planes have become familiar to their customers and to corporate America. Besides being profitable, expanding constantly and defending its high place on the Fortune 500 list, Southwest has a very special trait: attitude (Bovier, 1993). The Southwest perspective stems from CEO Herb Kelleher and Southwest’s employee motivation. The purpose of this article is to discover the sources of success of Southwest Airlines as a company with high employee motivation. Three factors will be addressed: (1) Southwest
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AEROSPACE MBA Syllabus & Curriculum 2015-2016 Contact: Phone: +33 5 61 29 48 64 Fax: +33 5 61 29 48 07 E-mail: aerospace.mba@tbs-education.fr TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome to the Toulouse Business School Aerospace MBA program 3 The pedagogical philosophy 4 The general structure of the Aerospace MBA 4 Assessment guidelines 7 Team Building Seminar and Leadership Development 10 Core Management 14 Process Workshops 23 Electives 34 Corporate mission
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AEROSPACE MBA Syllabus & Curriculum 2015-2016 Contact: Phone: +33 5 61 29 48 64 Fax: +33 5 61 29 48 07 E-mail: aerospace.mba@tbs-education.fr TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome to the Toulouse Business School Aerospace MBA program 3 The pedagogical philosophy 4 The general structure of the Aerospace MBA 4 Assessment guidelines 7 Team Building Seminar and Leadership Development 10 Core Management 14 Process Workshops 23 Electives 34 Corporate mission
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THEORY OF CONSTRAINTS Key Term The key term I selected is Theory of Constraints. I selected this term because in my Aviation Maintenance profession this term is getting more visibility as we attempt to implement Continuous Process Improvement (CPI). Explanation of the Key Team Satterlee describes Theory of Constraints as the greater gain will come from identifying which part of the process is a constraint to the whole, rather than focusing on increased output from an entire process (p. 247)
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African Journal of Business Management Vol. 5(8), pp. 3410-3423, 18 April, 2011 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJBM ISSN 1993-8233 ©2011 Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper Branding satisfaction in the airline industry: A comparative study of Malaysia Airlines and Air Asia Kee Mun, Wong* and Ghazali, Musa Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Accepted 23 March, 2011 Brand is crucial in differentiating the
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turnstile aren’t checking the tickets carefully enough since tickets with wrong dates and colors go into the wrong stub boxes. Most likely caused by a lack of motivation, the employees aren’t motivated to check the tickets carefully. o Bill Reilly, the manager, gives out a significant number of free tickets with his signature on them. Could be caused by a
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turnstile aren’t checking the tickets carefully enough since tickets with wrong dates and colors go into the wrong stub boxes. Most likely caused by a lack of motivation, the employees aren’t motivated to check the tickets carefully. o Bill Reilly, the manager, gives out a significant number of free tickets with his signature on them. Could
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achieve company market success. Evidence from Business Aviation Industry: Piaggio aero Company case study. Mario Mustilli and Filomena Izzo; School of Management & Economics, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Capua (CE), Italy; mario.mustilli@unina2.it, filomena.izzo@unina2.it. Abstract Our paper analyses the interacting between logistics and new product development (NPD) to achieve company market success in the Business Aviation industry. The empirical analysis focused on Italian
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improve its market position. In this project, Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) system is recommended as the new source of AirAsia’s cost advantages. Using Venkatraman and Henderson’s model APS fits smoothly to the Technology Transformation Perspective where business strategy acts as a driver. The functionalities provided by APS system to improve AirAsia’s performance include event management technology, supplier portals, inventory planning, demand forecasting, maintenance management, and route
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improve its market position. In this project, Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) system is recommended as the new source of AirAsia’s cost advantages. Using Venkatraman and Henderson’s model APS fits smoothly to the Technology Transformation Perspective where business strategy acts as a driver. The functionalities provided by APS system to improve AirAsia’s performance include event management technology, supplier portals, inventory planning, demand forecasting, maintenance management, and route
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