...In succession planning, the Tony Fernandes recognized as a central presence in an organization can be inhibited. He has said that good leadership is to know when to go, only to succeed is a good leader, but if someone else transport and the company has become more solid. Then, you can succeed as a leader. He also said Air Asia would not leave just yet, but it is certain that he will not make that mistake. He also has something more to be done, but there are also young people who come to gradually increase that he was very happy, very confident, when he is gone, he sold lots and lots of energy to the one by date, the company will continue to grow, from the development and growth, he had succeeded. On the other hand, Tony Fernandes show his commitment on the strategic positioning of his brand is by providing low prices and quality service, courage and vibrant spirit of Air Asia, Air Asia molded into the vanguard of an international brand. His brand strategy include: creative use of public relations, publicity of our passengers and our aircraft characteristics, which has won widespread praise establish Air Asia brand; with major world-renowned brands together will greatly enhance the strategic brand grade Air Asia. Sales, his website is Asia's first name Airasia.com travel services site, is Asia's largest e-commerce site, creating a web page hits monthly record of 110 million times, more than 200 countries users www.airasia.com Surf. He set up an effective network of retail platform...
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...Tony Fernandes founded Tune Air Sdn Bhd in 2001, with a vision to make air travel more affordable to Malaysians. With that in mind, Tony and his three partners bought over AirAsia from its owner DRB-Hicom. Tune Air's initial project was to remodel AirAsia into a low fare no frills carrier after successful low fare airlines such as U.S.-based Southwest Airlines and Dublin-based Ryanair and create a new aviation product in Malaysia . AUTOCRATIC only one person has the authority over the followers or workers. Their decision has to be taken as the golden rule and should never be questioned. They plan out everything and order their subordinates to work according to their rules. For instance, if a company has an autocratic leader as the Managing Director, the employees in the company would have to work as per the rules set down by him. They would not be expected to make any contribution from their side, which may actually help in enhancing the productivity of the company. In short, the autocratic leader has full control of those around him and believes to have the complete authority to treat them as he wants. AirAsia’s Dato’ Tony Fernandes Promises To Resolve Problems Faced By Disabled Persons July 20th, 2007 - Friday The Barrier-Free Environment and Accessible Transport Group (BEAT) met with AirAsia Group Chief Executive Office Dato’ Tony Fernandes this morning. 16 representatives from various NGOs attended the meeting that resulted from the protest at LCCT-KLIA. From the word...
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...texts imply that every human has an innate, intrinsic desire to belong with others, irrespective of how unsocial or detached they may seem. Humans are inherently social beings, regardless of what individuals may think. This is portrayed through the fact that Tony initially values his work above all human relationships and believes that he does not want to settle down: “he never saw the need for it. It was impossible for him to form relationships which went beyond the level of the sheer every day… But then one day, without the slightest warning, Tony Takitani fell in love.” This follows (?) A.D. Hope’s concept that “The Mind has no neighbours, and the unteachable heart announces its armistice time after time, but spends its love to draw them closer and closer apart.” Hope implies that it is impossible to find someone who one can truly understand. But all humans are the slaves of their most inherent passions; not reason. This is why they will keep searching for an impossible neighbour. We desire deep human contact, whether we think it or not. The “wandering islands” in Hope’s poem represent people who find deep connections to others difficult. In this sense, Tony Takitani in Murakami’s work is a “wandering island”. Tony was often isolated during his childhood. Murakami uses unremarkable, ordinary language to describe Tony’s life, but to great effect: “Such experiences served only to close the boy off from the world. He never made any close friends, but this did not cause...
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...A) The mode of the text in question is spoken, it has been lifted from a speech or conference Tony Blair gave outside Downing Street on the 4th September 1997, regarding education for children of the UK. B) I would suggest that this example of language has a rather high degree of formality due to its purpose; it is an official conference regarding a rather important matter and therefore Tony Blair will have made an active effort to keep the language to a certain and relatively high degree of formality. The language however is not overcomplicated and I think this is done so that various people from different backgrounds across the UK can understand what changes may take place in their education system, which is relative to almost any UK resident. C) From the text it can be inferred that Tony Blair has quite a wide array of spoken lexis and he makes use of this throughout. He uses words of varying formality to create a professional yet accessible approach to what is being discussed. In terms of grammar, Blair is generally accurate but it is hard to determine what pauses are intentional, for effect or any other reason due to the format of the text, spoken. For example, the commas seem to be in the right places throughout and I can only assume these are placed where he would pause in his speaking. There are some interesting examples in the text however that make it quite clear that this format of text is rather different to written or electronic. For example, Blair starts one of...
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...September 11, 2001 changed the lives of everyone. 2,977 dead and millions of families grieved. Two very important people who grieved as well, but showed an infinite amount of support through the years were: President George Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair. They both gave speeches on the incident and said some encouraging yet heartfelt words towards the families affected and towards our nation. Each took their own interesting routes, but overall had the same supportive conclusion. President George Bush as leader of our nation had to take a more serious and optimistic path. He tried to lead us to believe that even though we suffered a great lost, the future will always be better. He uses Anaphora to show us that even though we were going through a rough patch our battle wasn’t finished. “We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.” President Bush doesn’t fail to reassure us that the grass is always greener on the other side. Bush shows off his optimistic tone with this line “It is my hope that in the months and years ahead, life will return almost to normal.” He has hope for a better tomorrow. The diction used in that statement leads us to believe that Bush was ready to stop dwelling in the past. His syntax in this speech was off the charts as he tries to leave off with a speech that is almost like the speech a general gives his troops right before a battle. Words like “determined”, “strong”, “freedom”, and “courage” leave us with a taste for victory...
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...or workers. Their decision has to be taken as the golden rule and should never be questioned. They plan out everything and order their subordinates to work according to their rules. For instance, if a company has an autocratic leader as the Managing Director, the employees in the company would have to work as per the rules set down by him. They would not be expected to make any contribution from their side, which may actually help in enhancing the productivity of the company. In short, the autocratic leader has full control of those around him and believes to have the complete authority to treat them as he wants. AirAsia’s Dato’ Tony Fernandes Promises To Resolve Problems Faced By Disabled Persons July 20th, 2007 - Friday The Barrier-Free Environment and Accessible Transport Group (BEAT) met with AirAsia Group Chief Executive Office Dato’ Tony Fernandes this morning. 16 representatives from various NGOs attended the meeting that resulted from the protest at LCCT-KLIA. From the word go, Datuk Fernandes informed us of his airline’s plans to remove many of the barriers and conditions that are preventing disabled persons from flying with AirAsia. For starters, AirAsia has agreed to purchase 2 ambulifts – one for LCCT-KLIA and the other for Kota Kinabalu Airport. No charges will be imposed for the use of the ambulifts. All aircrafts will be equipped with aisle chairs. Toilets will be equipped with handle bars for people who need to use...
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...Firstly we have to identify what popular culture means in order to understand the concept of what John Fiske is talking about in his quote. ‘Culture’ is a social circulation meaning of norms and values that help contribute towards our social identities. There are a wide range of things we can consider to be culture, in fact there isn’t a lot of things in our daily lives that isn’t considered culture from reading books, playing football or even having a dinner with your family. However, ‘popular’ is a more ambiguous definition in comparison to ‘culture’. The average person may consider popular to mean what appeals to most people for example football is considered to be popular amongst males which makes it appealing. On the other hand, John Fiske states that ‘the popular’ serves ‘the interest of the people’. Looking at John Fisk’s book of ‘Understanding Popular Culture’ he also states that popular culture is the ‘art of making do’ (Fiske, 1990, p.28). What he means is that there has to be an ‘interest’ to people in order for commodities exist. Hence the reason why culture is a issue, this is because we all consume in different ways. The method of consumption relies on how we interpret products and its meaning to us, Fiske states in his book “The people make popular culture at the interface between everyday life and the consumption of the products of the cultural industries” Fiske argues that in order for commodities to exist they have to be relevant in our everyday lives. Finally...
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...Vietnam: Fiscal Strategy and Public Debt Benedict Bingham IMF Senior Representative Presentation for National Assembly Hanoi- September 15, 2010 The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and should not be attributed to the International Monetary Fund, its Executive Board, or its management.” Outline Vietnam’s fiscal challenge Debt management issues IMF/WB Debt Sustainability Analysis 2 The fiscal challenge: how to finance investment needs? 2010 Liabilities Asset Public goods- Target - 2020 Asset Liabilities Public debt High quality High quality Public goods- Public debt Contingent liabilities Accumulated savings Public goods-Low quality Public goodsLow quality Contingent liabilities Accumulated savings Industry assets Industry assets The fiscal challenge: Constraints and Implications Three constraints: Scope for increasing aggregate size of public sector limited Scope for raising debt levels limited Contingent liabilities will need careful management Some implications: PPP may help but are unlikely to be a panacea (PPP should be driven by VfM not fiscal constraints) Raising savings (revenue), improving efficiency of investment, and equitization will all have to play a role. 4 Debt Management I: Definition of Public Debt Vietnam - Gross Public and Publicly Guaranteed Debt - 2005-2009 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 (In percent of GDP) A. Gross public and...
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...QUALITIES AND SKILLS OF ONE OF MALAYSIA’S MOST SUCCESFUL ENTRPRENEUR 1. Think success. To attain the kind of success that we want, we need to dream big. Every success story starts with big dreams. We need to have big dreams for ourself - which we want to be somebody rich, famous or fulfilled. We need to have a clear vision of what we want to achieve. But it doesn't stop in dreaming alone. We should actively visualize success in our mind that we can almost feel it, touch it or it is within our reach. Play this image back at every opportunity. What does it feel to triple our current income? How will our life change? What will our business look like if we achieved the million-dollar mark? Successful entrepreneurs possess an attitude of openness and faith that we can have what we want if we can simply envision it as the first step on the path of action to acquiring it. Management gurus have taught us the power of visualization - seeing ourself in our mind as having accomplished our dreams. If we want to be a successful writer, envision ourself signing books for a throng of people who have lined up to have our autograph. If we want to be rich, picture ourself in luxurious surroundings holding a fat bank account. And the process of envisioning success for we should be a constant activity! We need to think that we are successful (or will be one) every single waking hour. A personal development coach shared me her secret to help her continuously visualize her goals for the moment:...
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...Business Policy | April 12 2013 | Shauna Lennon, Denise Mc Gahan, Jessica Byrne, Elizabeth Mc Entee, Siobhan Kearney, Sandra Sharpe | How can Tesco manage effectively strategic change? | How can we manage effective strategic change? According to Eric Douglas ‘The process of strategic change management involves developing an innovative vision for where the company needs to be, and then developing and equally innovative path for achieving the goal.’ (Douglas E, 2010) Many different theories have been developed in order to give a greater understanding of strategic change and how to manage it. These include Force Field Analysis theory, the Change Kaleidoscope approach and the Cultural Web approach. These theories help to give an understanding of the link between strategy, dimensions of corporate culture and managerial action. ‘Force Field Analysis provides an initial view of change problems that need to be tackled by identifying forces for and against change’ (Johnson G, 2011, p. 469) Kurt Lewin created this analysis in the 1940’s as a tool for his social psychologist work however it is now used within businesses as a method for making and communicating decisions. (Force Field Analysis , 2013) You use the tool by listing all of the factors (forces) for and against your decision or change. You then score each factor based on its influence, and add up the scores for and against change to find out which of these wins. (Force Field Analysis , 2013) This is carried out by...
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...discussion of a speech by Tony Blair from 1997. Tony Blair was a Labour Party politician, who in 1997 got elected as Prime Minister of Great Britain. The speech we are analyzing is the same speech that won Tony Blair the election back in 1997, and therefore holds great meaning in British history. Firstly, we will have a look at a rhetorical analysis of the speech, by filling in the rhetorical pentagon. The writer of the speech is Tony Blair. The topic of Tony Blair’s speech is the way he wants to renew the political system of Great Britain, by implementing some new reforms, with the purpose of making Great Britain a more equal place for the people of Britain. The reader of the speech is the registered voter of Great Britain - in particular the old supporters of The Labour party. The circumstances of the speech is the election of Prime Minister. The language of the speech is rather formal, considering that he is speaking out to the majority of Great Britain. The effect of this, is that Tony Blair appears more convincing and well structured, both in his speech, and in his way of carrying out his politics. Finally, the intention of the speech is to persuade the recipients of the speech to vote for him as Prime Minister. Roughly, Tony Blair’s speech can be divided in two major fragments. An introduction from the first line to line 6, and the speech itself, running from line 7 and to the end. In the introduction of Britain will be better with New Labour, Tony Blair’s intention is...
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...International Journal of Business and Management; Vol. 8, No. 24; 2013 ISSN 1833-3850 E-ISSN 1833-8119 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education Transactional and Transformational Leadership: A Comparative Study of the Difference between Tony Fernandes (Airasia) and Idris Jala (Malaysia Airlines) Leadership Styles from 2005-2009 Arif Kamisan, P1 & Brian E. M. King1 1 School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China Correspondence: Arif Kamisan, P, School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 17, Science Museum Road, East Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Tel: 852-3400-2645. E-mail: 11555000G@connect.polyu.hk Received: May 27, 2013 doi:10.5539/ijbm.v8n24p107 Abstract Leadership plays an essential role in the success of managing organisation. The purpose of this paper is to examine the leadership styles of two leaders in managing the two biggest airline companies in Malaysia namely, Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia. The results showed that the strong leadership style and approach by the two have contributed to the success of the mentioned airlines. The transactional and transformational approaches have significantly given impact in managing the organisation in the current competitive business environment. Other leadership constructs such as entrepreneurial, ethical, innovative and creative have emerged from the two key leaders in this study and require further discussion in the future. Furthermore...
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...Tony's Story Summary The story's about Tony and his friend Leon. Leon has just returned from the army on San Lorenzo's Day drunk and longs to see his friend. It is a beautiful sunny day, but everything changes when a police officer assaults Leon for no apparent reason. Bleeding from both his mouth and his nose, Leon is put on a wagon and sent to the hospital. The police officer didn't get punished for his crimes and Leon is outraged. He wants his revenge and almost gets it when they discovered the same police officer following them that very same day. While staying at a sheep camp belonging to Leon's uncle, they prepared for the worst.Tony worries because he believes the police officer is from one of the stories he'd heard from when he was younger. While he believes two arrowhead is enough protection for both of them, Leon takes with him a .30-30 rifle in the truck. During another run on the highway they find themself being stalked again. Leon pulled over and got out of the truck and left Tony in the passenger seat with the .30-30 rifle across his lap. Right when the big cop took out his stick and raised it up high, Tony fired his rifle and killed the cop. While Leon doesn't know if he should run or stay, Tony believes he has killed "it" and thinks they're safe now. Historical Values Throughout history the Natives has been pushed away and treated like they were a weaker race. During the homestead act in the 1860's the Native Americans were thrown out of their land. During...
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...Tony Fernandes, founder and CEO of Asia's first low-budget carrier Air Asia, talks with Andrew Stevens. Tony Fernandes, founder and CEO of Air Asia BLOCK A A: Tony Fernandes, welcome to Talk Asia. T: Thanks for having me. A: We talk about you, a lot of people talk about you and describe you as the Richard Branson of Asia. Do you like that comparison? T: Well, I mean Richard Branson has done a lot of great things, so it's a bad comparison, but we're very, very different people, from a business philosophy. We're also very similar in some areas, but we are different business-wise. But there could be worse people that we're compared to. A: Mr. Branson, Richard Branson, has actually just bought into your long haul operation, which is gonna be starting shortly, taking 20 percent for not a huge amount -- under 10 million, we believe. What are you gonna get out of that? How do you get the Branson name or magic involved in that? T: Well, I think what a lot of people have missed out, is we started this idea about two years ago. I mean we're obviously friends, we've known each other for a long time, I worked for him initially, 20 odd years ago. So we talked about doing something together. We talked about Virgin Blue first, but that didn't work out 'cause he had a funny kind of partner back then. Through a conversation we said, hey, why don't we try this out. And, so he's really a founder as much as I am, and I think if this model works, there's no reason why it can't go into...
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...American novelist, Toni Morrison in her acceptance speech “Nobel Lecture,” places a great deal of importance to the power of language, as well as reminding future generations that having such power takes a lot of responsibility. Morrison’s purpose is to urge us to recognize the lasting impact of the past and warns us against the misuse of language. With a passionate tone, she appeals to the feelings and experiences in her audience. Through her brilliant syntax along with her wonderful use of metaphors, her message is one of optimism and the guarantee that one day the power of language will eventually unite us. By opening with an anecdote of the blind, but wise old woman Morrison introduces us to the life of the bird. The bird’s life can be thought of as living or dead---the same can be said for language. There are the writers who can ‘kill’ the language; it comes to the extent where they begin to drain it, weakening the power from it. In this case, it initially seems that the youth mock the blind woman and want to destroy things the elderly cherish (for example, language) because it’s the believed nature of the youth: “For her dead language is not only one no longer spoken or written, it is an unyielding language content to admire its own paralysis.” In other words, the language with the sole reason that what its saying merely sounds beautiful, it is satisfied and living in bliss. This language that admires itself has come to the point where it doesn’t welcome the flourishing...
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