Southwest Airlines started out as a very small company that was established in 1967. At that time‚ they had only three airplanes and twenty-five employees. Southwest now is one of the most successful major airlines in the United States. With the mission of “dedication to the highest quality of customer service delivered with a sense of warmth‚ friendliness‚ individual pride‚ and company spirit” (About Southwest‚ n.d.) has allowed the company to grow to 694 aircraft and 46‚000 employees (Hitt‚ Ireland
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Keller Business School of Management HRM 594 Staffing Organizations Professor Burnell Carden August 24‚ 2013 Introduction The intent of this paper it to define critical concepts of strategic planning with Southwest Airlines (SWA) top management and how their organization pursued choices and different strategies to run the business by using superior performance employees that gave them a competitive advantage over their competitors. I will concentrate on the thirteen strategic
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Culture at Southwest Airlines on the Eve of Merger with AirTran In looking at Southwest’s values and norms‚ it’s helpful to examine how the company’s culture is described by all stakeholders (internal – employees‚ management; external – investors‚ customers). Five key values emerge that guide the company at all levels. 1. Zealous passion for customer satisfaction Southwest’s relentless commitment goes beyond the lip service most companies uphold. From line level to the C-suite‚ everyone
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Organizational behavior is the study of the many factors that have an impact on how people and groups act‚ think‚ feel‚ and respond to work and organizations and how organizations respond to their environments. The study of organizational behavior can improve and change individual‚ group‚ and organizational behavior to attain individual‚ group and organizational goals. The focus of this paper will be to analyze the management of ability‚ organizational commitment and job satisfaction‚ and organizational
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Al-Turki Systems Engineering Department‚ King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals‚ Dhahran‚ Saudi Arabia‚ and Omer F. Demirel Department of Industrial Engineering‚ Fatih University‚ Istanbul‚ Turkey Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the use of two general purpose decision-making techniques in selecting the most appropriate maintenance strategy for organizations with critical production requirements. Design/methodology/approach – The Analytical Hierarchical
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The Differences of Strategic Positioning Between Southwest Airlines Corporation and Continental Airlines Nowadays‚ Porter’s 5 Rules of Strategic Positioning as a most common business theory plays a significant role in operating companies and planning business activities. Southwest Airlines Corporation (Southwest) proves that clearly by its success. And the year-end results of Southwest marked 29 consecutive years of making profit (Govindarajan and Lang‚ 2002). I will elaborate how the Porter’s 5
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Accomplishment of Malaysia Airlines * Conscientiousness In an airline company‚ an employee’s self-disciplined determined how the company image would be. Being an employee in the airline company‚ timeliness served as the most important among others. Every single customer of the airline company would expect the flight to be taken off and reached the destination on time. Hence‚ the punctuality of the flight pilot and crews plays an important role in the airlines. It could be difficult to
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Southwest Airlines: Using Human Resources for Competitive Advantage Executive Summary Southwest was founded in 1971 with a fleet of three Boeing 737 aircraft. Headquartered at Love Field in Dallas‚ the airline followed a strategy of low fares‚ few frills‚ and excellent customer service. Early on‚ the airline faced many political and regulatory challenges including the Wright Amendment‚ which prohibited the carrier from offering direct service into Love Field from any state other than Texas
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strategies can be executed efficiently and effectively (Cile‚ 2014 ). Southwest Airlines utilizes its functional level to explore and answer the following question to access how the company is progressing in the industry. How are we utilizing human resources‚ information technology‚ finance/accounting‚ marketing‚ or other functional areas to gain a competitive advantage? The primary marketing strategy for Southwest Airlines is to target business travelers because they are the most frequent buyers
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of Southwest’s competitive advantage? Southwest Airlines’ successful and profitable business model has been driven by several strategies: high aircraft utilization; standard fleet; charismatic leadership; low fare carrier; excellent customer service practice; attractive frequent flier program; innovative and creative marketing program; performance focused organizational culture; strategic human resources management and a lean operations. Southwest fleet is made up of mainly Boeing 737 fuel
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