2009 Structural Perspective: British Airways André Costa Choi Sin Man Jiyun Baek 0 1 – Introduction In different working fields‚ companies face the pressure of globalization‚ and they must find new ways to overcome this challenge. The following example‚ introduces the case of British Airways‚ which needs to deal with the globalization issue trying to reduce the operational costs‚ increase profits and provide suitable services to customers. According to British Airways annual report from 2008/2009
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£9‚278m to £8‚515m. Revenues fell for 3 consecutive years; at the end of 2004 revenues were £1‚718m or 19% lower than in 2001. The following years saw revenues rise £955m or 13% above this. Let us now consider these changes in more detail. British Airways earns revenue from 3 published sources: Passenger services‚ cargo services and other‚ ’ being mainly fuel surcharges. Revenues fell their sharpest during y/e 31 Mar 2002‚ by 10.1% or £938m. The atrocities of the terrorist attacks in New York
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1. What was life like at "old" British Airways? • Employees were embarrassed to mention they worked for the company. • British Airways stumbled into its 1979 state of inefficiency in large part because of its history and culture. • British Airways faced the worst crisis in its history in the late 1970’s early 1980’s. • Unless they took immediate action they were heading for a loss of at least £100 million within that present financial year. • They faced the potential that by that following
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not in sight. British Airways stays in the top of the competition and continuously providing the basic services that a world-class airway can offer. However‚ the influence or the impact of the various economic uncertainties creates a great challenge in the organization. From the different perspective on competition of the propellers‚ the marketing environment of the organization is bound to change which results in an analysis of the organization’s economic factors. The British Airways expects that
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Assignment A Magazine Article ‘BRITISH AIRWAYS - A Personal View’ Introduction You will investigate the British Airways and provide a personal‚ but informed‚ view of the company. The assignment will give you the opportunity to apply your understanding of the Business Environment to the analysis of an international business from a range of different perspectives: considering how businesses set their objectives‚ influence their stakeholders‚ control their costs and fix their prices within the
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Changing the Culture at British Airways 1. Problems you identified from the case Macro: The first problem changing the culture at British Airways was the merger of the BOAC and BEA. In 1971‚ the Civil Aviation Act became law and the board was to control policy over British Airways but both BOAC and BEA remained autonomous‚ each with its own chairman‚ board‚ and chief executive. This caused a split within British Airways throughout the 1970s and in the mid-1980. The second problem BA faced was
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UNIVERSITY 学士学位论文 THESIS OF BACHELOR 论文题目 Corporate Governance Arrangement: Pension Investment Scheme Case Study: British Airways 学生姓名: 学院(系): 安泰经济与管理学院 指导教师: 倪旸 课程名称： 公司治理 Abstract This paper identifies some of the main governance weaknesses that persist in pension fund systems by examining the case of British Airways. The paper highlights problems of poor planning in pension plans. The document sets out some challenges faced by the
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British Airways plc‚ widely recognised as the largest airline of the United Kingdom‚ has very recently signed an agreement with the Spanish airline‚ Iberia‚ for the merger of the two organisations. The merger agreement‚ when complete‚ will result in the formation of the world’s sixth largest airline‚ in terms of revenues. In Europe the merged airline will rank third in the pecking order‚ behind Air France-KLM and Lufthansa. The new company‚ valued at USD 7.5 billion‚ will be known as the International
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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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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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