...2010 CASE STUDY ON SOUTHWEST AIRLINE CHUOP Theot Therith TABLE OF CONTENT Table of Content 1. Case Abstract .......................................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Propose a Vision Statement............................................................................................................................ 2 3. The company mission statement and mission statement proposed .................................................. 2 4. List the corresponding Mission Statement components ......................................................................... 2 5. Perform an External Audit.............................................................................................................................. 3 6. Competitive Profile Matrix (CPM) ............................................................................................................... 5 7. The EFE Matrix .................................................................................................................................................... 5 8. Perform an Internal Audit ............................................................................................................................... 7 9. The IFE Matrix ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 10. TOWS Analysis...
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...profile had shifted, to the extent that she had to ask herself -- was the strategy tenable? The case provides a rich description of Enterprise Risk Management in action, and shows how Hydro One executives arrive at a shared understanding of the risk profile of the company. In the narrative a diverse group of managers (the chief executive, the chief financial officer, the head of the public relations and the chief regulatory officer) voice their views on the risks, collectively bringing a multiple stakeholder perspective to the risk profile. The case challenges students to define the problems and risks that the company faces, given its strategic objectives, its evolving risk profile, and the changing environment. The case also offers a discussion ground for defining the role of the chief risk officer, and the relationship between risk management, strategic planning and capital budgeting. Procomp Informatic: Stepping on Ethical Landmines in Asia The collapse of Procomp Informatics Ltd, a major Taiwanese chipmaker, has been regarded by Taiwan's market watchdogs as similar to the scandal of the U.S. energy giant Enron in 2001. In June 2004, Procomp defaulted on a bond payment and structured for bankruptcy, despite a huge cash balance recorded in its books. It was discovered that the company's executives and its overseas sales agents had colluded in overstating sales revenue, manipulating stock prices, illegally leveraging assets, and arranging bonds through paper companies. The incident...
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...The Airline Industry: A Strategic Overview of Southwest Airlines Terra Thompson Ohio Dominican University Running head: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES 1 The Airline Industry: A Strategic Overview of Southwest Airlines Terra Thompson Ohio Dominican University SOUTHWEST AIRLINES The Airline Industry: A Strategic Overview of Southwest Airlines Table of Contents 2 The History of Southwest Airlines ................................................................................................. 3 Target Market and Business Model ................................................................................................ 3 Current Product............................................................................................................................... 4 Southwest’s Culture ........................................................................................................................ 5 Mission Statement .......................................................................................................................... 5 Mission and Corporate Culture....................................................................................................... 6 Employees and the Mission ............................................................................................................ 7 The Importance of the Mission Statement and Corporate Vision................................................... 7 Strategic Analysis .................
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...Mergers and Acquisitions Mergers and Acquisitions: - Assuming rationality from all players, mergers and acquisitions deals originate out of specific strategic corporate requirements. In reality, the advisors (both legal & financial) and middlemen also play a significant role in the original activity. Acquirers / targets may focus on competitors for a potential acquisition/sell off. Buying competitor implies horizontal integration. There are lot of risks (financial as well as operational) involved and challenges in mergers and acquisitions face by company which is acquiring and target companies as which are listed below:- ➢ Synergies sometimes do not generate real cash flows as expected. ➢ Financial Risk arises from the amount of debt (taken to acquire other corporation) in a company’s capital structure. Impact of changing debt on valuation • Increase in debt increases value through increase in interest tax yield ➢ Interest Tax shield gain is partially offset by increase in cost of equity ➢ There are complex processes involved in mergers and acquisition .It is difficult to compare betas measured against different indices due to differences in composition of index. ➢ Changing financial leverage affects the systematic risk that shareholder’s face. ➢ Risks when the acquirer and the Acquirer-Target merging entities are in two different countries For the corporation that has acquired another company, merged with another company, or been acquired by another company, evaluate...
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...Analysis of Strategic Structure of Southwest Airlines Uploaded by so cerious on Jun 26, 2006 [pic] |Analysis of Strategic Structure of Southwest Airlines | | | |Twenty-nine years ago, Rollin King and Herb Kelleher got together and decided to start a different kind of airline. They began with one | |simple notion: If you get your passengers to their destinations when they want to get there, on time, at the lowest possible fares, and | |make darn sure they have a good time doing it, people will fly your airline. | | | |Within 28 years, Southwest Airlines became the fifth largest major airline in America. With the addition of service to Buffalo-Niagara | |International Airport on October 8, 2000, fly more than 57 million passengers a year to 57 great cities (58 airports) all over the | |Southwest and beyond. And she does it over 2,600 times a day. | | ...
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...GAO ARRA 2009 ARRA TARP TARP GAO 61 GAO 2012 3 2001 GAO GAO 2000 GAO No Child Left Behind Act 2011 1982 GAO 3 10 14 SBIR 1986 1992 GAO GAO the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS GAO CMS (Medicare) Medicaid CHIP GAO Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Environmental Protection Agency CEA 2005 Cost-Benefit Analysis GAO CBA CBA GAO GAO GAO GAO GAO 2009 GAO 2009 GAO 3 30 GAO GAO 1993 62 2012 3 GAO GAO GAO GAO 2008 2012 63 2012 3 GAO . 2010. . 2010. [J]. [J]. 7 . 2 . GAO. 2011. Southwest Border: Border Patrol Operations on Federal Lands, Washington DC No: GAO-11-573T. GAO. 2011. Refugee Assistance: Little Is Known about the Effectiveness of Different Approaches for Improving Refugees’ Employment Outcomes, Washington DC No: GAO-11-573T. GAO. 2010. STRATEGIC PLAN 2010-2015. GAO. 2010. Recovery Act: Opportunities to Improve Management and Strengthen Accountability over States' and Localities' Uses of Funds. Washington DC No: GAO-10-999. GAO. 2010. Recovery Act: Further Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Oversight of Broadband Stimulus Programs. Washington DC No: GAO-10-823. GAO. 2010. Recovery Act: States' and Localities' Current and Planned Uses of Funds While Facing Fiscal Stresses. Washington DC No: GAO-09-831T. GAO, 2009. No Child Left Behind Act: Enhancements in the Department of Education’s Review Process...
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...[pic] Marketing and SWOT Analysis Marketing Management 522 Tuesday November 25, 2014 Abstract: Youth Evaluation and Treatment Centers (YETC) is a non-profit organization that started in 1974. The company is a state-contracted children’s behavioral health care provider whose authority comes from the Regional Behavioral Health Authority, Maricopa County. Their goal is to nurture troubled youth back to positive mental health, teach them positive behaviors, and assist them in leading healthier lives. The company provides six different services: Outpatient, Project Next Step, Autism, Outpatient Substance Abuse, Specialty Interventions, and Project Star. Table of Contents |Company Overview |2 | |SWOT Analysis |2 | |Strengths |2 | |Weaknesses |2 | |Opportunities |2 | |Threats |2 ...
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...Syllabus MGT 496 Strategic Management and Policy, Spring 2016 Instructor: | Dr. Jim Sundali | Office: | 401D Business Administration | Class: | MW 1:00 & 4:00 in AB 102 | Office Hours: | MW 11:00-12:45 | Phone: | 775-682-9176 | E-mail: | jsundali@unr.edu (best way) | Web Site: | http://www.business.unr.edu/sundali/ | WebCampus: | http://wcl.unr.edu | Catalog Description Emphasis on the application of knowledge from all functional areas of business to organizational problems and the formulation and implementation of organizational strategies. (Major Capstone course.) Prereq(s): CH 201; ENG 102; FIN 301; MGT 323; SCM 352; junior or senior standing. Course Overview The theme of this course is the development and implementation of strategic missions, plans, objectives and tactics. You will develop strategic plans and engage in strategic management. We will integrate the knowledge you have acquired to this point in order to develop an understanding of how an entire organization functions and give you an opportunity to develop and exhibit your management and leadership abilities. Prerequisites: IS 301, FIN 301, MGT 323, SCM 352, and MGT 325 or ACC 460 Course Learnings Objectives MGT 496 is a University Capstone Course and will also serve as the coordinating course to satisfy the Ethics component of the Silver Core Curriculum. As such this course will satisfy the following three Core Objectives (CO): * CO12 Ethics: Students will...
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...Date and time: November 29, 5pm Name of the Company under study: GOOGLE, INC (Text pages 712-715) Where Headquartered (city/state): Mountain View, Ca Part I: Comprehensive Case Analysis – Developing HR Business Partner Competencies in this Case Analysis 1.0 Background on your Company (Type the Company’s background in 3 paragraphs.). Tip: See the “about us” or company information portion of the company’s website or other source. Keep track of all your sources. They are to be included in Section 10 of this report. The creation of goggle’s company starts in 1996 between two smart students of Stanford University, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. They first try to understand the importance of web pages for people. Their aim was to find the best and faster way to connect people with all information. The company was founded in September 1998, they offer results from a huge amount of Web pages. The results are based on a proprietary algorithm. Google’s technology for ranking Web pages is called PageRank http://www.hoovers.com/company/Google_Inc/hsrfri-1-1njht4-1njfaq.html The company growth gradually because of the index of the Websites and other online content that they made it accessible through their search engine to everybody who has access to internet. The company offers different types of useful search. Today, Google operates the leading Internet search engine, by offering very precise search results from actually billions of Web pages. The company is...
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...2.1 product and services marketing 3. Critically examine the winning strategy of Indigo Airlines which has recently posted net profit. Identify and evaluate the reasons for the failure of other Airlines. INDIGO AIRLINES Was an American airline headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It is generally regarded as the world's first business jet airline. It was founded in 1997 by aviation veteran and University of Chicago graduate Matt Anderson business executive and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University alumnus John N. Fenton and McKinsey consultant and MIT PhD Tom Svrcek. Its headquarters were first located in Chicago's Near North Side, and later at Chicago Midway Airport WINING STRATEGY OF INDIGO AIRLINES: Consumer response to Indigo was strong. The company held a perfect[clarification needed] safety record and delivered unusually[clarification needed] high on-time and flight completion performance. Its passenger repeat rate was nearly 100% and its revenue per passenger mile or yield, over $1.00. The company was actively followed by major media including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the Financial Times, Fortune, Time, USA Today, CNN, CBS and ABC television and was featured in a 2001 Pulitzer Prize winning article in the Chicago Tribune.[citation needed] Indigo also became the object of organized lobbying from Congressman Steven Rothman of New Jersey (D-NJ9), who felt that Indigo represented unwelcome expansion at New Jersey's Teterboro Airport.[citation...
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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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...COMPANY PROFILE Southwest Airlines Co. REFERENCE CODE: DEFBDE99-9B78-4A63-BE9C-7EA7568D476E PUBLICATION DATE: 30 Nov 2012 www.marketline.com COPYRIGHT MARKETLINE. THIS CONTENT IS A LICENSED PRODUCT AND IS NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED OR DISTRIBUTED. Southwest Airlines Co. TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Company Overview..............................................................................................3 Key Facts...............................................................................................................3 Business Description...........................................................................................4 History...................................................................................................................5 Key Employees.....................................................................................................7 Key Employee Biographies................................................................................10 Major Products and Services............................................................................16 Revenue Analysis...............................................................................................17 SWOT Analysis...................................................................................................18 Top Competitors.................................................................................................23 Company View.............................
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...Strategic Management External and Internal Assessments 1 External Strategic Assessment “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin “Nothing focuses the mind better than the constant sight of a competitor who wants to wipe you off the map.” – Wayne Calloway, Former CEO, PepsiCo 2 1 External Audit – Sources of Information •Internet •Libraries •Suppliers •Distributors •Salespersons •Customers •Competition 3 External Strategic Management Audit - The macro environment Scanning (PESTEL analyses, Scenarios) - Industry or Sector Analysis (5 forces, industry/product life cycle) - Competitors scanning (Strategic Group Map, CPM) - The Organization responses (EFEM) 4 2 Layers of the business environment 5 Key Aspects of PESTEL Analysis • Not just a list of influences • Need to understand key drivers of change • Drivers of change have differential impact on industries, markets, and organisations • Focus is on future impact of environmental factors • Combined effect of some of the factors likely to be most important 6 3 Macroenvironment – PESTEL (1) 7 Microenvironment – PEST(EL) Political Economic • Government stability (+) • Taxation policy (+) • Foreign trade regulations (+) • Social welfare policies (-) • Business cycles (-) • GNP trends (-) • Interest rates (--) • Inflation (+) • Unemployment...
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...Ryanair’s strategy in a highly competitive environment. For this purpose, we will successively evaluate its competitive positioning, its internal competencies, and its sustainability. We will conclude that Ryanair had followed until 2009 a low cost strategy, that its key resources and competences did satisfy such strategy in 2009 and that its principal competitive advantage, namely its position of leader of the low cost airline market, can be regarded as sustainable. | 1484 words (excluding tables) Introduction Ryanair was created in 1985 by Tony Ryan as a conventional airline company aiming at operating flights between Ireland and London. In 1991, financial difficulties led to its transformation into a low cost carrier, with Southwest Airlines as a model. Michael O’Leary was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the company soon after. Since then, the company has experienced rapid expansion. It was floated on the Dublin Stock exchange in 1997 and quoted on the NASDASQ in 2002. In 2009, traffic reached 66,5m passengers with a fleet of 232 Boeing 737-800, 41 bases and profit was over €318 m. The study case invites us to evaluate the success of Ryanair’s strategy in a highly competitive environment. For this purpose, we will successively assess its competitive positioning, its internal competencies, and its sustainability. I) Ryanair’s competitive positioning The first question requires assessing Ryanair’s competitive positioning within the European...
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...Case E: AT&T AT&T Introduction AT&T Inc. is the largest provider of fixed telephony in the United States, and also provides broadband and subscription television services. AT&T is the second largest provider of mobile telephony service in the United States, with over 85.1 million wireless customers, and more than 210 million total customers. From the smallest changes to the most revolutionary development, AT&T has shaped the world by shaping the way how people communicate. Looked back about 130 years, AT&T always looked forward and searched for the next breakthrough to make communication more convenience. It brought meaningful changes to customers’ live since it wanted to shape the future also. Background 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell perfects telephone 1877 – Bell’s backers found Bell Telephone 1878 – New England Telephone is founded 1879 – 2 operating units are consolidated into National Bell Telephone 1882 – Bell company gains control of Western Electric which is the no.1 electrical equipment manufacturer in USA 1885 – AT&T is formed as subsidiary company of American Bell. Its mission is “Build the first long distance network. 1890 – Bell’s patents expires 1892 – There was the first line connects New York to Chicago. 1899 – Bell changes its name to AT&T and moves its headquarters to New York 1913 – AT&T agrees to buy no more independent phone companies 1914 – AT&T completes the first transcontinental line. 1917 –...
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