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 Strategies
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Cathay Pacific Airlines General Environment Cathay Pacific was established in 1946 and is now the largest airline company in Hong Kong. It operates both passenger services and cargo services and operates in more than 30 countries throughout Asia, the Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and North America to more than 80 destinations. From Hong Kong, where its headquarter is based, Cathay operates 36 of their destinations in the Asia-Pacific region. Therefore the general environment in especially
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OF EMIRATES AIRLINE In the mid-1980s, Gulf Air began to reduce its service to Dubai as it was concerned it was providing regional feeder flights for other carriers. As result, Emirates Airline was formed in 1985. The company is funding of Dubai’s royal family with start-up capital US $10 million as independent of government subsidies . Emirates Airline is the world largest international carrier but in term of income the company at the stage seven when it compare to others largest airline. For the category
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The Impact of Deregulation on the Airline Industry The aviation industry in the United States was facing several problems such as falling productivity, high inflation, rising labor costs, higher fuel costs and low economic growth. These problems led to the deregulation of the airline industry in 1978 with the Airline Deregulation Act that removed the various controls that influenced the decision power of the companies. The deregulation lasted about three years and the main objective was to increase
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Norwegian Air Shuttle Analysis of Global Expansion Strategy through subsidiaries in emerging economies Consultant Report 16 October 2013 Presented to: Dr. Kent Springdal The International Business Environment Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................. 3 COMPANY PROFILE .........................................................................................
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Carbondale AVM 450-3 Management Problems in the Aviation Industry Spring 2014 Mt. San Antonio Community College Assignment #3 Abstract The incredibly small profit margin that exists with the operations of airlines causes special attention to be paid to customer service. In order to decide how much money is to be spent of satisfying a customer, one must first discover how profitable a satisfied customer really is to an airline. Through the use of on-line journals, news articles, and case
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Company: Southwest Airlines Eileen Bertera Southern New Hampshire University Executive Summary Upon review on a profile of a successful company we see Southwest Airlines as a prime example. Their ability to recognize weakness in their management system and adjust strategies has allowed them to emerge as a leader in the US airline industry. Southwest is the largest US low fare carrier with low fare rates, no additional fees and excellent customer service. Southwest Airlines currently has one
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leveraging human capital architecture for executing JetBlue Airlines mission and vision, while striving towards sustainable strategic success. JetBlue is invested in executing and aligning resources and processes to providing every patron the ultimate flying experience. As a result of this commitment, JetBlue has achieved the acme of being ranked highest among low cost carriers for eight consecutive years by patrons within the airline industry for customer satisfaction dating back since 2005 (Mutzabaugh
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on operating costs b)Competition - more new low-cost airlines now c)Availability of funds - are financial institutions willing to provide financing for Airasia's investments. etc etc 3. Social a)The standards of living of people in destinations served by Airasia - they have the ability to pay for air travel b)Tastes and lifestyles of people - are they willing to fly on low-cost airlines? c)The nature of its workforce - will they be able to
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Rockwell International expanded its market size. Later it merged with Mc Donnell Douglas to become the largest aerospace company. Boeing Company manufactures markets commercial aircrafts. It also provides associated support services to profit-making airlines across the world. It keenly engages in research and growth of armed weapon systems for defense purposes. In addition, the corporation broadened its expansion in information systems and space surveillance systems. Boeing faces a solid contest from
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