...Final Paper—Delta Airlines Michael Todd Daniels MBA602 Dynamics of the Organization July 13, 2013 Dr. Robertson |Final Paper Directions and Topic | |Due by Saturday, 11:59 p.m. (MT) end of Week 1 (not graded) | |[pic] | Although the assignment described here is not due until Week 4, this information is supplied in Week 1 so that you can be thinking about the assignment as you learn the material in the course. In Week 4 you will complete a 7- 10 page paper, APA formatted and with references, which will address the following: Analyze an Organization Paper: • Analyze the organization you are working for. If that is not possible, select an organization for which you worked in the past, or one for which you would like to work in the future. • Parts 1 and 2 will require that your analysis is thorough and reflective of the organization. Part 1 An Analysis of the External Environment. In this section, we expect you to research and discuss both current and future external factors that will affect the strategic possibilities of the company you are analyzing. Use a SWOT Analysis for your review of the environment. Analyzing...
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...Delta Song Case Analysis Possible cost drivers that will allow us to estimate a salary cost function for Delta are: available seat miles, number of departures, available ton miles, revenue passenger miles, and revenue ton miles. The two cost drivers we chose were revenue passenger miles and available ton miles. The salaries consist of payments to pilots, flight attendants and ticket agents. Their salaries are determined by the number of passengers and cargoes and the miles or hours flown. This is why we chose revenue passenger miles and available ton miles. After calculation we found that the R2 of revenue passenger miles is .1764, and the R2 of available ton miles is .5577. We used scatter plots to show this: The available ton miles scatter plot shows a more linear relationship between the two variables. Low point (3132, 1145), high point (4029, 1514) Salary=0.4114xavailable ton miles-143.50 The greatest advantage about this technique is that it only uses two data so it is convenient. The disadvantages are that the data is inefficient. This is because the data is based on cost function for only two periods, meaning it is less accurate. Simple Regression Using simpler regression to estimate the salary cost with available ton miles as the cost driver. These are the results: Coefficients Intercept X Variable 1 -682.643 0.551693 Standard deviation 282.6033 0.79698 Salary= 0.5517x available ton miles- 682.63 R2=0.5577, and the coefficients are larger than the deviations...
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...Q3 - OE_Strengths What do you see as Delta’s particular strengths? "Operational reliability. Favorable employee relations. Disciplined capital allocation." Q4 - OE_Weaknesses What do you see as Delta’s particular weaknesses? "Not specific to Delta, but exposure to international markets. Non-US markets. Delta has a significant international franchise and from time to time there is overcapacity, which Delta doesn't control. You're subject to fluctuations in economic growth in some of these international markets. Exposure to international capacity trends and at times economic weakness." Q6 - OE_StrategyElements Based on communications from Delta, what are the main elements of management’s business strategy? "Capacity discipline would be one. Very disciplined growth profile. Disciplined capital allocation. They're certainly trying to project or communicate sustainability with respect to their results." Q7...
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...Affairs This portion of the paper will include key information about Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Delta): (a) history; (b) culture; (c) important leaders over the years; (d) current products and service offerings: (e) target markets; and (f) methods of product and service delivery. History This section describes the history of Delta. The company was founded in Macon, Georgia, in 1924, as the world’s first crop-dusting service, Huff-Daland Dusters. The company moved to Monroe, Louisiana, in 1925. In 1928, field manager C. E. Woolman and two partners purchased the service and renamed it Delta Air Service after the Mississippi Delta region it served. Delta was the first international mail and passenger route on the west coast of South America. Delta operated its first passenger flights over route stretching from Dallas, Texas to Jackson, Mississippi, via Shreveport and Monroe, Louisiana. Also, Delta was awarded a US Postal Service contract in 1934 to fly from Fort Worth to Charleston via Atlanta (Hoover’s, 2011). In 1941, Delta relocated to Atlanta. Woolman became the president in 1945 and he managed the company until his death in 1966 (Delta, 2011). Delta offered its first night service in 1935, using the Stinson Model A; the first Delta aircraft with two pilots. Douglas DC-2 and DC-3 service was introduced and the introduction of flight attendants, called “stewardesses,” added to flight crews. Delta contributed to the war effort by modifying 1,000 plus aircraft, over-hauling...
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...Colorado Wildfires 2012 Inter-Agency Communication Introduction Natural disasters have been around since the beginning of time. Every day, natural processes are taking place that can disrupt the equilibrium in our lives which can cause natural disasters. Learning from the past has caused better communications, and technological advancements have helped in predicting many events, but never can man actually predict the exact catastrophe. With the global population expanding, we become more vulnerable to these threats, and our only means of protection is through better planning. One particular natural disaster that has become a complex danger over time is the wildland fire. Wildfires have occurred on every continent except Antarctica. Wildfires are a natural phenomenon caused by topography, fuels, and weather that man has had to deal with since the cave man era. History reveals the progression of wildfires but not until the 20th century have wildfires caused so much destruction. The wide spread population growth along the wildland-urban areas of Colorado and other natural prone fire habitats have cause for huge concern as wildfires get harder to control. The year 2002, which was previously the worst wildfire season recorded in Colorado’s history prior to this year, caused state and federal land management agencies to increase their efforts to work with communities and private land owners about risk assessment, addressing wildfire prevention, and mitigation.ii It all...
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...C1: MATLAB Codes t1=[37.79 39.51 38.54 39.14 39.02 39.4 39.01 37.18] t2=[22.4 22.07 22.15 21.72 21.75 22.55 22.18 21.92] T1=mean(t1) T2=mean(t2) V1=var(t1) V2=var(t2) S1=sqrt(V1) S2=sqrt(V2) MATLAB Answers T1=38.6988 T2=22.0925 V1=0.6718 V2=0.0859 S1=0.8196 S2=0.2931 C2: MATLAB Codes beta=0.98 alpha=1-0.98 z=icdf ('norm', alpha/2, 0, 1) hatmu=mean(t1); hatmu=mean(t2) s=std(t1); s=std(t2) n=length (t1); n=length (t2) margin=z*s/sqrt(8) MATLAB Answers alpha=0.02 z=2.3263 margin(t1)=0.6741; margin(t2)=0.2931 C3: MATLAB Codes syms l s b T1 T2 l=0.0496; s=1.00; b=10; T1=0.0386988; T2=0.0220925; g=((l^2)/(2*s*sind(b)))*((1/T2^2)-(1/T1^2)) MATLAB Answers g=9.7835 C4: MATLAB Codes for Partial Derivatives g=((l^2)/(2*s*sin(b)))*((1/T2^2)-(1/T1^2)) gl=diff(g,l) gs=diff(g,s) gb=diff(g,b) gT1=diff(g,T1) gT2=diff(g,T2) MATLAB Answers for Partial Derivatives gl=-(l*(1/T1^2 - 1/T2^2))/(s*sin(b)) gs=(l^2*(1/T1^2 - 1/T2^2))/(2*s^2*sin(b)) gb=(l^2*cos(b)*(1/T1^2 - 1/T2^2))/(2*s*sin(b)^2) gT1=l^2/(T1^3*s*sin(b)) gT2=-l^2/(T2^3*s*sin(b)) MATLAB Codes for Partial Derivative Values gl0=subs(gl,[l s b T1 T2],[l0 s0 b0 T10 T20]) gs0=subs(gs,[l s b T1 T2],[l0 s0 b0 T10 T20]) gb0=subs(gb,[l s b T1 T2],[l0 s0 b0 T10 T20]) gT10=subs(gT1,[l s b T1 T2],[l0 s0 b0 T10 T20]) gT20=subs(gT2,[l s b T1 T2],[l0 s0 b0 T10 T20]) MATLAB Answers for Partial Derivative Values gl0= -125.9202 gs0=...
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...RaeShawn Davis Sales Force mang Dr. Jackson 09/14/12 “Delta Products Company” It always seems as if the American economy has always been in a deficit, and has caused a lot of drawbacks and budget cuts in the work industry. Even today we suffer from the hole we have put ourselves in economically. In this case Tom Shilling the marketing manager of the Delta Products Company which sales microelectronic devices to other companies for there needs; is to decide rather or not he should take on new sales representative Brian Snowcroft an Arizona state graduate with a degree in electrical engineering or taking the offer of Jim Reynolds and Christina Alverez two sales people from TRW that have been laid of due to cutbacks, in order to replace Herb Hawkins the old sales rep of Delta Products Company. The problem at hand is that Tom shilling had to recently terminate his old sales rep, Herb Hawkins who had been with the delta company since they first opened due to lack of performance being put forth to help out the company, a cut back on money and not being able to afford Hawkins’s lavish lifestyle. The company’s selling cost while Hawkins was the sales reps are as followed: in 1998 $198,466 and Hawkins salary out of that cost was $85,000 with no bonuses because of his lack of sales work. So due to this Shilling proposed a new cost budget to Hawkins for the year 2000 based on his past performances and the company’s cutbacks. The new sales cost...
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...Delta Mu Delta wins prestigious Star Award TEMPE, ARIZ – Delta Mu Delta Lambda Sigma Chapter charted by the University of Phoenix has received the star award for exceeding Society standards for chapter operations and administration. This is this first time the local chapter has earned this award since its inception three years. To earn the award the chapter held two induction ceremonies in 2014 and monthly chapter meetings. A full slate of officers was elected including a president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary. The Treasurer submitted both the annual and financial reports on time, and the chapter had no outstanding debt. Additionally the Delta Mu Delta Lambda Sigma Chapter participated in the national scholarship program, increased their membership, and completed a community service event. The chapter plans to continue to support the national programs and increase membership into 2015. Chapters earning the Star Award status receive a $50 gift card from the national office and are presented with an appropriate certificate of achievement. A recognition letter is sent to the Dean of the Business College, Dean of Students, Academic Officer, and the President of the University. In addition an article will be published in the subsequent edition of the The Vision, the national newsletter. Every Star Chapter is recognized at the next Biennial National Meeting. “The officers and members are very proud to have earned this award. Only 15% of chartered...
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...Shell in the Niger Delta: A Framework for Change Five case studies from civil society sponsored by February 2010 About ECCR The Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR) is a church-based investor coalition and membership organisation working for economic justice, environmental stewardship, and corporate and investor responsibility. ECCR undertakes research, advocacy and dialogue with companies and investors. It seeks to influence company policy and practice and to raise awareness among the British and Irish churches, the investor community and the general public. For more information, please visit www.eccr.org.uk. Acknowledgements ECCR would like to thank the five civil society organisations that contributed case studies based on their work in the Niger Delta; Cordaid for generously sponsoring the report; members, partners and independent experts who advised, read and commented on the text before publication; Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Shell Petroleum Development Corporation of Nigeria for providing company information and commenting on the text. Cover photo credits: Friends of the Earth International; IRIN/UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs; Milieudefensie/Friends of the Earth Netherlands; Stakeholder Democracy Network. Disclaimers ECCR has commissioned and published these case studies as a contribution to public understanding. The text has undergone a careful process of fact-checking and review to achieve accuracy and balance. Nevertheless...
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...VIETNAM: FOOD PROCESSING In the past 15 years Vietnam was grown from a net importer of food to a substantial exporter. It is the world's second most important exporter of rice, and the world's largest coffee exporter and producer of cashew nuts. Tea, peppers, nuts and spices have become important exports. Rice and coffee account for about half of agricultural export revenues. Soybeans, cashews, sugar cane, peanuts, bananas, poultry, fish and seafood are growing. Vietnam's agricultural exports are vulnerable to international price fluctuations because these exports are largely commodity based. Vietnam's agricultural fishing and forestry industries together produce over US$3 billion of goods annually. Roughly 55% of Vietnam's workforce is employed in agriculture. Commensurate with economic development, the sector had gone from a 25% share of GDP to less than 20% in 2008. Farm products accounted for 22% of the country's income in 2008, down sharply from 50% in 2005. Finally 17% of all of its exports are related to the agricultural, fisheries or food processing industries, down from 55% in 2006. Despite the trend, agriculture will continue to be very important as it raises the productivity of the 70% of Vietnam's population that lives in rural areas. Traditionally, Vietnam has protected agricultural market with regulations and high tariffs. Vietnam's WTO accession reduced tariffs and led to sharp increases in imports ($7.3 billion in agricultural goods by 2008). Key agricultural...
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...------------------------------------------------- EVENT PLANNING STUDENT PORTFOLIO ------------------------------------------------- EVENT PLANNING STUDENT PORTFOLIO EVENT PLANNING WORK BOOK EVENT ASSIGNMENT WORK BOOK & MANUAL MY EVENT STORY The most memorable event in my life was…. | The most memorable event in my life was the Traditional wedding Ceremony of my friend Nneka Ochonogor, it took place in Asaba, Delta State Nigeria, on the 23rd of March, 2013. It was a memorable event because there was a cross match of Cultures and ideas, owing to the fact that the groom was not a Nigerian, compared to the bride who was. The event was attended by the family of the groom, who came all the way from England. The parents of the groom had to be dressed in the usual traditional attire, fit for the traditional rites, though It was a struggle to have the head gear of the grooms mother in place because it kept going off at intervals owing to the size of her head.After the traditional rites (payment of dowry) the bride was unveiled as the tradition demands, prayers were said by the oldest man in the bride’s family and it was all merriment and dance. The grand reception was held in a hall(Orchid Hotel) in Asaba and I had the opportunity to witness an opulent and electrifying decoration by one of the best Event Planners from Abuja Nigeria(Red Diamond Events) There was so much class and elegance, the hall was a masterpiece and I felt and imagined...
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...TITLE PAGE CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS EFFECTS IN SOUTH-SOUTH PART OF NIGERIA DEDICATION This term paper is dedicated to Almighty God, for His divine love, inspirations and care over the years. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT My acknowledgement goes to my parents for their financial provision towards my academic and to my lecturer for his high level of punctuality and commitment to lectures. PREFACE This term paper is about the effects of climate change in South-South part of Nigeria. It has four chapters .Chapters one is about the introduction and definition of terms. Chapter two discusses Climate change and Environmental issues in South-South Nigeria, environmental degradation and Changes resulting from climate change, Socio-Economic Consequences of Climate Change in South-South Nigeria and Landslides as a consequence of climate change in south-South Nigeria. Chapter three narrates Erosion as a consequence of climate change in south-South Nigeria, Water Scarcity, Activities of Farmers that Contribute to Climate Change, and Patterns of Climate Change impact on agriculture. Chapter four is the summary and conclusion of the topic. TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page - - - - - - - - - - -i Dedication - - - - - - - - - - -ii Acknowledgement - - - - - - - - - -iii Preface - - - - - - - - - - - iv Table of contents - - - - - - - - - -v CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction - - - - - - - - - - 1.1 Definition of Terms - - - - - - - - - CHAPTER TWO 2.1 Dealing with Climate Change in South-South Zone - - - - - 2...
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...business transactions involving oil and gas. The Nigerian people live mostly in poverty in a country where oil and gas exports total billions in revenue. This is due to the fact that the Nigerian government has total control over their property rights. In addition corruption within that government runs rampant. According to an article by Michael Burleigh 70% of Nigerians live below poverty level struggling to survive. (Burleigh) What is even more interesting in a country rich in oil and gas is that the poverty stricken also have to deal with chronic fuel shortages due to the lack of refining in Nigeria. Nigeria Delta (referred to as Niger Delta) is the delta of the Niger River in Nigeria. This area is very significant to Nigeria. The area is a very populated region with more than 40 ethnic groups speaking over 250 different languages. The Niger Delta is an incredibly oil-rich region which...
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...Mars Climate Orbiter Project Abstract NASA launched Mars Climate Orbiter on Dec. 11, 1998, atop a Delta II launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Nine and a half months after launch, the spacecraft was to fire its main engine to achieve an elliptical orbit around Mars .However, in Sept, 1999 Mars space probe was ‘lost’. The failure was due to a number of issues related to project management. One of the issues was: two teams involved in the space probe development were using different systems of measurement – one was using metres, centimetres and kilogrammes, the other was using feet, inches and pounds. However, there were a number of other contributing factors. There was inadequate consideration of the entire mission and its post-launch operation as a total system Inconsistent Communications and training within the project. There was no complete end-to-end verification of navigation software and related computer models The project had failed to set clear success criteria for the project outcomes. The scope of the project had not been matched to the funding, leading to inadequate funding for defined outcomes. The project was lacking in good team working environment and adequate, appropriate staffing. The problem was found to be poor communication between, rather than within, different teams. Lack of better monitoring of contractors’ work. Later on, better trained personnel with project management courses were recommended. There was...
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...Tracking Social Media The Social Media Tracking Centre and the 2011 Nigerian Elections Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation About the Authors Dr. Judith Burdin Asuni is the Executive Director of Academic Associates PeaceWorks, a Nigerian NGO working in the fields of conflict management, peace and development and peace education. Dr. Asuni has researched and written extensively on conflicts in Nigeria, particularly in the Niger Delta. AA PeaceWorks has established a social media team to engage Nigerian youth on their participation in building a better Nigeria. Mrs. Jacqueline Farris serves as Director General of the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation and is also responsible for development of the Foundation’s programmes which focus on public policy, research, education and charitable activities. Mrs. Farris co-edited Nigeria at Fifty: Contributions to Peace, Democracy & Development with Professor Attahiru Jega, Chairman of INEC, as well as the official biography of late Shehu Musa Yar’Adua. About The Social Media Tracking Centre Mr. Amara Nwankpa, an IT professional and member of the Enough is Enough coalition led a group of young tech savvy volunteers to explore how social media platforms worked during the 2011 Nigerian election period; what trends developed; possible course corrections and what groups could learn from one another’s experience. This report documents an unusual story of cooperation among civil society groups and individuals, INEC, foreign partners and Nigerian government...
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