In Wilson v. Southwest Airlines Company case‚ a male sued the airline after he was not hired as a flight attendant‚ because he was male. Southwest argued that allowing only females to be flight attendants was a BFOQ. The airline claimed that maintenance of its female-only hiring policy is crucial to be financially successful. Bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) is legalized discrimination‚ and available only on rare occasions‚ when the employer is able to prove that the ground for choosing
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Culture Southwest Airlines’ Success through Organization Culture Kristin Philip Abstract This paper‚ "Southwest Airlines’ Success through Organization Culture" gives an account of the development of the organizational culture of Southwest Airlines. The paper starts with the background of Southwest and its development over the years. The paper explains the unique culture of Southwest‚ and how it has helped Southwest Airlines to face challenges. The paper also describes how Southwest Airlines responded
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pricing strategy? Why has this pricing strategy been so successful throughout the airline’s first three decades? Traditionally‚ Southwest used a low-price strategy. They were known as always offering the cheapest flights. The air line did not serve meals‚ had no assigned seats‚ no electronic entertainment‚ and no retirement plans for employees. Because Southwest had such lower costs‚ they were able to crush competitors. This pricing strategy was so successful throughout the airline’s first
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Because there are many ways to fulfill the needs of the customer‚ a straight-forward approach is to consider the four "Ps" of the marketing mix. This paper will examine the marketing mix and give examples of the marketing mix as it pertains to Southwest Airlines. The four elements of the marketing mix are product‚ place‚ promotion and price. Product is the good or service sold to satisfy a customer’s needs. Place involves all of the decisions required to make the product or service available in the
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Generic strategy The three generic strategies identified by Michael Porter‚ namely cost leadership‚ differentiation and focus are all options available to small businesses. cost leadership requires a tight set of interrelated tactics that include aggressive construction of efficient-scale facilities; vigorous pursuit of cost reductions from experience; tight cost and overhead control; avoidances of marginal customer accounts; cost minimization in all activities in the firms value chain. Differentiation
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Southwest Airlines is a major airline company operating in the United States. The company was founded in 1967 in Houston‚ Texas by Herb Kelleher and Rollin King. The company’s vision was a low-cost‚ no-frills airline that was safe‚ affordable‚ and fun. Out of that vision‚ and following and arduous inception‚ the company has become one of the largest U.S‚ airlines‚ getting more travelers to their destinations than any other U.S. airline‚ and making a profit while doing it. Southwest Airlines
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_______________________________________________________________ 28 October 2014 ProQuest Table of contents 1. Southwest Airlines Renovates Benefits System........................................................................................... 1 28 October 2014 ii ProQuest Document 1 of 1 Southwest Airlines Renovates Benefits System Author: Hitchcock‚ Joy E ProQuest document link Abstract: When Southwest Airlines was founded in 1971‚ company executives decided it had to be different if they wanted to set
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strategy. Southwest gets more out of each plan than other major airlines by flying nonstop “point to point” routes evenly though the day (Tully 2015‚ p. 6). By adhering to the point-to-point strategy‚ it provides for an easier transition. The hub-and-spoke system operatesconcentrates most of an airline’s operations at a limited number of central hub cities and serves most other destinations in the system by providing one-stop or connecting service through a hub (Southwest Airlines Co. 2014‚ p
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Diagnosis: I believe that a company’s biggest problem is the major airlines will become efficient and compete on cost with the company. In short-term‚ they enjoy success in low fare position with low cost for few years with the competitive advantage. In long-term‚ the competitors will learn how to decrease their cost so that the company will lose their position. In other words‚ they can not enjoy the competitive advantage. Finally‚ the problem can cause the company about a slowdown in entire company’s
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Southwest Airlines Company Financial Analysis Five Year Financial Overview Southwest Airlines Co. | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | Revenues | Not Available | $15‚658.00 M | $12‚104.00 M | $10‚350.00 M | $11‚023.00 M | Stock Price | Not Available | $8.56 | $12.98 | $11.43 | $8.62 | Profit Margin | Not Available | 1.14% | 3.79% | .96% | 1.61% | Net Income | | $178.00 M | $459.00 M | $99.00 M | $178.00 M | Employees | Not Available | 45‚392 | 34‚901 | 34‚726 | 35‚499 |
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