as strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats are analyzed in the first part. And in the second part five audit risks are identified and explained. Finally, since the appointment of new CEO, the impact of Virgin Blue is illustrated. 1. SWOT analysis * Strengths * Strong brand name and good reputation * Offering competitive fares with high quality customer service and awarded the Best Low-Cost Airline in Australia 2009 * Excellent on-time performance record * Successful
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Strategic Management and Business Policy, 14e (Wheelen) Chapter 4 Environmental Scanning and Industry Analysis 1) Environmental scanning is the monitoring, evaluating, and disseminating of information from the external environment to key people within the corporation. Answer: TRUE Difficulty: Easy Chapter Objective: Recognize aspects of an organization’s environment that can influence its long-term decisions 2) A corporation uses environmental scanning to avoid strategic surprise
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Airway was able to turn profits fairly quickly; in 2001 the company had profits of $38.5 million (George & Regani, 2008, 20-4). From there on it seemed that the company would continue to be profitable especially with expansions in the works; moving into areas that competitors ignored, ordering more planes, expanding to the west coast, and building a new terminal at JFK. However, due to various external and internal factors the company once again posted losses in 2005 and 2006. 2. Summary statement
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TESLA MOTORS SWOT Analysis Anandita Jindal Tesla Motors is a car company that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles. Ian Wright, JB Straubel, Marc Tarpenning, Martin Eberhard and most notably Elon Musk founded this public company in 2003. Its headquarters is located in Palo Alto, California, with its main production plant in Fremont, California. The company was named after Nikola Tesla, a renowned electrical engineer and physicist. Its goal is to increase the number of EV’s (Electric
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BCCA’S INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES Nesbit Road, MAZAGAON, MUMBAI – 10 V SEMESTER :______________________________________ NAME OF STUDENT : CLASS : T.Y.B.M.S DIV : 000 SUBJECT : 0000000000 TOPIC : RISE & FALL IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY NAME OF PROFESSOR : 000000000 ____________________________ _____________________________
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innovation can be divided into two categories of innovation: development of new products, and improvement of existing products. Systemmatic Innovation of Products includes: * Technology strategy * Design thinking skills * Customer needs analysis * Systematic creativity methods * Market and pricing strategy * Design for environmental sustainability * Design of services * Capturing value from innovation * Development process design * Product and service leadership
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A Conceptual Model of Corporate Moral Development Author(s): R. Eric Reidenbach and Donald P. Robin Source: Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Apr., 1991), pp. 273-284 Published by: Springer Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25058230 . Accessed: 16/09/2013 07:44 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars,
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY It has been a great pride in the history of AirAsia that despite the challenges that they have faced, AirAsia continues to defy the odds. Since December 8, 2001, when the company was taken over by the new Air Asia management, AirAsia has grown to become the largest low-cost carrier in Asia. Today the airlines are operating in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. With more than 6,000 talented, hardworking and committed employees and a market capitalization in excess of RM2billion
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m31: Home AssignmentCover Sheet Quality ManualVersion 5 2014-15 | Student(s) Name and ID: | Course Code and Title:Integrated Project Quality management. BUS4956 | Date: | Section:CLW | Submission Deadline:week 16 Late submission results in losing grades. For every working day delay the maximum grade decreases by 5%, up to a maximum of 35% after a week. Also note, not following the formatting guidelines an additional 10% may be lost. | Name of the Course Team Leader /Academic Coordinator
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MBA532 Leadership Unit 8 Manning suggests that while women tend to be hypercritical of themselves, men are often more confident of their abilities than they ought to be. Briefly agree or disagree. Then, address how you, as a leader of an increasingly androgynous workforce, would remedy such varying self-perceptions. In other words, how would you formulate an effective strategy to lead those two groups while maintaining consistency of approach to treating all equally? Be specific in how would
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