Southwest Airlines: A Corporate Cultural Assessment University of X September 17‚ 2005 Southwest Airlines: A Corporate Cultural Assessment Southwest Airlines (Southwest) is a domestic US airline that provides short haul‚ high frequency‚ point-to-point‚ and low-fare service to and from 60 airports in 59 cities across 31 US states. From humble beginnings in 1971‚ this airline with only four passengers per flight‚ and airhostesses wearing hot pants and white go-go boots‚ has evolved into a leader
Premium Southwest Airlines Airline
How to increase productivity It’s a nice performance‚ but it’s no Utopia How many times in a day do you remind yourself to be more productive at work? How often your boss tells you to improve a bit? Even if you are satisfied with the pace you work with or the way you do your assigned tasks‚ there is always some tricky confusion in your mind whether I could have worked better? What else I need to do to make it better? There are so many blurred thoughts which actually pull and push you at
Premium Productivity
[pic] Southwest Airlines Financial Performance Analysis Presented to Gary C. Kelly Chairman of the Board‚ President and CEO by Total Resource Network Raquel Alston‚ Tanya Spencer and‚ Nicole Stenhouse for BUS 515 Financial Management Professor James Kerwin October 3‚ 2011 Introduction Total Resource Network (TRN) congratulates Southwest Airlines for thirty-eight years of consecutive profitability. This is a major accomplishment that should be applauded especially
Premium
What was the difference between high and popular culture in the eighteenth century? A number of things would distinguish between high and "popular" culture. I think that "popular" as referenced here is something of a mis-nomer. Probably high and low would be more accurate characterizations. What I think distinguished high culture of this periord from those of other eras‚ was its extreme taste for the ornamental and superflousness. Members of the societal elite‚ were very fond of wigs; both men and
Premium Low culture Popular culture Culture
Improving Productivity Using IT As our organisation is very IT focused there are many different methods and software we use. Our main way of communicating is via email; this saves a lot of time and is also a faster way of letting the whole team know certain information. We use a variety of software to get tasks completed such as word‚ excel‚ PowerPoint‚ internet etc. As we very rarely have customers come into our office‚ most of our communications is by using computers. We have a company website where
Premium Microsoft Microsoft Office Word processor
Question 1: To compute the standard deviation‚ it is used the EXCEL STDEV ( ) Function and the expected return is equal to the sum of return rates in 24 months divided by 24. Stock | Vanguard 500 | California REIT | Brown Group | Standard Deviation | 4.61% | 9.23% | 8.17% | Expected Return | 1.10% | -2.27% | -0.67% | Question 2: To compute the standard deviation in a portfolio‚ it follows the formula SD= ( ) 1/2
Premium Standard deviation Variance
Calculate the variability (standard deviation) of the stock returns of California REIT and Brown Group during the 2 years. How variable are they compared with Vanguard Index 500 Trust? Which stock appears to be the riskiest? Vanguard Index 500 Trust California REIT Brown Group STDEV 4.61% 9.23% 8.17% Based on the above‚ the riskiest stock would appear to be California REIT. Suppose Beta’s position has been 99% of equity funds invested in the index fund‚ and 1% in the individual stock
Premium Investment Mutual fund Variance
The 1920’s‚ known as the “Roaring Twenties”‚ is generally seen as a decade of great prosperity in America. In the beginning of the 1920’s there was a brief economic recession‚ but as the decade moved on‚ the economy exploded. The cities were rapidly increasing and the majority of Americans lived in urban areas‚ causing worry for those living in rural areas. Anxiety only heightened as farm-to-factory migration increased. Cities were booming while the countryside was declining. People living in the
Premium Ku Klux Klan
What is Management Accounting Introduction Management accounting is concerned with providing information to managers – that is‚ people inside an organisation who direct and control its operations. (Management Accountin Seal et al) It provides very important information that businesses need to operate efficiently and accounts that accurately show financial information that managers need to make decisions in the best interest of the business. In this essay there will be an assessment on the claim
Premium Management Management accounting Business
Why is high productivity important for a nation? 2. Why do you suppose that service jobs have lower productivity than manufacturing jobs? 3. How can a company gain a competitive advantage by having higher productivity than its competitors have? Answer: high productivity important for nation because high productivity increase the economic level and also increase the living standard ...increase GDP of the country and give competitive advantage in the market ‚ productivity means to work with efficiency
Premium Decision making Decision theory Decision making software