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    Southwest Airlines Merger

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    BASIC STRATEGY: In order to make up for increasing expenses Southwest needs to expand. My recommended strategy for Southwest to pursue‚ is to merge with Air-Tran and expand into areas where Air-Tran has a heavy presence and Southwest has none. With Southwest having a weak presence in the southeastern U.S.‚ a key area to expand would be Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International‚ which is the busiest airport in the U.S. There is obviously a need for the low air-fare company at this site. Southwest’s

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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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    Introduction Southwest Airlines is one of the largest domestic carriers in the United States‚ with over 3400 flights every day from 64 domestic destinations. Since 2011‚ Southwest Airlines is the airline that “carries the most domestic passengers of any US airline” ("Scheduled passengers carried"‚ 2011). The major factor that contributes to the success of Southwest Airlines and makes it different from the other airlines is its approach in designing and managing the processes. Measuring capacity

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    Marcio Cesar dos Santos Southwest Airlines 1) CQ: What are the key motivational strategies used by Southwest? Investing in People: As argued by Ann Rodes‚ Southwest’s competitive advantage come from people‚ so they has invested time and money to build a cohesively team work‚ developing in each one a strong sense of esteem and self-actualization. “Recognizing that our people are the competitive advantage‚ we deliver the resources and services to prepare our people to be winners‚ to support

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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 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 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 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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    Analysis of Southwest Airlines Module: Business Management Vanessa Eelma Alyssa Julianna Farkas Thomas Schillinger Peter Lukacs Attila Radvanszki Adam Radvanszki 29th November‚ 2010 Word Count : XXXX Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Literature Review 4 2.1 General Introduction of Theories Used 4 2.2 SWOT Analysis 4 2.3 External Factors 4 2.4 Organizational Structures 4 2.5 Hofstede’s Theory 5 2.6 Cultural Elements 5 2.7 Motivation 5 3 Analysis of Southwest

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