Southwest airlines originated in 1971 by its founders, Herb Kelleher and Rollin King. The airline focused on short flights with customer service that was “delivered with a sense of warmth, friendliness, individual price and company spirit.” (Anonymous, 2005, p.16). Since it’s origination, the company has won multiple prestigous awards for it’s leadership, employee satisfaction, and outstanding customer service which can always be found in their coorporate environment, which is filled with non traditional
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Southwest Airlines: Leadership Matters Latrice Alston University of Phoenix COM 530: Communication for Accountants Tonya Boddie September 12, 2012 Southwest Airlines: Leadership Matters Leadership styles affect the way organizations function and interact with employees, consumers, and business partners. Leaders develop a style of communicating based many times on experience. Southwest Airlines, a leader in the airline industry has enjoyed unparalleled success
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Southwest Airlines The success of any organization, regardless of the size, depends on strong communication between its employees and senior management to the entire organization. Moreover, a successful organization depends on functional groups which are powered by strong individuals that hold a leadership position. Leaders have a tremendous effect on an organization and can influence the organization and its employees in a variety of ways both positively and negatively. In terms of communication
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Organizational Commitment and Communication Matthew Dunscombe COM/530 June 20, 2013 Charles Sherman Organizational Commitment and Communication The following document is a review of Southwest Airlines Company. Additionally, the literature will discuss how different leadership styles would affect group communication in Southwest Airlines Company. Moreover, this document will analyze the different sources of power found in Southwest Airlines Company and how those different sources
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Southwest Airlines: Leading Success Stephanie Pena Communication for Accountants/ COM530 July 14, 2014 Brent Smith Southwest Airlines: Leading Success Leadership, motivation, and workforce commitment are key building blocks within an organization. In a successful organization, these building blocks are connected and held together with the effectiveness of communication. Organizations develop their respective cultures through communication among leadership and with all employees, regarding
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The Southwest Way: Leadership, Power, and Motivation When Herb Kelleher and Rollin King founded Southwest Airlines in 1971, their mission stated the “dedication of the highest quality of customer service delivered with a sense of warmth, friendliness, individual pride, and company spirit” (Smith, 2012). With that mission in mind, Herb Keller and Rollin King managed to make Southwest the only profitable airline in the United States (Smith, 2012). Southwest’s mission is not the only reason why the
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Southwest airlines originated in 1971 by its founders, Herb Kelleher and Rollin King. The airline focused on short flights with customer service that was “delivered with a sense of warmth, friendliness, individual price and company spirit.” (Anonymous, 2005, p.16). Since it’s origination, the company has won multiple prestigous awards for it’s leadership, employee satisfaction, and outstanding customer service which can always be found in their coorporate environment, which is filled with non traditional
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Explain how different leadership styles would affect group communication in your chosen organization. Southwest Airlines was the perfect choice to research because this company is not as affected by economic downturns as other companies seem to experience. The founders of Southwest Airlines Rollin King and Herb Kelleher had a clear vision of what their organization should be and is reflected in the company mission. “The mission of Southwest Airlines is dedication to the highest quality of Customer
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Leadership Style: What Do People Do When They Are Leading? Sherman Boyd Dr. Christopher Leigh BUS 520 Leadership and Organizational Behavior September 3, 2014 Introduction Leadership is described as a method for social control that sees an individual getting the help and support of others on finishing a particular assignment (Adair, 2005). Thus, leadership is the ability to successfully exploit and incorporate the existing resources in an organization for the achievement of the objectives and targets
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McMichael Dr. Ofori Boateng BUS 520 Leadership and Organizational Behavior December 12, 2014 Gary Kelly serves as the Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer at Southwest Airlines. Under Gary's leadership, Southwest has grown to become the nation's largest airline in terms of originating domestic passengers carried and is a mainstay on Fortune magazine's list of the most admired companies in the world, ranking seventh in 2013 (About Southwest, 2014). Gary's biggest source of
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