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    Southwest Airlines: A Case Analysis ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS It is evident that the greatest strength that Southwest Airlines has is its financial stability. As known in the US airline industry‚ Southwest is one of those airlines who are consistently earning profits despite the problems the industry is facing. With such stability‚ the corporation is able to make decisions and adjust policies‚ which other heavily burdened airlines may not be able to imitate. Having a low amount of cost in their

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    Southwest Airline’s Strategies: Southwest Airline’s successful strategy consists of three complementary qualities which are focus‚ divergence and compelling tagline. This short-haul airline believes that by focusing on friendly service‚ speed and frequent point-to-point departures‚ its low pricing is able to compete against car transportation. While other competitors try to delight customers by investing in meals‚ airport lounges and seating selections‚ Southwest chooses to eliminate or reduces

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    Executive Summary The strategy of Southwest Airlines (SWA) has remained the same‚ which is to give customers low-cost‚ point-to-point airfare‚ with excellent customer service. This simple strategy has resulted in SWA posting profits for 30 consecutive years. While other airlines are downsizing‚ SWA is showing slow steady growth. This performance is evident throughout their SEC Filings. First we will look at SWA’s ROI and ROE compared to the rest of the industry. Two thousand and one and 2002 were

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    Southwest Airlines Cindy Carbaugh Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Abstract According to section 1.07 of the APA Publication Manual (2001)‚ “An abstract is a brief‚ comprehensive summary of the contents of the article; it allows readers to survey the contents of an article quickly‚ and like a title‚ it enables abstracting and information services to index and retrieve articles” (p. 12). . TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT

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    Southwest Airlines Perhaps the main reason why Southwest Airlines was able to remain profitable following the 9/11 attacks was that it stuck to its strategy. In a time where industries (and many other parts of the world) were desperate and scrambling to adapt‚ Southwest simply vowed to stick to what made them a successful company to begin with. Ironically‚ this was how they had always garnered success – by positioning themselves differently from the competition – and this is exactly what they were

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    relates to leadership‚ and then apply the components to how James Parker‚ CEO of southwest airlines‚ appears to use them to facilitate daily operations within the company. The Path-Goal theory was developed from studies conducted by Robert House (Robbins 493). House chose to deviate from Fiedler’s traditional Contingency theories via focusing primarily on the leader’s direct behavior for each new situation. This was a new perspective when contrasted to Fiedler’s approach because House tried to integrate

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    Southwest Airlines Case Summary Southwest Airlines was originally named Air Southwest. It was started on March 15‚ 1967‚ by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher. Southwest Airlines is an American low fare airline based in Dallas‚ Texas. It is also the largest airline in the United States by number of passengers carried domestically in a year and the third largest airline in the world by number of passengers carried. Southwest is also one the most profitable airlines in the world posting a profit

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    Mission Statement: 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. (source: Southwest.com website) Vision statement: Our vision is to expand our locations both domestic and overseas by being the largest and most profitable airline company to achieve both short and long-haul carriers efficiently and with low cost. Also to be an airline carrier that has the most productive

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    Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines is one of the most successful airlines in the United States. There has never been layoffs or strikes in the history of the company‚ although there were several times when layoffs could have been justified‚ including the months following the September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attacks. However‚ Southwest’s Mission statement says “Above all‚ Employees will be provided the same concern‚ respect‚ and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share

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    and Hobby‚ which is Southwest Airlines’ only profitable route. Southwest needs to determine how to respond to this threatening strategic pricing move by Braniff in order to continuously stay ahead of their losses‚ and possibly reduce or eliminate it further for that operating year. Situational Analysis 3Cs: Competition Before Southwest was established‚ two airlines were servicing the geographic market - Braniff International Airways and Texas International (TI) Airlines. Though both provide

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