threat for Ryanair: Strategic changes that are required when a leadership shift takes place in the company Ryanair Ltd. Airside Business Park Dublin‚ Ireland Delivery Date: September 26‚ 2014 Executive Summary In order to understand what strategic organizational changes are required in the case of leadership shifts‚ the position and importance of Ryanair’s current leader was firstly determined. Michael O’Leary is an outstanding transformational manager‚ who leads Ryanair with an assertive
Premium Low-cost carrier Strategic management
challenges of the Ryanair Director of Operations 10 Q4. Effectiveness of the Manager 11 Bibliography 13 Questionnaire 14 SWOT matrix for Ryanair Director of Operations 17 PESTEL for the Ryanair Director of Operations 19 Competing Values Model (Quinn et al) 21 Terminology/Abbreviations 22 Introduction We have selected a senior manager in Ryanair for our assignment because one of our team members is a direct employee of the Operations Manager in Ryanair. Ryanair is also one of the
Premium Management
market segmentation Market segmentation is a marketing strategy that involves dividing a broad target market into subsets of consumers who have common needs (and/or common desires) as well as common applications for the relevant goods and services. Depending on the specific characteristics of the product‚ these subsets may be divided by criteria such as age and gender‚ or other distinctions‚ such as location or income. Marketing campaigns can then be designed and implemented to target these specific
Premium Marketing
Cost Carriers best. The global economic recession has handed Ryanair and similar carriers near-perfect operating conditions. As Ryanair explains‚ "this recession has encouraged passengers to become much more price sensitive which is why they are switching to Ryanair ’s low fares and unbeatable customer service over all other competitors". Ryanair expects a 15-20% reduction in average fares this year to around EUR32 per passenger. Ryanair is expecting that several of its smaller rivals will not be
Premium Airline Low-cost carrier Recession
Ryanair Contents Introduction 2 Case analysis‚ identification of key issues 3 Shareholder Prioritization 3 Alignment with environment and Resources 5 Competitive Advantage Reinforcement 5 Direction 6 Scope 7 Resources 7 Organization 8 Problem statement 8 Set of possible courses of actions 9 Standing seats 9 Only one toilet in every aircraft 10 Slim staff‚ smaller magazines‚ and less ice cubes 10 New technology for gutter oil to reduce fuel costs 11 New routes flights and additional
Premium Airline Low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines
Conclusion | 9 | References | 10 | Word Count: 2061 Introduction Ryanair was founded in 1985 by the Ryan family‚ which was headed by Tony Ryan. It was the first budget airline in Europe‚ modeled after the successful US carrier‚ Southwest Airlines. It was founded to provide scheduled passenger airline services between Ireland and the UK‚ as an alternative to then state monopoly carrier‚ Aer Lingus. At the beginning‚ Ryanair was a full service conventional airline‚ with two classes of seating‚
Premium Airline Low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines
Dublin Institute of Technology Master of Science in Business and Entrepreneurship Assignment 1 Business Strategy and Creativity Case Study of Ryanair Submitted by Prasanna Pavuluri Student Number: D14124072 Date of Submission: 28 November 2014 Table of Contents No table of contents entries found. (1)Introduction Presently low-cost has airways transformed the airlines industry. More and more consumers prefer lesser prices over luxuries. In 1970s United States domestic airline company named
Premium Airline Low-cost carrier Strategic management
Ryanair Case Analysis 1. Porter’s Five Forces Analysis Substitute: In this industry‚ there are high substitution power because if one airline decides to raise prices then customers are going to switch to a cheaper airline company. The majority of passengers are price sensitive and have the option of taking other forms of transportation such as the rail or ferry. Customers are willing to travel longer if they can pay for a cheaper fare. The round fare for ferry and rail is 55
Premium Airline British Airways Southwest Airlines
Ryanair and the External Environment Executive summary This report explores Ryanair’s domain in relation to the external environment and outlines the concerns for the company within these sectors. The environmental uncertainty of Ryanair is dealt with and ways in which it can adapt to this uncertainty are outlined. This report also explores possible strategies for minimizing environmental uncertainty for the organisation. 1. Ryanair’s domain in relation to the external environment and sectors of
Premium Airline Avianca Environment
of company resources in creating superior value for target consumers. Moreover‚ Slater and Narver (1995) suggested that ‘‘market orientation is the culture that (1) places the highest priority on the profitable creation and maintenance of superior customer value‚ while considering the interest of other key stakeholders; (2) provides norms for behaviour regarding the organizational development and responsiveness to market information’’. Market-oriented organizations may be expected to keep abreast of
Premium Marketing