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    The domestic US airline industry has been intensely competitive since it was deregulated in 1978. In a regulated environment‚ most of the cost increases were passed along to consumers under a fixed rate-of-return based pricing scheme. This allowed labor unions to acquire a lot of power and workers at the major incumbent carriers were overpaid. After deregulation‚ the incumbent carriers felt the most pain‚ and the floodgates had opened for newer more nimble carriers with lower cost structures

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    Southwest Airline Strategy Implementation Executive Summary An analysis of Southwest Airlines strategic controls has been conducted in order to determine if these controls match‚ and or enhance‚ the companies design and strategy. The company structure‚ culture‚ and human resources have been taken into consideration. What was found‚ was that Southwest has a strong culture‚ which ties most of the strategies together. Supervisors and employees work side by side‚ which promotes trust and understanding

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    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 (Ruppel‚ 2012). The people of Southwest are the single greatest strength and most enduring long term competitive advantage (Kelly‚ 2012). Southwest Airlines started out as Air Southwest Co in 1967; serving only three local airport hubs in Texas. The hubs were San Antonio (SAT)‚ Dallas (DAL) and Houston International Airport

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    the case study‚ some of the market conditions of the U.S. airline industry in the early 1990s were triggered by the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. In essence‚ “deregulation created greater competition and growth opportunities… laws restricting the airline industry loosened in the spirit of greater competition.” (Marketing Management‚ page 15). The impact of deregulation became evident in several areas: Removing regulatory price controls was followed by lower average prices‚ a substantial increase

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    Comprehensive Case Analysis Southwest Airlines: What¡¦s Next? April 11‚ 2000 They Took a Great Idea and Made It Fly Southwest Airlines Company is a domestic airline that provides primarily short-haul‚ high-frequency‚ point-point‚ low-fare service to 53 airports in 52 cities in26 states throughout the United States. Southwest focuses primarily on point-to-point service‚ providing more direct nonstop routes for short-haul customers and‚ therefore‚ minimizing connections‚ delays and total

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    SOUTHWEST AIRLINES Presented by: Allan Abutin Rick Boone Peter Bond Bethany Lam Phuong Nguyen A. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Southwest Airlines has been serving its customers since 1971 and has focused its business on convenience‚ customer service and low-cost flights. From the outset‚ the two founders were dedicated to success and the company has taken many steps since then to accomplish this. Through the use of technology‚ strategic placement of travel routes and keeping the business person

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    Southwest Airline Case ¨C Executive Summary Introduction in 1971‚ Herbert D. Kelleher with other few business partners started an Airline services. Up till 1991‚ Southwest served low-fair air transportation among 32 cities in 14 states with over 20 million customers annually in the United States. Although the industry suffered a major blow from the unfavorable economic conditions‚ the company was still holding strong; while other airline companies were in debt. The major success to their continued

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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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    Case Study-Southwest Airlines Leadership is one of the four functions that constitute the management process. And it is also one of the most popular management topics. Leadership is the process of inspiring others to work hard to accomplish important tasks. This essay will discuss the visionary and servant leadership and indicate which one is applied to Herb Kelleher and how The visionary leadership describes a leader who brings to the situation a clear and compelling sense of the future and

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    Management controls‚ in the broadest sense‚ include the plan of organization‚ methods and procedures adopted by management to ensure that its goals are met. Management controls include processes for planning‚ organizing‚ directing‚ and controlling program operations. A subset of management controls are the internal controls used to assure that there is prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition‚ use‚ or disposition of the entity’s assets. Simons (1994) defined MCS as "the formal

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