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    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Southwest Airlines Co. provides low-fare‚ "no-frills"‚ civil air transportation. The company was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in Dallas‚ Texas. As of December 31‚ 2005‚ it operated 445 Boeing-737 aircrafts and provided service to 61 cities in 31 states. The company also provides frequent flyer awards to business partners‚ including credit card companies‚ hotels‚ telecommunication companies‚ and car rental agencies. Southwest Airlines is the fifth largest airline company in

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    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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    Southwest Airlines: Leading the Airline Industry one Statistic at a Time Victoria Mack May 6th‚ 2013 Quantitative Research Methods Term Paper I. Introduction “The mission of Southwest Airlines is dedication to the highest quality of customer service delivered with a sense of warmth‚ friendliness‚ individual pride‚ and company spirit.” (Kelly‚ Gary) By providing the highest quality of customer service‚ Southwest Airlines business model is set up to provide

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    Southwest Airlines: Organizational Commitment and Communication Paper Communications for Accountants COM/530 Southwest Airlines: Organizational Commitment and Communication Paper   Southwest Airlines’ strong organizational culture is reflected in its mission as shown in its website: “dedication to the highest quality of Customer Service delivered with a sense of warmth‚ friendliness‚ individual pride‚ and Company Spirit.” Southwest is a company that not only excels in customer service

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    Two Southwest Airlines Incidents. Two more similar incidents occurred in 2009 and 2011 to two Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 aircrafts. The fuselage ruptured in the similar areas due to corrosion and lap joint issues‚ but at a far lesser severity than that of Aloha Airlines Flight 243. The incidents occurred to Southwest Flight 2294 on July 13‚ 2009 and to Southwest Flight 812 on April 1‚ 2011‚ where both aircrafts made emergency landings safely with no injuries (Irving‚ 2011). Southwest Flight

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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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    ninth edition STEPHEN P. ROBBINS Chapter 16 © 2007 Prentice Hall‚ Inc. All rights reserved. MARY COULTER Motivating Employees PowerPoint Presentation by Charlie Cook The University of West Alabama LEARNING OUTLINE Follow this Learning Outline as you read and study this chapter. What Is Motivation? • Define motivation. • Explain motivation as a need-satisfying process. Early Theories of Motivation • Describe Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and how it can be used to

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    Hanson Ski Products - Projected Quarterly Balance Sheets (in $ thousand) 3/31/86 Assets Current Assets Cash Receivables‚ Net Inventories Prepaid Expenses Total Current Assets Fixed Assets Plant‚ Property‚ & Equipt (Less) accum depreciation Total Net Fixed Assets Other Assets Total Assets Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity Current Liabilities Accounts Payable Notes Payable - banks Income Taxes Payable Current Installments - lt debt Total Current Liabilities Long Term Debt Term Loan Notes Payable

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    Dallas Texas‚ Southwest Airlines stands out as a company willing to do things differently and wanting to be the best Airline in America‚ and last year it was rated America’s best airline‚ both in the quality of its flights and the being the most profitable. With such admirable past and what seemed like a future cast in success‚ one would not expect Southwest to be confronted with problems which could potentially derail it from its destination as the premier carrier in the US Airline industries. The

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    Southwest Airlines‚ Key Facts: Niche strategy. Concept: • Concentrate in underutilized airports • 1 type of aircraft – fuel-efficient 737 (1994 – more that 200 planes) • Frequent‚ on-time departures • Low cost fares‚ only 2 types of fares per root • No seats assigned‚ no meals • Point-to-point roots • Higher equipment initialization‚ shorter turn-around times Competitive advantage: • Cost structure • "The workforce is dedicated to the company. They’re Moonies basically. That’s the way

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