Virgin background Virgin is an international investment group that operates in over 34 countries and that employs around 50‚000 people in about 400 companies worldwide. Its product ranges from mobile services to travel‚ finance services‚ music and many many more. It was funded in 1970 by Sir Richard Branson who started the company by selling cut price records by post through his Virgin Mail Order business. The company expended really quickly and is now a well-recognized and trusted brand all around
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History of Virgin Virgin Trains was born on 29th of November 1996 when it was awarded the Cross Country franchise following the privatisation of British Rail‚ the franchise will last until April 2012. Along with the Cross Country line‚ Virgin also won the West Coast franchise and took control on the 9th of March 1997‚ this franchise will end in March 2012. The West Coast line was the last but one of the franchises to be handed over to the private sector‚ all of which had been completed in less
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Master of Business Administration Managing Human Resource Assignment( Virgin’s Culture) Tutor: Dr. George Medline Student: Hassan Tariq STU: 22392 Date of Submission: 31st January 2011 Word count (4040) Table of Content Page 1.0) Introduction…………………………………………………………….........4 2.0) Culture………………………………………………………………………5 2.1) Virgin’s Culture………………………………………………………….5 3.0) Recruitment…………………………………………………………………10 3.1) Virgin’s Recruitment…………………………………………………….10 4
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and wants them to have a good rapport with him. He considers that employees come first and customers come second. He also shows open an honest communication since he takes the time to talk to employees and customers when he is on the road to visit Virgin businesses. Sir Richard likes to listen to all employees that want to talk to him‚ makes an effort read all emails from them‚ and ‘addressed them by answering personally’. This is one of the core components of a transformational leader‚ since he
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Assignment-1 Process Capability Analysis Objective To apply Process Capability Analysis model for Six Sigma implementation in telecommunication area. Important Concepts Process capability compares the output of a process to the specification limits by using capability indices. The comparison is made by forming the ratio of the spread between the process specifications. Process Capability Indexes: Cp is a process index that helps in numerically describing variation relative to the tolerances
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My writing capabilities‚ when writing about things like emotions‚ fall within the limits of those that I love. I could write novels about my mother’s strength or my sister’s dedication or even one about my cat’s eating habits‚ but when I’ve been asked to write about myself‚ I never can. For a lack of a more scholarly word choice‚ I see difficulty in talking about myself or my qualities without feeling as if I have an extremely inflated sense of self. I tend to keep to myself and while to my innermost
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fully understand and impossible for them to fully control’ (The Times‚ n.d. p1). Virgin Atlantic is an international airline that is based in the UK. It was started by the entrepreneur Richard Branson in 1982 and now flies to 30 destinations around the world (Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd‚ 2011). By looking at the PEST forces of Virgin’s external environment‚ the aim is to see how these influence the airline and how Virgin can use this information to their advantage. Two main political factors in Virgin’s
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4. Management function 4.1 Human resource process As a diversified business corporation‚ Mai Linh attracts the various‚ potential and well-educated human resources of working in the core group and its member companies. Based on the functional structure above‚ Mai Linh Group has created a quite well-organized human resource process. 4.1.1 Planning To begin the human resource planning‚ Human Reources manager takes inventory of current employees that is called
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Virgin Cola( Shaking Up the Softdrinks Market It was official. Hubert Tan was named Vice-President for Sales and Marketing of InterBev‚ the latest addition to the business empire of taipan Lucio Tan. Hubert’s choice was not a difficult decision to make. After all‚ being in his late twenties‚ he was a go-go type of person who had a passion for business. There was great expectation that his joining would contribute greatly to the Tan group of companies. Hubert obtained his business
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Changing World Regular assignment 1 MY LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES Bhushan K Thosar Student id:3359136 CULC MY LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES “Leadership is the art of influencing & directing people in such a way that
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