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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“On balance‚ multinational corporations provide more positive outcomes for society than negative ones”. Multinational corporations are practically in every sphere of modern life‚ from policy making to the environment and international security; from problems of identity and community to the future of work and nation state. (Gabel and Bruner‚ 2003‚ VI) A multi-national corporation (MNC) is a business organisation which has its headquarters in one country but conducts and controls productive
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WEYMOUTH STEEL CORPORATION Case Overview: Weymouth Steel Corporation in September‚ 1990 is having a critical time in finding out the ways to communicate the bad and good news to its salaried employees. An erroneous selection of time and communication channel selection may demoralize the workforce completely resulting in a disaster for the company. The good news is that the company management has decided to increase the salary and benefits of almost all the salaried employees regardless of their
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Journal of Business Case Studies – January/February 2010 Volume 6‚ Number 1 Sunbeam Corporation: A Forensic Analysis Patricia Hatfield‚ Ph.D.‚ Bradley University‚ USA Shelly Webb‚ Ph. D.‚ Xavier University‚ USA ABSTRACT The members of the Board of Directors at Sunbeam were completely bewildered. Al Dunlap‚ Sunbeam’s highly successful but controversial CEO was threatening to resign after almost two years of leading Sunbeam successfully out of a slump that had threatened the long-term
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Organizational Theory and Design Case Study Analysis Rondell Data Corporation Case Analysis Abstract: The analysis of Rondell Data Corporation situation and discrepancies that were experienced throughout the company life cycle will help understanding the theory and design of organizations . By exploring the background of the problem‚ organization ’s functioning‚ the impact of organizational culture on the strategy and success of the company and problem identification‚ recommendations
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of ice cream. The Tans’ hamburger‚ made to a home-style Philippine recipe developed by Tony’s chef father‚ quickly became a customer favorite. A year later‚ with five stores in metropolitan Manila‚ the family incorporated as Jollibee Foods Corporation. The company’s name came from TTC’s vision of employees working happily and efficiently‚ like bees in a hive. Reflecting a pervasive courtesy in
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Service Corporation International This case entails Merger and Acquisition analysis of Service Corporation International’s (SCI). SCI has historically relied on growth through acquisitions‚ which has helped it with synergies due to the “cluster” approach. The growth through acquisition has turned out to be effective strategy to build on synergies by sharing various costs such as cremation‚ transportation‚ staffing‚ and inventory to achieve economies of scale. Further the three criteria of finding
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The Corporation: A Book Review Joel Bakan’s book‚ The Corporation: the Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power‚ is a decisive look into the mind of the corporation‚ or big business. It outlines the importance of profit in business and how ruthless corporations are willing to be in order to bring in substantial revenue. The book uses a historical timeframe to portray the ruthlessness of business ever since the idea of the corporation arose in the 17th century. It provides an insight into a world
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Assignment Part 1 – Précis / Short Essay (30% of assignment) The case Salomon v Salomon & CO. Ltd indicates the ‘Corporate veil’ which refers to distinct the company as a separate legal entity from its shareholders. It can protect the shareholders from not taking liability personally for the company’s debts. However‚ in some situations the ‘Corporate veil ’ could be lifted if the shareholders do not follow the proper procedures. Lifting corporate veil is aim to "see through" the company and
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International Drilling Corporation Case Write-up In the case study ”International Drilling Corporation”‚ Taylor described that the problem as many people either “didn’t know about what was going on” or “knew and just didn’t care.” Upon further inspection on the case‚ it was evident that many IDC executives were aware of company’s wrongdoings‚ but simply decided not to take any action. However‚ if I were Don Taylor‚ I would choose to report SEC. I believe this is the most ethical and logical decision
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