become a business imperative. Increasingly‚ managers and leaders realize that the key to business growth and success is through developing the skills and knowledge of its workforce. The best practice companies we observed included Southwest Airlines‚ Jetblue‚ British Airways‚ Singapore Airlines‚ and Virgin Atlantic Airways; all of which have made it on the Fortune 500 list of “Most admired Companies”. We came to the conclusion that these five airlines can be seen as best practice companies in the field
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Building the Right Relationships with the Right Customers. Copyright © 2012 Slideshare Inc. Retrieved May 17‚ 2012 from: http://www.slideshare.net/mehmetcihangir/segmentation-targeting-and-positioning-presentation Woodyard‚ Chris‚ Pitting Southwest vs. JetBlue USA TODAY. Retrieved May 17‚ 2012 from: http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2004-07-05-biztravel-comparison_x.htm
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007/bugatti-veyron-aerodynamics Büyükdemir‚ Y Diffuser. (2008‚ September). Retrieved December 03‚ 2008‚ from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffuser_(automotive) Englar‚ R First Image of 1120hp 9ff GT-R Hits the We. (November 14‚ 2008). Retrieved December 03‚ 2008‚ from http://www.worldcarfans.com/9081114.014/first-image-of-1120hp-9ff-gt9-r-hits-the-web Jenkins‚ D Kieffer‚ D. (2008). Fuel economy: aerodynamics. Retrieved December 29‚ 2008‚ from http://www.fleetequipmentmag.com/108-Fuel-economy-aerodynamics.html McNulty‚
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1990s‚ none of the five largest air carriers in the US earned it cost of capital. Why do such low rates of return on investment persist in the airline industry? 2. Despite the challenging industry environment‚ airlines like Southwest Airlines and JetBlue earn enviable returns. How? 3. Why have all of the subsidiaries of legacy airlines‚ including Delta Express‚ failed? 4. What will happen to Delta Airlines if it continues to respond to low-cost airlines in the way it has in the past? Can you size
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Problem definition There were many problems but the main issue was in the following: The Decision making in both incidents was not rational Lack of planning for unexpected problems‚ although as mentioned in the two cases weather problems can be predicted approximately‚ so a solid plan should have been made. Problem Justification Although Rommel’s decision is a legal and rational decision from his point of view‚ yet it was not an ethical one and it was biased. His decision was utilitarian it
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Company Stock Project Write-Up Southwest is one of the most growing domestic airlines along with JetBlue Airways and United Airlines. Southwest airline was first established in Texas in 1967. In the start of its business‚ southwest focused only in the Southwest region (that’s where the name came from). With 45 years of service‚ Southwest expands its company to the whole country with more than 3‚400 flights each day. Southwest currently has a total capital of 10‚991 million dollars. In 2011
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competitive edge for the industry. Corporate social responsibility also increases sustainability by assisting the industry in achieving its goals and increasing long-term shareholder value. One company that exhibits this corporate social responsibility is JetBlue. They are dedicated to serving the needs of America’s youth as well as their community. Ian Deason‚ the director of airport operations‚ stated that “Flying is our core business… our core values include caring‚ integrity and passion.” The company
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difficult to determine years ago. For example‚ in 2007‚ JetBlue experienced unprecedented levels of customer discontent in the wake of a February ice storm that resulted in widespread flight cancellations and planes stranded on Kennedy Airport runways. The airline received 15‚000 e-mails per day from customers during the storm and immediately afterwards‚ up from its usual daily volume of 400. The volume was so much larger than usual that JetBlue had no simple way to read everything its customers
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consideration. It only made decisions by itself as soon as possible and did not think about subsequent information. Q: 2. Review the section on common biases and errors in decision making. For companies such as Nationwide‚ American Airlines and JetBlue that must respond to natural events‚ which biases and errors are relevant and why? A: There are two main biases relevant to Nationwide. The first bias is overconfidence bias. Nationwide is too confident to make the decision correctly by itself
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Checkpoint Week 8 John McManamon IRN: 9048277815 IT/205 4/16/2014 John Gosney 1. How important is the reservation system at airlines such as WestJet and JetBlue? How does it impact operational activities and decision making? As an employee of an oil company‚ I am keenly aware that the price of gulf coast kerosene (jet fuel) is almost $3.00 per gallon. With an estimated 30‚000 flights per day in the US alone‚ there is a tremendous amount of money spent by planes idling at the gate‚ or on
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