines has been a strong growth company over the last 35 years. Using its low-cost‚ passenger friendly‚ point-to-point operational strategy‚ Southwest has been able to sustain considerable growth year after year and remain profitable for 33 straight years. While Southwest has gained market share in recent years‚ legacy carriers have struggled due to depressed market conditions. The entire airline industry has endured expensive labor contracts‚ soaring energy costs and

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    Leadership of Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines is often a modeled by other companies for its organizational structure. Organizations that have an effective management team are successful in developing a strong organizational culture‚ utilizing managerial controls‚ and leveraging diversity. Effective management teams are developed by cultivating leadership skills in those that supervise the company’s associates. Organizations want managers that can motivate their associates to achieve the

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    Southwest Airlines Union

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    Introduction Southwest Airlines is a company that aims at having happy management‚ employees and customers. Unlike some companies‚ Southwest welcomes the idea of their employees being members of a labor union‚ agreeing that they need someone to speak for them in an effective way. Sure there are still some issues and differences that need to be worked out but that is what the union is there for. Review/Analysis of the Case As with any relationship‚ there is going to be goals and issues that the

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    Southwest Airlines Culture

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    Southwest Airlines has been known for is inexpensive flights and upbeat‚ jokester employees since 1971. In 1980‚ Southwest adopted its mission statement as‚ “A dedication of customer service delivered with ‘a sense of warmth‚ friendliness‚ individual price and company spirit”. (Anonymous‚ 2005‚ p. 16). In 1997‚ Southwest Airlines celebrated its 25th anniversary. “The celebration centered around ten philosophical principles‚ such as ‘under promise but over deliver’ and ‘take competition seriously

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    Southwest Airlines Report

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    Introduction: Southwest Airlines path towards earning the right to fly was a long and stressful process for everyone involved. However‚ the staff’s ability to overcome all odds truly began the formation of Southwest’s distinct character‚ which makes the company so successful today. Founders Rollin King and Herb Kelleher who founded the company in 1967‚ among others were attacked by Texas airlines such as Braniff‚ and Continental‚ claiming the market was already saturated. After three years of

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    Case 3-1: Southwest Airlines Corporation What is Southwest’s strategy? What is the bases on which Southwest builds its competitive advantage? Cost cutting SWAC uses a low-cost strategy. They had the lowest operating-cost structure in the domestic airline industry. Employee satisfaction Together with this strategy‚ they want to achieve customer satisfaction by employee satisfaction. They are famous for their customer and employee relationship. SWAC has been recognized by multiple organizations

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    Management within Southwest Airlines An Assessment of Four Function of Management within Southwest Airlines According to Edward de Bono "an expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgments simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and ... Creativity involves breaking out ..." Southwest Airlines has done just that‚ in a world of high competition and drastic changes they paid close attention to their customers needs‚ therefore‚ succeeding when many other airlines were failing

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    Southwest Airlines B

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    SOUTHWEST AIRLINES (B): USING HUMAN RESOURCES FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE Marielos Aldi‚ director of human resources for Motorola in Central America‚ was talking to her case study group about tomorrow’s case‚ Southwest Airlines (AJ. "It simply isn’t possible. The case can’t be right. No company can be the way this case describes!" Bob Wells‚ another member of the group and the executive vice president in charge of human resources at Youna & Rubicam‚ the sixth largest advertising agency in the

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    Southwest Airlines Essay

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    Southwest Airlines Southwest Airline started out in 1967 and has been different even from its inception. The airline flew to three cities at first and allured customers with flights that departed and arrived on time at the lowest rate possible. This was important to business people that needed to get to and from Dallas‚ Houston‚ and San Antonio on business (History‚ 2013). It was also important to make sure people had a good time while traveling and dedicated their business to a high quality

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