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    Southwest Airlines: A Corporate Cultural Assessment University of X September 17‚ 2005 Southwest Airlines: A Corporate Cultural Assessment Southwest Airlines (Southwest) is a domestic US airline that provides short haul‚ high frequency‚ point-to-point‚ and low-fare service to and from 60 airports in 59 cities across 31 US states. From humble beginnings in 1971‚ this airline with only four passengers per flight‚ and airhostesses wearing hot pants and white go-go boots‚ has evolved into a leader

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    Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines is one of the most successful airlines in the United States. There has never been layoffs or strikes in the history of the company‚ although there were several times when layoffs could have been justified‚ including the months following the September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attacks. However‚ Southwest’s Mission statement says “Above all‚ Employees will be provided the same concern‚ respect‚ and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share

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    Southwest Airlines Case Analysis 1. How does Southwest Airlines increase the customer’s willingness to buy (customer value)? Southwest airline creates customer value by providing an all around pleasant travel experience for its customers. Its ground and flight crew are extremely accommodating and flights are safe and on time. The fares are inexpensive compared to other hub and spoke airlines‚ which are attractive to business travelers during weak economies as well as to other travelers

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    Southwest Airlines corporate philosophy can be credited to one of the founders Herb Kelleher. It is an airline company with a unique culture “goofiness”‚ which keeps the morale of its employees high (Smith‚ 2004)‚ and is a company that welcomes fun‚ dedication‚ and effort. Southwest believes that a happy employee will create a happy customer‚ and will create loyal customers. Mr. Kelleher effectively implemented its style‚ culture and emphasis on quality in the daily actives at Southwest (Smith

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    October 4‚ 2013  Southwest Airlines Every business has a CEO who deals with the everyday lifestyle of being the boss. Have you ever wondered how many people who work as the CEO of a company because it was always something they wanted to do? For those of you who said yes‚ think again. The CEO of Southwest Airlines‚ Gary Kelly‚ never had aspirations of being a CEO to a company as large as Southwest Airlines. There are a few founding principles: keep costs down through fast turn-around time at

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    Southwest Airlines Case Analysis Problem As a fledgling operation‚ how does a startup company compete within an established market in terms of price‚ performance and promotion Issues On February 1‚ 1973 Braniff airlines announced a half-price “Get Acquainted Sale” on all flights between Dallas and Houston. This was Southwest Airlines most profitable route. Southwest had to decide how to respond to Braniff Airlines move. Southwest Airlines is a startup business * They faced barriers to

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    To: MBA731‚ Prof. Carlstrom Franklin University From: Kristie Bowman Subject: Gate Turnaround at Southwest Airlines Date: February 27‚ 2013 Business Brief Capacity planning is a necessary function of an organization to ensure that the highest rate of output is reached through the current processes taking place within an organization. These strategically defined processes must have the ability to provide flexibility to meet future capacity demand‚ whether due to opportunity growth

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    Michael Porter has described a category scheme consisting of three general types of strategies that are commonly used by businesses to achieve and maintain competitive advantage. These three generic strategies are defined along two dimensions: strategic scope and strategic strength. Strategic scope is a demand-side dimension (Michael E. Porter was originally an engineer‚ then an economist before he specialized in strategy) and looks at the size and composition of the market you intend to target. Strategic

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    The Five Generic Competitive Strategies By Jennifer Williams There are five generic business strategies that companies choose from when trying to successfully compete within their respective industries. This is the first choice a company must make‚ even before deciding an overall strategy. These generic business strategies include low-cost provider strategy‚ broad differentiation strategy‚ best-cost provider strategy; focused strategy based on low costs‚ and focused strategy based on

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    On-Boarding Approach Southwest Airline There are a few companies out there that truly understand the importance of On-boarding. Southwest airline has taken an approach that resonates with all employees new and old. Their understanding of human culture and how people absorb information is vital to their process. Human beings are emotional creatures‚ thus learning from this they have produced an effective on-boarding procedure. Stimulating a positive emotion has been the Idea behind a successful

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