of Dayton), Ron Anderson-Lehman (Continental Airlines), and Anne Marie Reynolds(Continental Airlines) Data management for decision support has moved through three generations, with the latest being real-time data warehousing. This latest generation is significant because of its potential for affecting tactical decision making and business processes. Continental Airlines is a leader in real-time business intelligence and much can be learned from how they have implemented it. The movement to
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habitually overlook readily available opportunities to boost their financial performance? Drawing on extensive empirical research, an irrefutable business case can be made that the culture and capabilities of an organization, derived from the way it manages its people, are the real and enduring sources of competitive advantage. Managers today must begin to take seriously the often heard, yet frequently ignored, adage that "people are our most important asset" [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] DOI: 10.5465/AME.1999
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CERTIFIED HR PRACTITIONER Module 1 – Day 1 © KPL/2012 LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. Explain what human resource management is and how it relates to the management process. 2. Show with examples why human resource management is important to all managers. 3. Illustrate the human resources responsibilities of line and staff (HR) managers. 4. Briefly discuss and illustrate each of the important trends influencing human resource management. © KPL/2012 LEARNING OUTCOMES 5. List and briefly describe important
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Classic Airlines Marketing Solution Classic Airlines is the fifth largest airlines in the world. Classic Airlines has had a history of success and profitability, but as the competitive market changes and a downturn in the travel industry, management has identified changes that need to be made. To ensure the airlines remain competitive and profitable Classic Airlines is faced with the challenge of delivering increased value within leaner budgets. The analysis of the current situation of Classic
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PEST Analysis: The Indian Airline Industry A PEST analysis is an analysis of the external macro-environment that affects all firms. P.E.S.T. is an acronym for the Political, Economic, Social, and Technological factors of the external macro-environment. Such external factors usually are beyond the firm's control and sometimes present themselves as threats. For this reason, some say that "pest" is an appropriate term for these factors. Let us look at the PEST analysis of the Indian aviation
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805–825 eAirlines: strategic and tactical use of ICTs in the airline industry Dimitrios Buhalis* Centre for eTourism Research (CeTR), School of Management, University of Surrey, Guildford, England GU2 7XH, UK Received 16 June 2002; received in revised form 26 April 2003; accepted 6 August 2003 Available online 13 November 2003 Abstract Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) have revolutionised the entire business world. The airline industry in particular has fostered a dependency on technology
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senior manager at WestJet Airlines (WestJet) came across two news articles — one in Maclean’s, a Canadian news magazine, and the other in the Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper — that hinted at a dilemma faced by WestJet: How to continue to build its high-engagement culture as it experienced high rates of growth?1 WestJet stood out from other Canadian airlines in many ways. For example, despite a difficult year in 2008, WestJet was one of only a few airlines worldwide that were profitable
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BIRD’S EYE VIEW SWOT Analysis of easyJet easyJet is Europe’s leading low fares airline. Formed in 1995 by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, it has grown rapidly to become Europe’s fourth largest airline by passengers carried. Sir Stelios has credited easyJet’s success to two strategic imperatives. The first was “sweating the assets”, that is making sure that the planes were as full as possible and flying as much as possible. The second was a sophisticated yield management system which would set an infinite
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Hong Kong Budget Airline Industry Analysis By Jaeyeong Ahn 1155032046 Xie Jianting 1155001899 Shi Weiran 1155002072 Tan Jiayi 1009609441 Gao Jingya 1155001997 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Budget Airline Industry 2.1 Definition & Pricing Model 2.2 Common Practices to Lower Overall Costs 2.3 Development of Budget Airline in America, Europe and Asia 3. Hong Kong Market Analysis 3.1 Competitive Landscape 3.2 Major Budget
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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, Air Asia has earned a reputation as a consistent performer no matter what the external environment. They have seen a future in which their success is not constrained by resources or opportunity. ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS Company Background AirAsia is Malaysia’s second national airline was incorporated
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