10/11/2011 What is Compensation The purpose of Compensation How compensation is linked to overall HR Strategy This research objectives Types of Compensation Strategies ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ Pay for Performance Incentive based pay Broad banding Team based pay Competency based pay Hybrid System Condition based pay Pay for Performance ◦ Strength ◦ You got what you actually deserves Foster individual performance Creates competitive environment ◦ Weaknesses
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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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Benefits and Compensation Strategies Recommendations TEAM B: Ben F. Soares‚ Thomas Manning‚ Zoua Yang‚ Ziad Shamma HRM 531 David John Stocker Benefits and Compensation Strategies Recommendations Introduction: Market Evaluation: When constructing a benefits and compensation strategy‚ it is important to understand what companies in comparable markets are providing to their employees. For our company‚ Clayton Commercial Construction‚ who wants to open up operations in Arizona‚ it means looking
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Management HRM 594 Staffing Organizations Professor Burnell Carden August 24‚ 2013 Introduction The intent of this paper it to define critical concepts of strategic planning with Southwest Airlines (SWA) top management and how their organization pursued choices and different strategies to run the business by using superior performance employees that gave them a competitive advantage over their competitors. I will concentrate on the thirteen strategic staffing decisions that are critical
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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES Executive Summary Southwest Airlines is the largest low cost airline carrier in the United States. Southwest is headquartered in Dallas‚ Texas. The airline was established in 1967. It carries the most domestic passengers of any US airline‚ as of June 5‚ 2011. Southwest uses only Boeing 737’s‚ except for a short time during the 1970’s and 1980’s when they used Boeing 727’s. As of August 2012‚ Southwest is the largest domestic passenger airline operator of the Boeing
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Currently the airline industry as a whole seems to be on the road of recovery. We‚ American Airlines‚ the fourth largest carrier recently avoided bankruptcy‚ but had a summer full of pressure due to ongoing union struggles and questionable executive compensation packages. After having incurred such big losses‚ this recovery has come about because of the government bailout and many of our large competitors’ abilities to survive the turbulence in the industry. So far‚ the prospects look promising
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Batna for Soutwest Airlines and Muse/Transtar Realistically negotiating from a less powerful position 1. Know your and their source of power. 2. A Good BATNA 3. Access and Mobilization of Resources 4. Collection of Information 5. Strategy Development 6. Power Tactics Elaboration 1. Introduction - Know your and their source of power – Analyze By identifying yours and their sources of power. But in order to do this‚ you need to know what gives one negotiator more power than another
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The U.S. Airline Industry in 1995 2. a) American Airlines’ 1992 air fare strategies resembled its early to mid-80s SuperSavers program. It offered discounts of up to 45% on round-trip flights of at least 7 days‚ purchased 30 days in advance. Previously‚ air fare pricing was a simple structure of first class/coach and peak/off-peak categories. Robert Crandall‚ of American Airlines‚ introduced a new air fare system known as yield management. The simple price structure was unbundled to unleash multiple
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Assignment Questions 1. What is Southwest’s competitive strategy? What are the sources of its success? How does it make money in this business? 2. What are the foundations of Southwest’s competitive advantage? Southwest Airlines’ successful and profitable business model has been driven by several strategies: high aircraft utilization; standard fleet; charismatic leadership; low fare carrier; excellent customer service practice; attractive frequent flier program; innovative and creative marketing
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COMPENSATION AND OTHER EMPLOYEE RETENTION STATEGIES Abstract There are three human elements that are important to any organizations success - good leadership at the top‚ effective management at all levels‚ and personnel who possess the knowledge and skills to get the job done. Retaining effective employees is a challenge‚ and replacing employees who leave an organization is extremely expensive. Roger E. Herman’s book Keeping Good People – Strategies for Solving the Dilemma
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