MGC1020 Assignment #1 Which is more difficult to gauge accurately: the general environment or the task environment? Why is it important for a manager to make a clear assessment of these environments? The general environment and task environment are the two components that make up an organisations external environment. The external environment of an organisation includes influential elements that both directly and indirectly shape and impact its future‚ and as of late‚ has developed into
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JetBlue and WestJet: A Tale of Two IS Projects How important is the reservation system at airlines such as West Jet and JetBlue. How does it impact operational activities and decision making? Over the past years‚ it seems customers have heavily relied on airline reservation systems to book their tickets‚ reserve seats‚ pay for the tickets‚ and check-in-online. This has been very convenient for customers to plan their trips. These systems have also allowed the airlines to manage their whole flight
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Questions for review 1. Identify and discuss each major dimension of the general environment and the task environment. Both the general environment and the task environment are a part of the external environment. The general environment consists of; Economic Dimension‚ Technological Dimension‚ and the Political-Legal Dimension. The Economic Dimension discusses how healthy the economy is that the organization is in. It includes factors like unemployment rates and inflation. The Technological
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SYNOPSIS This case illustrates the success that JetBlue Airline has achieved since founded in 1999‚ though it had trouble in 2007 during Valentine´s day and a few more‚ it managed to overcome the issue and become one of the most known companies for excellent customer service. The author mentions that JetBlue truly cares about the customer because JetBlue doesn´t sell just airplane tickets and its customers neither seek for airplanes tickets when buying at JetBlue. They buy the whole experience in which each
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THE COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT OF VIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS Introduction The Virgin Atlantic Airways is a UK-based private international airline that started operation in 1982. Flying up to 20 destinations in North America‚ Asia and Africa‚ it is 51% owned by Virgin Group and 49% owned by Singapore Airlines (Wikipedia). It competes with other local and international airlines including British Airways‚ the biggest and leading in UK. In 2005‚ it posted $2.5B in sales and $40M net income
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External and Internal Environmental Analysis STR/581 JetBlue Environmental Analysis External and internal environmental analysis is a critical component for an organization seeking to achieve its goals. The follow information within this paper presents a complete external environmental and an internal competitive environmental scan for JetBlue Airways. The information provided identifies and analyzes the most important external environmental factor in the remote‚ industry‚ and external
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Executive Summary JetBlue was started in 1999 by David Neeleman‚ whose vision is to give high-quality and reliable flying experience in a budget airline. Through sophisticated technology‚ brand new aircrafts‚ impeccable customer service and low fares‚ JetBlue was on its way to achieve this vision. Although the low-fare travel industry was gaining momentum‚ the September 11 attack brought a massive downturn to the already-risky airline industry. However‚ JetBlue was still able to deliver good performance
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VRIO ANALYSIS Barney and Hesterly (2006)‚ describe the VRIO framework as a good tool to examine the internal environment of a firm. They state that VRIO “stands for four questions one must ask about a resource or capability to determine its competitive potential: 1. The Question of Value: Does a resource enable a firm to exploit an environmental opportunity‚ and/or neutralize an environmental threat? 2. The Question of Rarity: Is a resource currently controlled by only a
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com/blogs/frequentlyflying/tag/jetblue-2/ http://boardingarea.com/blogs/frequentlyflying/tag/jetblue-2/ JetBlue Airways is a low-cost airline‚ which is based out of John F Kennedy International Airport. Most flights fly out of some of the larger airports like Boston‚ Los Angeles‚ New York‚ Orlando and Fort Lauderdale‚ Florida‚ and San Juan‚ Puerto Rico. They are known for their outstanding services offered while flying‚ leather seats‚ satellite TV from DIRECTV and satellite radio from XM‚ and movies. JetBlue services
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Political Environment Launching a New Structure to Help Fulfill the Toyota Global Vision In April 2013‚ Toyota optimized its organizational structure in an effort to better fulfill the Toyota Global Vision by manufacturing ever-better cars. Together with the four newly established units encompassing our automotive operations‚ the TNGA Planning Division will be responsible for driving medium- to long-term technology-based product strategies under TNGA‚ while the Product and Business Planning Division
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