objectives, and the company acknowledges that significant challenges lie ahead, it is clearly the story of a dramatic and successful corporate evolution. Corporate pressure is relentless, however, and in February 2011 Nokia announced a change in strategy, a new leadership team, and a renewed organizational and operational structure. According to chief executive officer (CEO) Stephen Elop,
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32 34 36 40 42 43 44 46 47 48 52 53 54 56 60 62 66 68 72 76 81 82 83 152 156 157 G Our Dreams and Aspirations Corporate Profile Five Year Financial Highlights Share Performance Chairman’s Statement Group Chief Executive Officer’s Report AirAsia’s Strategy for Success Route Network Safety Product Development Go Holiday The Sky is Your Limit Champion of Low Fares AirAsia Roars Into Formula One One AirAsia Our People, Our Pride Investing In Our Future Major Milestones Serving You Better from Our 2nd
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05341_02_ch02_p021-044.qxd 9/25/07 10:01 AM Page 21 CHAPTER 2 OPERATIONS, STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS STRATEGY INTRODUCTION An organization’s operations function is concerned with getting things done; producing goods and/or services for customers. Chapter 1 pointed out that operations management is important because it is responsible for managing most of the organization’s resources. However, many people think that operations management is only concerned with short-term, day-to-day
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services without process is little more than wish list- Robert Filek. I understand this that services cannot exist without the practice. In order to do services an organisation need to put in process A satisfied customer is the best business of strategy of all- Michael leboeuf Customer need to be satisfied after receiving a service. A customer satisfied is very healthy to be business , business will prosper. The more pleased customers the better for the business. The goal as a company is to
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launched long-haul low-cost air services from Malaysia to Australia and the United Kingdom. The article documents AirAsia’s marketing strategy and discusses its approach towards ‘market development’ and ‘product development’. The Blue Ocean Strategy concept is used as a tool to examine AirAsia’s strategic moves. Keywords: Low-cost airlines, budget airlines, marketing strategy, Asian entrepreneurship In the case study ‘AirAsia: The Sky’s the Limit’, the authors Ahmad and Neal (2006) discussed AirAsia’s
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Table of Content Contents Marketing Audit 2 External analysis 2 Macroenvironment 2 Microenvironment 5 Internal analysis 9 AirAsia Marketing Mix (4ps) 9 SWOT Analysis 11 Marketing Objectives 17 Marketing strategy 17 Action Programs 25 Financial Budgeting 26 Implementation Control 27 References 31 Marketing Audit External analysis * Macroenvironment Political Environment Government regulates Airline industry heavily as in other country. In Government regulations
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Chapter 5 Pricing strategies LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter you will: n n appreciate the strategic significance of pricing decisions in marketing strategy understand the approaches to pricing of the economist and accountant, together with their contributions and limitations in the context of the price setting process n apply a framework to pricing decisions based around the key inputs to these decisions n understand the main pricing methods and their relative advantages and disadvantages
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KPIs should not be construed as forecasts, projections, estimates or representations of the company’s future performance, occurrence or matter as the KPls are merely a set of targets/aspirations of future performance and aligned to the company’s strategy. It is our view that because the airline industry faces a tough business environment which MAS is not spared from, it is only appropriate that we disclose information to the public, in a manner that is as balanced and objective as possible. It should
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Grading tips Pass p4 To gain a pass you will need to describe the functional activities and their interdependencies (how they fit together) in two organisations. Use the same two organisations that you have been looking at for your assignment work so far on this unit, and draw charts and diagrams which show their functional activities. Explain in detail what each of the functions involves. Show how the functions fit together, e.g. the relationship between marketing and customer service
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launched long-haul low-cost air services from Malaysia to Australia and the United Kingdom. The article documents AirAsia’s marketing strategy and discusses its approach towards ‘market development’ and ‘product development’. The Blue Ocean Strategy concept is used as a tool to examine AirAsia’s strategic moves. Keywords: Low-cost airlines, budget airlines, marketing strategy, Asian entrepreneurship In the case study ‘AirAsia: The Sky’s the Limit’, the authors Ahmad and Neal (2006) discussed AirAsia’s
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