Background: Southwest Airlines is the largest airline measured by number of passengers carried each year within the United States. It is also known as a ‘discount airline’ compared with its large rivals in the industry. Rollin King and Herb Kelleher founded Southwest Airlines on June 18‚ 1971. Its first flights were from Love Field in Dallas to Houston and San Antonio‚ short hops with no-frills service and a simple fare structure. The airline began with one simple strategy: “If you get your passengers
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Vehicles 2008 October 5‚ 2009‚ from Snapshots North America. (Document ID: 1507993481). Statistics Canada. (2009‚ August). Quarterly Economic indicators. Retrieved September 30‚ 2009‚ from http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/indi02a-eng.htm Steve Kelleher Retrieved October 6‚ 2009‚ from Canadian Newsstand Core. (Document ID: 1865880191).
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Southwest Airlines became one of the most admired airlines in the world based on their dedication to their customers and the corporate strategies their leadership instituted. Their leadership created a different corporate culture that CEO Herb Kelleher and his company are devoted to the philosophy of putting employees first (Govindarajan‚ pg. 115). In doing so‚ Southwest was able to instill a management control system that relied on their employees and empowered them to achieve the overarching
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important benefit‚ employees will be provided the same concern‚ respect‚ and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share externally with every Southwest Customer. Southwest uses an unorthodox leadership style created by Herb Kelleher. The basic idea is that the organization works like an upside down pyramid. The upper management is at the bottom and supports the front line employees‚ who are the experts. This strategy works for Southwest Airlines because management decisions
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COBRA 2010 Legal Research Symposium: Adverse Possession of Boundary Land – Lessons from Abroad Una Woods1 School of Law‚ University of Limerick‚ Limerick‚ Ireland Email: una.woods@ul.ie Abstract: Boundary disputes are an unfortunate fact of life. This paper illustrates the difficulties currently faced in Ireland by those seeking to demonstrate adverse possession of boundary land and discusses alternative remedies which may be relied upon to resolve boundary disputes. Recently‚ concerns have been
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Answer (1): Southwest had much lower cost than its competitors and was able to crush the competition with its low price strategy . Answer (1) part 2 In the early 1970s‚ when Herb Kelleher and a partner sketched a business plan on a cocktail napkin‚ they had no idea that Southwest airlines would become the most successful U.S.Airline Southwest’s strategy was the complete opposite of the industry’s conventional Wisdom Its planes flew from point to point rather than using the major airlines
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Business Week‚ 0/8/2001‚ Issue 3752. Flynn‚ Gillian. A flight plan for success. Workforce‚ Jul97‚ Vol. 76 Issue 7‚ p72‚ 6p‚ 3c. Freiburg‚ Kevin and Jackie. (1996) Nuts: Southwest Airlines ’ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success. Kelleher‚ Herb. Herb Kelleher on the record‚ part two. Business Week Online‚ 12/23/2003‚ pn/a. Taylor‚ Chris. Recession Survivors: Training to the Rescue. T and D. Oct2003‚ Vol. 57 Issue 10‚ p28‚ 8p‚ 4c. Sweat‚ Jeff. Back to Work. Information Week. 10/22/2001 Issue
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City University London Air Safety Management‚ MSc Bruno Herencic Coursework A Choose a leader from industry – preferably an airline‚ airport authority‚ ATC service or air force leader – and discuss: Industry leader chosen for this work is Juan T. Trippe. Question 1 - What leadership styles account for their success? Introduction Juan Trippe was the founder and chairman of the board of directors of Pan American Airways (Pan Am). Before describing Trippe’s leadership styles‚ we shall
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identify major threats and opportunities in their competitors‚ and assess how Southwest could improve and capitalize on markets where their competition failed. And the final significant success factor was the company’s cost structure. Former CEO‚ Herb Kelleher‚ was a prime example of how Southwest fostered a healthy internal environment. He interacted with customers and employees‚ promoted company parties and understood that the firm was only as strong as its employees. Employee satisfaction was crucial
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