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    Southwest Airline Analysis

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    Southwest Airline Analysis The goal of this paper is to explain the prominent success of Southwest Airline in the United States through a single case study analysis making use of the McKinsey’s 7-S framework. Developed in the early 1980s at the McKinsey & Company consulting firm by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman‚ this framework looks at 7 internal factors (Structure‚ Strategy‚ Systems‚ Style‚ Staff‚ Skills‚ Super-ordinate goals) which‚ according to its authors‚ need to be aligned for an organization

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    Southwest Airlines 2008

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    Case #20 – Southwest Airlines Company History  1966 Rollin King approached Herb Kelleher’s law office with plan to start low-cost/lowfare airline  Ran into legal problems‚ rival airlines in Texas did everything they could to block new airline  Herb Kelleher was determined to start up airline  1971 – Lamar Muse Southwest CEO‚ background in industry to get it up and starting  Raised $7 million in capital and private investors to purchase planes and equipment  Flights started between Dallas

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    Southwest Airline Analysis

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    Executive Summary Southwest Airlines has been a strong growth company over the last 35 years. Using its low-cost‚ passenger friendly‚ point-to-point operational strategy‚ Southwest has been able to sustain considerable growth year after year and remain profitable for 33 straight years. While Southwest has gained market share in recent years‚ legacy carriers have struggled due to depressed market conditions. The entire airline industry has endured expensive labor contracts‚ soaring energy costs and

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    Southwest Airlines B

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    SOUTHWEST AIRLINES (B): USING HUMAN RESOURCES FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE Marielos Aldi‚ director of human resources for Motorola in Central America‚ was talking to her case study group about tomorrow’s caseSouthwest Airlines (AJ. "It simply isn’t possible. The case can’t be right. No company can be the way this case describes!" Bob Wells‚ another member of the group and the executive vice president in charge of human resources at Youna & Rubicam‚ the sixth largest advertising agency in the

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    head: CASE ANALYSIS “SOUTHWEST AIRLINES 2008” Case Analysis “Southwest Airlines 2008” Nacs Tu (Yi-Ru Tu) The University of IOWA‚ Henry B. Tippie College of Business 2 CASE ANALYSIS “SOUTHWEST AIRLINES 2008” Abstract This paper explores the analysis of the case Southwest Airlines 2008 that displays the firm’s business model and sources for competitive advantage by answering three questions‚ 1. Would you consider the airline industry as attractive to compete in? 2. Why Southwest Airlines

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    Southwest Airlines Union

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    Introduction Southwest Airlines is a company that aims at having happy management‚ employees and customers. Unlike some companies‚ Southwest welcomes the idea of their employees being members of a labor union‚ agreeing that they need someone to speak for them in an effective way. Sure there are still some issues and differences that need to be worked out but that is what the union is there for. Review/Analysis of the Case As with any relationship‚ there is going to be goals and issues that the

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    Southwest Case Study

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    SOUTH WEST HAVARD CASE Southwest Airlines - A Case Study * Home Page» * Business & Economy» * Case Studies Southwest Airlines - A Case Study Synopsis of the Situation:   From June 18‚ 1971 when it started operation from the Love Field in 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

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    Southwest Case Study

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    Executive Summary In 2009 Gary Kelly‚ the CEO of Southwest airlines‚ was contemplating what it would take for Southwest to survive the economic downfall‚ due to high oil prices and decline in demand‚ that was upon the airline industry. One might argue that in the face of many options Southwest both diversified in there solutions as well as stayed true to the brand they had created. We will argue they did both. They branched out in terms of expansion and customer service‚ while remaining true to

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    Southwest Airlines Culture

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    Southwest Airlines has been known for is inexpensive flights and upbeat‚ jokester employees since 1971. In 1980‚ Southwest adopted its mission statement as‚ “A dedication of customer service delivered with ‘a sense of warmth‚ friendliness‚ individual price and company spirit”. (Anonymous‚ 2005‚ p. 16). In 1997‚ Southwest Airlines celebrated its 25th anniversary. “The celebration centered around ten philosophical principles‚ such as ‘under promise but over deliver’ and ‘take competition seriously

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    Case 3-1: Southwest Airlines Corporation What is Southwest’s strategy? What is the bases on which Southwest builds its competitive advantage? Cost cutting SWAC uses a low-cost strategy. They had the lowest operating-cost structure in the domestic airline industry. Employee satisfaction Together with this strategy‚ they want to achieve customer satisfaction by employee satisfaction. They are famous for their customer and employee relationship. SWAC has been recognized by multiple organizations

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