Case Analysis WestJet is a Canadian low-cost carrier that provides scheduled and charter air service. Beddoe‚ Bell‚ Hill Morgan and David Neelman believed that there was not only a market for a low-fare carrier in Canada‚ but that they could succeed at bringing this service to the country. They became the founding team of the concept that became WestJet Airlines. WestJet has been very successful with their low-fare strategy. They believe that their culture was the key that helps their
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companies’ operation and strategic growth. WestJet‚ as one of the most competitive international airline has invested much to the improvement of technological development. However‚ it now faces a great challenge during the transition into codeshare that they have no idea whether they have a great IT‚ if not‚ how to improve it to bring this company to where it need to be. This assignment is going to illustrate the key strengths and challenges of WestJet‚ the IT management condition and some of personal
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Cheryl saw many opportunities in the IT model at WestJet. The first step she took was to reorganize IT‚ support business goals with IT‚ and make changes to planning and budgeting. She wanted to make IT more receptive to corporate requirements. A change in the governance model was necessary as it would help the company to grow strong and move to the next level. During the first month‚ Cheryl concentrated on benchmarking IT. She brought in two performance and benchmarking experts to conduct the
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Wetjet Westjet have to deal with is whether to maintain its status quo of offering low cost and low fare ‚ whether to venture more in the third party charter segment or whether to be involved in the Trans bs segment . The management has to decide the best strategy it will use to achieve its expansion plan and decision must be made urgently PEST Analysis of the External Environment Political / Legal After the 9 /11 attack operating in the small markets has become uneconomical due to increased
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senior IT leadership stated that IT was critical success factor that would help WestJet to sustain its growth and succeed in the long term. They agreed that a transformation plan was necessary. Smith and the IT leadership understood that an increase in IT system functionality would increase revenue and would give business units confidence through transparency in operations and quick responses. The changes would help WestJet to expand regionally and internationally. Smith and IT leadership knew for
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WestJet: Building a High-Engagement Culture Executive Summary WestJet is facing an urgent problem. The pilots’ contract expires in two weeks’ time and the pilots are unhappy with the offer that has been presented. This has created conflict between management and the pilots as the pilots feel that too many things are being taken away. If a quick agreement is not reached‚ flights would be grounded‚ which would impact the bottom line and negatively affect culture. A collaborating approach will
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INTRODUCTION Westjet came into the air travel business in 1996‚ offering fares up to 50% cheaper than there competition. They strived for an excellent relationship between the employee and the employer by creating an ecstatic‚ friendly work environment. Westjet is one of the most successful airlines as it did start out with the most start up capital any airline has ever experienced‚ as well as keeping their debt to a minimum. With such commercial success‚ Westjet was questioned with their actions
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West Jet Business Level Strategy: Look at external when evaluating this Focused cost leadership need to asses business level strategy is suitable to the macro environment and the industry Evaluation: There was the budget conscious consumers and the existing players weren’t facilitating this segment of the market. There was an opportunity there to facilitate them. There was low switching cost in the industry and they were very focused on price. Substitutes consisted of car buses and train
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Supplemental Reading: Stereotype Threat In the article “A Threat in the Air: How Stereotypes Shape Intellectual Identity and Performance‚” Claude Steele discusses the empirical methods used to test a psychological theory called stereotype threat. Stereotype threat offers a new method for interpreting “group differences in standardized test scores‚” particularly for African-Americans taking standardized verbal tests and for women taking standardized math tests (p. 613). It states that if someone is
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The African continent has suffered from various forms of threats to its peace and stability. These involve environmental degradation‚ poverty‚ diseases‚ hunger‚ drought and wars. Terrorism however‚ is emerging as a serious threat to African peace. Salvatore Freni (2010) points out that terrorism has undergone a number of changes and mutations. Salvatore went on to explain that “new” terrorism elements are rooted in globalization and are characterized by structure of terrorist groups which has evolved
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