Solutions to Case Study Ans1: The competitive advantages that West Jet has are: ➢ Unique Corporate Culture: The main competitive advantage that WestJet had was their unique culture. Even the executives and pilots help the customer whenever necessary; encourage employees to share suggestions for improvement. They maintained the policy of Care for People. ➢ Low operating cost: They have low prices to attract more customers‚ who would otherwise take train or bus. ➢ No union
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a SWOT analysis for a WestJet Airlines Ltd. “SWOT is an acronym describing an organization’s appraisal of its internal Strengths and Weaknesses and its external Opportunities and Threats.” These factors will determine the success or failure of any company. This WestJet SWOT analysis is done at the level of the entire organization and is a useful tool for understanding‚ decision-making and achieving company’s corporate goals and objectives. Based in Calgary‚ Alberta WestJet was founded in 1996 by
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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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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 from the great ones. As WestJet continues its goal of becoming a low fare international airline‚ it will face numerous obstacles. The problem addressed here deals with the people aspect. How can WestJet maintain its current people culture as the company expands? How can WestJet instill the culture into its new people? And how will WestJet meet the cultural differences in other markets? Answering these questions is essential to the future success of WestJet. Analysis In order for us to
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and services: WestJet started its services in 1996 with just 3 aircrafts and landing rights to five destinations in Canada. By the end of 2011‚ WestJet had become one of the leading airlines in Canada‚ by providing services to a total of 76 destinations within continent North America. The airline currently offers scheduled services‚ international charter services and Trans-border services to the United States‚ the Caribbean‚ Mexico and Canada. As per the annual report of 2011‚ WestJet currently operates
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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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Lester B. Pearson Born 23 of April 1897 died 27 of December 1972. Lester B Pearson was one of the greatest Canadians ever. During his life‚ he was a professor‚ historian‚ civil servant‚ and a politician‚ he was also very talented at sports‚ and making friends. He was born to Annie Sarah‚ and Edwin Arthur Pearson‚ who was a church minister. At the age of 16 he graduated from Hamilton Collegiate Institute‚ and in the same year studied at Victoria College‚ at the University of Toronto
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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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