...Name: Shawn Holland Date: May 29, 2011 Aeronautical Science for Management- AMGT 202 Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Module 5- Learning Objective #2: Define airworthiness, and define each of the airworthiness inspections required for small (under 12,500 pounds) airplanes. Website: http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAD.nsf/Frameset?OpenPage When trying to choose a website that could be the best match for a the learning objective, my mechanical side of my brain come out and started to think about the process by which I have to go through when performing any major maintenance inspection that is required by the FAA. An airworthiness directive (AD) is a safety message that is put out whenever a problem is found with an aircraft that is worth looking at, making it a mandatory inspection item, either once a given time period or at least once period to make sure no fault is found. As a certified A&P mechanic you are allowed to perform AD checks, needing the source of information to make sure the aircraft is in compliance with all inspections required. The website that I have listed here is not only the best source of information for compliance with all checks required per each individual airframe type, but the only accurate source of information that can be used. This website establishes the foundation for all aircraft owners, pilots, A&P’s and IA’s to have the ability of monitoring the safety of every aircraft flying in the air...
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...BUSINESS MANAGEMENT MODULE DUE: 09 OCTOBER 2013 STUDENT: MERVYN CROUCH (213325691) TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview & Introductions Strategy Inputs The Transformation Process Outputs Summary / Conclusion INTRODUCTION Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA) was formed in 1993 as a Public Company under the Company Act of 1973, as amended, and the Airports Company Act of 1993, as amended. Although ACSA is majority owned by the South African Government, through the Department of Transport, the Company is legally and financially autonomous and operates under Commercial Law. ACSA was formed to owned and operate the nine (9) principle South African Airports, including the three (3) main International Gateways of O.R.Tambo , Cape Town and King Shaka International Airports. As well as providing world-class, secure infrastructure for Airlines to transport people and goods. ACSA extends it responsibilities to include the promotion of tourism, the facilitation of economic growth and job creation, and the protection of the environment. The nine (9) principle airports are as follows: • OR Tambo International Airport (previously known as Johannesburg International Airport) • Cape Town International Airport • King Shaka International Airport (previously known as Durban International Airport) • Bram Fischer Airport (previously known as Bloemfontein Airport) • East London Airport • George Airport • Kimberley...
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...REFERENCES 1. Goldman, S.L. and R.N. Nagel, Management, Technology and Agility: The Emergence of a New Era in Manufacturing. International Journal Technology Management, 1993. 8(1/2): p. 18-38. 2. Goldman, S.L., R.N. Nagel, and K. Preiss, Agile Competitors and Virtual Organizations. 1995, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. 3. Dove, R., The Meaning of Life and the Meaning of Agile, in Production. 1994. p. 1. 4. Devanna, M.A. and N. Tichy, Creating the Competitive Organization of the 21st Century: The Boundaryless Corporation. Human Resource Management, 1990. 29(4): p. 455-471. 5. Dove, R., Plumbing the Agile Organization, in Production. 1994. 6. Preiss, K., Models of the Agile Competitive Environment, in Competitive Strategic Management, R. Lamb, Editor. 1995, Agility Forum: Bethlehem, PA. 7. Flanagan, P., The ABCs of Changing Corporate Culture. Management Review, 1995. July: p. 57-61. 8. Underdown, D.R., Transform Enterprise Methodology, in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering. 1997, University of Texas at Arlington: Arlington. 9. Mayer, R.J., M. Painter, and P. deWitte, IDEF Family of Methods for Concurrent Engineering and Business Re-engineering Applictions, . 1992, Knowledge Based Systems, Inc. 10. Marca, D.A. and C.L. McGowan, SADT: Structured Analysis and Design Technique. 1988, New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc. 11. Mayer, R.J., IDEF0 Function Modeling - A Reconstruction of the Original Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratory Technical Report - AFWAL-TR-81-4023...
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...Name: Pinto, Rafael A. Date: 07/25/12 Activity 9.9 - Aeronautical Science Perspective Paper Aviation Safety and Quality Assurance Despite having an enviable safety record, the aviation industry is under constant pressure to drive down accident rates. Air accidents damage consumer confidence and inhibit the growth of the industry. When it comes to flying, the word safety is mentioned constantly. Shortage of qualified professionals, aging of aircraft’s fleet and environmental concerns are some of the challenges faced by today’s aviation. The primary goal of the aviation industry is to maintain airplane and helicopter safety standards and protect the interests of the mechanics, flight crew, and passengers. It is important the use of different techniques for increase of safety practices in a industry that is increasingly diverse, complex, and under very significant pressure. John O'Brian, from ALPA's Engineering and Air Safety Department, once mentioned “No matter how interested individual employees might be, or what assistance a manufacturer offers, or how insistent a certificating authority might be—none of these factors will have a significant effect on safety without support from top management”, so it is imperative that managers and supervisors are well aware of the impact of their roles during the daily operations. As aviation evolves, a lot of programs and procedures were created in order to...
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...enough qualifications and their effect on decision making process in airline MRO service organizations Viviana A. Martin Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Abstract The trend of selecting or promoting managers that do not have direct experience in the areas they manage in technical positions appears to be taking place in many companies today including airline MRO services organizations. In order to be successful in a competitive marketplace, management must make effective decisions to maximize the output of their organization, minimize waste and mistakes, and keep morale up. As such, it is imperative to understand which ‘type’ of manager should be placed in each management role; an effective leader that may not have intimate knowledge of the area they manage, or a manager that fully understands the inner workings of the organization that may not be as effective of a leader. This paper seeks to examine management qualifications and their effect in the decision making process and how that impacts organizations. This paper also reviews both decision making in airline services organizations and management types to provide an understanding of the decision making process and factors that can affect that process in airline MRO services organizations. Keywords: organizational behavior, decision making, technical management, general management. Managers without enough qualifications and their effect on decision making process in airline MRO services organizations Introduction ...
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...Trader Joe's Keep Things Fresh Leslie Taylor Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Organizational Behavior MGMT 317 Dr. Dwayne Thomas June 6, 2015 Trader Joe's Keep Things Fresh 1. How does Trader Joe’s design jobs for increased job satisfaction and higher performance? Trader Joe’s success with their employee’s is based on hiring individuals who are “ambitious and adventurous, enjoy smiling and have a strong sense of values” (Uhl-Bien, Schermerhorn Jr., & Osborn, 2013, p. 98). Trader Joe’s employees’ exhibit job satisfaction and higher performance because they are compensated very well in their earnings, benefits and professional growth opportunities. Employees’ that are based in California stores “can earn almost 20 percent more than counterparts at supermarket giants Albertsons or Safeway” (Uhl-Bien et al., 2013, p. 98). 2. In what ways does Trader Joe’s demonstrate the importance of each responsibility in the management process: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling? Management promotional opportunities are given solely to employees from within the company. To ensure managers are running the business from both the company expectations and the customer expectations, training programs are made available to crew members that guide in the planning and leading of future managers. It is most important that managers keep the customer focus in leading crew members for customer satisfaction. 3. Describe the methods that show Trader Joe’s knows the importance...
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...A Business Owner Should Not be Able To Hire Or Fire Anyone Without Interference From The Government Byron E. Hercules Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Abstract The recent economic downturn has forced many industries to change the way in which they do business in order to survive. Managers must find ways in which in to motivate their employees to overcome their employees natural resistance to change. Mangers must find ways to communicate a clear intent to diminish unknowns. Once clear goals have been created lay out individual goals to follow and Inspect their progress. Additionally, management must make sure that everyone is part of the plan and honor employee’s success in order to create a smoother transition with minimal resistance. A Business Owner Should Not be Able To Hire Or Fire Anyone Without Interference From The Government In recent history, many industries have suffered a severe economic downturn. Many industries across the board have changed in order to survive. The changes that the industries have endured can be categorized in the following manner: technological, environmental, and internal to the organization. Nevertheless, people are creatures of habits and once they become dedicated to a routine may have difficulty adjusting to changes. Most people tend to resist change when it is unexpected or unknown (Rue, 2014). “If it feels like walking off the cliff, blindfolded people will resist it” (Kanter, 2012). The second reason people resist change...
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... I also have to deal with my chain of command more often at this moment because I report to them directly. We always have meetings and conferences. The higher ups are always discussing wide scope of projects, budgets, and a lot of administrative matters. Most of the time, I cannot understand the way their communication goes because of lack of business or administrational background. With this abrupt change in my responsibility, which now I know will come along as I go to a higher pay grade; I finally decided to do something to catch up with it. Thus, taking up higher level of degree came to my mind. Because I am currently engaged on the aviation side of the Navy, I decided to enroll at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with Air Transportation Management that will also be in line with my...
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...| | Alan Mulally, CEO, Ford Motor Company By Susiver Syracuse Flandez Professor Kevin B.William Leadership and Organizational Behavior – BUS 520 August 14, 2010 Strayer University – Cobb Campus Section I - Introduction: Alan Roger Mulally, CEO of Ford Motor Company, is a dynamic leader as evidence by his broad range of education and experience. Mr. Mulally began his management style by earning an aeronautical engineering degree from the University of Kansas, and a master’s in management from MIT’s Alfred P. Sloan School of Business in 1992. Mr. Mulally accepted a position as a senior vice president of Airplane Development for Boeing Commercial Airplanes group in 1994. Two years later, he became president of Boeing’s Commercial Airplanes and served as Chief Executive Officer until hand picked by former Ford Motor Company CEO, William Clay Ford, Jr. as the next chief of the struggling auto giant (http://media.ford.com, 2010). Throughout the course of this document, we will discuss the role of leadership and how it can impact organizational performance; explore Mr. Mulally’s leadership style as exemplified by his actions; survey how goal setting helped Ford improved its performance; assess Mulally on each element of communication openness such as message transmission, trust, agendas, and goals; finally, we will evaluate effectiveness...
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...AIR TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS David Lambert Air Transport Management and Operations Contents Introduction - Page 3 Principles of Management – Page 4 Human Resource Management – Page 9 Safety and Security – Page 14 References – Page 18 Introduction All companies and organisations are interested in producing profits, increasing market share and growing the range of products and services that they provide. In order to achieve these goals effective management within the organisation is required. In a general terms management is comprised of ‘top management’, ‘middle management’ and ‘operating management’. However when organisations reach the size of today’s major carriers these definitions can become fully define and a larger framework is required. When the air transport industry was in its infancy management was a much simpler process with smaller teams and shorter communication paths between levels within the organisation. In recent years major carriers have come to employ tens of thousands of people reducing the importance and sense of contribution anyone employee has within the structure. Lines of communication have stretched between decision-making and the ground worker removing a sense of teamwork and a confusion of the ultimate goals of the airline. In the highly competitive world of air transport creating and maintaining an efficient...
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...Management Planning Paper Samuel K. Mims MGT 330 Roxanne Bates July 26th, 2011 Management planning is the most important function of management because it is the foundation for the organization. The planning function of management is the management function of systematically making decisions about the goals and activities than an individual, a group, a work unit, or the overall organization will pursue. Planning is specifying the goals to be achieved and deciding in advance the appropriate actions needed to achieve those goals. Planning activities for the company include analyzing current situations, anticipating the future, determining objectives, deciding in what types of activities the company will engage, choosing corporate and business strategies and determining the resources needed to achieve the organization’s goals (Bateman & Snell, 2008). When it comes to a huge corporation such as Boeing, the planning function becomes even more important because there are so many different divisions within the corporation that must be accounted for. In Boeing’s case, they are a multinational corporation that provides their services all throughout the world so they have to plan on a worldwide scale which is a much more difficult task than planning as a domestic company. Boeing’s planning functions are well thought out and executed to the fullest of their ability as they are very focused on their stakeholders needs, motivating their workforce, enabling teams, requiring alignment...
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...Culturing the Culture: Gate Safe Inc. Renato K. Santos Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Abstract Cultural differences were examined within Gate Safe Inc, elaborating the effects it has on the culture of the organization. The performances of the employees due to these differences were analyzed and solutions were made available to solve some of these issues. The theories of leadership and how managers are able to impact the culture in a successful way avoiding these cultural clashes were also analyzed. Employees from collectivist cultures were evaluated to solve these issues. In contrast, employees raised in an individualist culture were also evaluated. In conclusion, it was determined that in the environment of Gate Safe Inc, the collectivist culture has been shown more effective. Introduction Gate Safe Incorporated is an airline security services company, which provides catering inspections, access control, baggage handling, aircraft monitoring, and cargo screening for major domestic and international carriers around the United States (Gate Safe, n.d.). Gate Safe prides itself in complying with all TSA regulations to provide a safe environment for the flying public. Gate Safe was established after the horrific attacks on 9/11 in a measure to safeguard the flying public and avoid another terrorist attack through the sky. The organization believes that all people shall be treated equally and under its corporate values, it states “Respect – which celebrates the diversity...
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...TUTORIAL Implementing Activity-Based Management in an Acquisition Organization IMPLEMENTING ACTIVITY-BASED MANAGEMENT IN AN ACQUISITION ORGANIZATION Diana I. Angelis To manage costs and comply with financial management laws and regulations, government acquisition organizations must first understand what they do and why they do it. This is critical to identifying customers, defining outputs, and developing systems to collect and trace the cost of resources to outputs. One of the more popular models for collecting and tracing costs is known as activitybased costing (ABC). This article examines how one government acquisition organization is using ABC to understand and define outputs and processes, to collect and trace the cost of doing business, and how it plans to use this information in the future. T he Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA) of 1996 requires agencies to produce cost and financial information that will assist the Congress and financial managers with evaluating the cost and performance of federal programs and activities and thus improve decision making. The law is intended to increase the capability of agencies to monitor the execution of their budgets by providing better support for the preparation of reports that compare spending of resources to results of activities. This Act has provided the impetus for government agencies to understand, measure, and manage their costs. Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), headquartered...
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...Operational Decision-Making: Integrating New Concepts into the Paradigm Ronald John Lofaro, Ph.D Captain Kevin M. Smith United Air Lines The views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the authors and, are not to be seen as the policies, positions or beliefs of any public, private or governmental organization. ABSTRACT Over the past 8 years, the authors have been developing a training-oriented paradigm for operational decision-making in the cockpit. While our emphasis has been on the civil aviation side, both the paradigm, and any training developed from it, can be easily adapted for the business or general aviation venues. The paradigm began to form during an aeronautical decision-making workshop in 1992 (Lofaro, Adams and Adams; 1992) and, has been developed around an expanding set of interrelated concepts. The set expansion resulted from the authors continuing to wrestle with what were the processes and the critical components for real-time operational decisionmaking, as well as the relationships among decisionmaking, CRM and SA. The first component was the "rising risk continuum" (Lofaro and Smith, 1993), as embedded in event sets for LOFT. Later, the concepts/components of "critical mission impact areas" and the "critical mission factors" (Lofaro and Smith, 1998) that composed these areas were added. In the paradigm, the "pilot as risk manager" (Smith and Hastie, 1992; Lofaro and Smith, 1998; 1999) was the both the overlay and glue for the components. Here...
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...PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT APPLIED RESEARCH AIR FORCE LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT CENTER (AFLCMC) Park University Internet Campus A course paper presented to the School for Arts, Sciences, and Distance Learning in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Baccalaureate Principles of Management Park University July 2015 This paper or presentation is my own work. Any assistance I received in its preparation is acknowledged within the paper or presentation, in accordance with Park University academic honesty policies. If I used data, ideas, words, diagrams, pictures, or other information from any source, I have cited the sources fully and completely in a citation within the paper and listed on the reference page. This includes sources which I have quoted or that I have paraphrased. Furthermore, I certify that this paper or presentation was prepared by me specifically for this class and has not been submitted, in whole or in part, to any other class in this University or elsewhere, or used for any purpose other than satisfying the requirements of this class, except that I am allowed to submit the paper or presentation to a professional publication, peer reviewed journal, or professional conference. This is not a draft, and is submitted for grading to satisfy in part the requirements for this course and the program(s) in which I am enrolled. In typing my name following the word 'Signature', I intend that this certification will have the same authority and...
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