Strategic Report for JetBlue Airways Harkness Consulting Innovation through Collaboration Rosanna Smart Alisher Saydalikhodjayev Sayre Craig April 14, 2007 Table of Contents Executive Summary ………………………………………………..3 Company History ………………………………….………………..4 Competitive Analysis ………………………………………………7 Internal Rivalry …………………………………………………………. 8 Entry ………………………………………………………………………… 9 Substitutes and Complements …………………………………….. 11 Supplier Power ………………………………………………………….. 12 Buyer Power
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Introduction to Southwest Airlines 3 1.1 Overview 3 1.1.1 History 3 1.1.2 Southwest Airlines’ offerings 4 1.2 Reasons for choosing Southwest Airlines as a case study on HR practices 5 2 Literature review 5 2.1 HR strategies 5 2.2 Training and development 7 2.3 Compensation 8 2.3.1 Financial compensation 8 2.3.2 Non-financial compensation 10 3 Human resource practices in Southwest Airlines 11 3.1 Human resource strategies in Southwest Airlines 11 3.1.1 Southwest Airlines
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An Analysis of “Southwest Airlines: We Love Your Bags” I visited the Southwest Airlines website and clicked on the “Our Culture “ tab. On this page, Southwest has culture defined as such: Cul’ture: the development, improvement, and refinement of the originality, individuality, identity, and personality of a given people (“Culture”, 2012). Southwest Airlines has stood out from the rest of the airlines even before I ever read a case study on the company and its business model. Although
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Low-cost airline focused on Texas and southwest part of the U.S. Target: people seeking public transportation that would otherwise use other means of transportation. What do they do: Southwest provides transport for small distance flights at a low cost with the most basic necessities for flight passengers in an enjoyable environment and good mood. Why? To provide customers with an alternative to road transports by reducing travel time and an alternative to other companies airlines by reducing
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STRATEGY MBL 915P Southwest Airlines in 2008: Culture, Values and Operating Practices Repeater Assignment 2 By : Refiloe Mokebe (72542683) 9/6/2011 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Question 1 – What is impressive about South West? 3 Question 2 – Benchmarking against the best practices 4 Question 3 – Key drivers for low cost / no frills strategy 6 Question 4 - What are the key elements of Southwest’s culture? 9 Question 5 - What grade would you give Southwest management? 13
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Introduction………………………………………………….3 Ryanair’s Background……………………………………..3 Ryanair’s external environment analyses (PESTEL)…3 Ryanair’s internal strategic capabilities (SWOT)……...4 Ryanair’s strategic choice (Porter’s five forces)………5 VRIO framework……………………………………………..5 Rumelt’s criteria……………………………………………..6 Ryanair’s implementation of low cost strategy………..6 Recommendations………………………………………….6 Conclusion…………………………………………………...7 Reference List……………………………………………….7 Appendix………………………………....…………………..8 12.1 Presentation’s
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Issue/Decision Despite its industry-leading position, Southwest Airlines was facing new challenges in mid-2008 which threatened its annual growth potential. Historically, Southwest’s seat availability grew at a rate of 5-10% each year; however, 2008’s projected growth was limited to 3% year-over-year. This is a direct result of strengthened competition which weakened Southwest’s competitive advantage, the onset of an economic recession, a high fixed cost structure with high operating costs—particularly
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Capstone: Strategic Management May 13th, 2008 Robert Gibson – Scott McDaniels – Jonah Nelson – David Stark Table of Contents: Strategic Profile 3 * Company Introduction Situational Analysis 4-15 * External * PEST Analysis * Porter’s 5 Forces * Bargaining Power of Suppliers * Bargaining Power of Buyers * Threat of New Entrants * Threat of Substitutes * Competitive Rivalry between Existing Players
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Jackson Dr. Daniel Terfassa 9/11/2015 FIN 534 Introduction Southwest Airlines was founded in 1971 by Herb Kelleher and Rolling king. The company started its services for San Antonio, Dallas and Houston. In the mid-1980s, the company was first to offer the frequent miles program. This program allowed travelers to bank traveled air miles to be used latter credit for a reduced airfare or free ticket. It was the first airline company to offer senior discounts, fun packs and fun fans. From 1981
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Carden August 24, 2013 Introduction The intent of this paper it to define critical concepts of strategic planning with Southwest Airlines (SWA) top management and how their organization pursued choices and different strategies to run the business by using superior performance employees that gave them a competitive advantage over their competitors. I will concentrate on the thirteen strategic staffing decisions that are critical for any organization to be successful. I will also emphasis the
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