GEL Assessment 2/ 9020445 /Jan-13/2 PART 1 On Wednesday 09th January 2013‚ Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker announced that the first commercial flight using the new Jet Fuel (GTL-Gas to Liquid) would fly from Doha to London. (http://www.qatarairways.com/english_global/pressrelease.page?pr_id=pressrelease_pressrelease_20130109) These words came from a man who had taken Qatar airways from a fleet of 4 aircrafts in 1997 to one of the fastest growing airlines in the world. In 2011 it reached 2
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QATAR AIRWAYS Introduction: Qatar Airways is the national airline of the State of Qatar. It is considered as one of the major leading airlines in the world today. Qatar Airways began its operations in 1994‚ but only as a small low cost airline. Due to the guidance and wishes of The Emir of Qatar‚ Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani‚ Qatar Airways was re-launched in 1997 with a vision of making it into an International Airline with excellent standards of service. From then on Qatar Airways has become
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market? According to Michael C. Porter‚ the porter’s three (3) generic strategies are very important strategies‚ which can be applied to products and services in any industry or organization regardless of its size. The Three Porter’s Generic Strategies In order to gain competitive advantage‚ Michael Porter developed three generic strategies that a company could use; The Cost Leadership Strategy‚ The Differentiation Strategy and the Focus Strategy. These strategies have been used by various organizations
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In a relatively short time‚ Qatar Airways has grown to over 120 destinations worldwide‚ offering unmatched levels of service excellence that have helped excel the award-winning carrier to become best in the world. Voted Airline of the Year 2011 and in 2012 in the prestigious Skytrax industry audit‚ Qatar Airways has won the confidence of the travelling public. Travel by air has reached the point where it has been taken for granted in all corners of the globe. With a larger number of passengers
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THEME 8: GENERIC STRATEGIES 1. Introduction. 2. The Porter’s approach: competitive strategies (cost advantage‚ differentiation advantage and specialization). 3. The Ansoff’s approach: the Growth Matrix (market penetration‚ product development‚ market development‚ and diversification). 4. An integrating approach. © Alfonso VARGAS SÁNCHEZ 1 Hope is not a strategy‚ specially when internationalizing the company is the intention 2 Strategic Analysis: Compulsory Questions What business
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QATAR AIRWAYS Qatar Airways has undergone a phenomenal expansion period‚ with an average of 35% growth year-on-year for the past 10 years. the airline has garnered many awards and accolades‚ becoming one of only six airlines worldwide to have been awarded a 5-star rating by Skytrax‚ an independent aviation industry monitor. Facts about Qatar Area | 11‚437 km2 | Population 2007 | 907‚229 est. | GDP per capita | $29‚400 (2006 est.) | GDP Growth rate | 7.1% (2006 est.) | Unemployment
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of Michael Porter’s Generic Strategies in the Romanian Hotel Industry Ovidiu N. Bordean‚ Anca I. Borza‚ Răzvan L. Nistor and Cătălina S. Mitra‚ Abstract— Porter’s generic strategies remain one of the most widely accepted typology of strategic options for businesses. Using a survey a sample of 69 hotel managers from the Nord-West part of Romania was questioned about their current strategic practices. A factor analysis revealed that hotels are pursuing only two strategies that can be identified
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for People with Disabilities (PWD). Currently they have more than 100 disable full time workers. (Giant Malaysia‚ 2009) We will be analyzing the current market situation and IT position of Giant‚ how IT can be used to help Giant in their future strategy and why systems risk security and recovery is important for Giant in this assignment. Current Market and IT Position Current Market for Giant Giant is located throughout Malaysia‚ heavily in Kuala Lumpur‚ whereby it has its own known slogans
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the potential to be‚ it’s competitive advantage. Michael Porter‚ believed that the basis for this advantage falls under 3 base strategies of Cost leadership‚ Differentiation and Focus. With the use of his generic strategy model‚ a firm‚ understanding where its competitive advantage lies‚ can then formulate and implement an effective business strategy geared towards the sustainability of this advantage. The 3 bases‚ formed 5 generic strategies : Cost Leadership‚ strongly speaks towards the production
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INTRODUCTION The objective of this assignment is to analyse the current situation of Qatar Airways‚ as well as to determine possible future strategic options through the application of theoretical frameworks such as value chain analysis‚ resource edit‚ stakeholder analysis and Ansoff matrix. BACKGROUND Since its re-launch in 1997‚ Qatar Airways has attained staggering growth in fleet size and passengers number. From four aircraft in 1997‚ the group grew to a fleet size of 42 in September 2005
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