SOUTHWEST AIRLINE IN 2010: CULTURE‚ VALUES AND OPERATING PRACTICES CASE QUESTIONS: 1. Is there anything that you find particularly impressive about Southwest Airlines? Transported more passengers from U.S airports to U.S destinations than any other airline Consistently profitable- had reported a profit every year since 1972 Became a major competitive force in domestic segment 2. What grade would you give Southwest management for the job it has done in crafting the company’s strategy
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Chase Rushing Darryl Pulliam 9/19/2012 Case Study #2 Human Resources 1. Brenda was called an exceptional employee before the company underwent changes. The changes required more telecommuting and positional autonomy in Brenda’s position. The new responsibilities were added to her job description without any discussion of the expectations by her superiors. Brenda’s manager did not evaluate her fairly due to the fact the he did not previously determine her requirements‚ so that she could
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CASE STUDY 2 Managing “Daddy Stress” at Baxter Healthcare For many years women have been torn between family and career. Now it’s time for the men to be torn. In today’s environment‚ some men are starting to rethink their priorities. Sometimes it’s because they want to be closer to their kids than their dads were to them. Or sometimes they change unwillingly‚ pushed by their wives to spend more time on family matters. Whatever the reasons‚ combine them with a tight labor market‚ technology that allows
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Augustine Medical‚ Inc. Augustine Medical‚ Inc. is a Minnesota corporation that develops and markets products for hospital operating rooms and postoperative recovery rooms. Company executives are now finalizing the marketing program a patient warming system‚ which is designed to treat postoperative hypothermia in the recovery room‚ called Bair Hugger Patient Warming System. It is specially designed to maintain body temperatures of patients recovering from surgery. The product consists of a heater/blower
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Staffing Report One Table of Contents 1. Forecast of Labor 2. Markov Analysis Information 3. Demographic Categories 4. Promotion Practices 5. Organizational Memo Forecast of Labor: MGT Consulting gathered information from the previous year (2010) and used a Markov analysis to generate a plan of action for the employment needs for Tanglewood in 2011. The Washington market is very stable for Tanglewood and we decided that the current workforce will be sufficient for the 2011 forecast
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Expedia‚ Inc. Expedia‚ Inc. (Expedia) is an online travel agency and is a parent company to some of the world’s leading online travel brands‚ including‚ among others; Expedia‚ Hotels.com‚ Hotwire.com and trivago. Expedia caters to need of both leisure and business travellers in over 70 countries through their 150 websites‚ and connects them to 435.000 bookable properties and more than 400 airlines. The primary source of income for Expedia is generated through transactions involving the booking of
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Case Study: Radio One‚ Inc. - Part A Corporate Valuation Date: 21-09-2009 Instructor: Dr. Oliver Spalt Course: 323058 Corporate Valuation Faculty Economics and Business Administration‚ Tilburg University P.W. Segers J.J.T.M. Zegers 779710 722085 1. Radio One’s opportunities and risks with respect to their acquisition policy We have identified four main benefits and five major risks with respect to the desired acquisition of 12 urban stations along with the nine stations in Charlotte
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permitted to work next to each other. Both employees and the Union representing them filed charges of discrimination. The EEOC determined that there was reasonable cause of discrimination; violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The case ended up in the federal district court. The court granted motion for summary judgment. ISSUE: Does this rule violate Title VII? DECISION: No. The court reversed and remanded their decision. REASONING: The court did not find that there
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Myriad Genetics Inc. is an American- based company that is in the business of molecular diagnosis. Among other things Myriad researchers are trying to learn how the various sequences of DNA in the human body actually do and how those sequences can be applied in medicine. During one of their researches in 1991 the company made an extraordinary discovery of two genes‚ today known as BRCA1 and BRCA2‚ which under certain conditions were able to elevate the risk of women developing cancer in their life
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1. Most research suggests we are not very good at detecting lying‚ and we think we’re much better than we are. Do you believe FACS would improve your ability to detect lying in others? When we look at every day at people in businesses or school or public institutions we tend to judge them unknowingly and form a pattern to detect of action that will happen with their behavior. We continuously try and evaluate people to see if they are saying the truth or trying to lie and bluff to us. Some professions
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