During the year 1972, the All Houston service was transferred to Houston's Hobby Airport from Houston Intercontinental. This move was prompted by Kelleher who said that after all why customers have to drive 45-minutes to take a 40-minute flight. Wit Continue Reading...
Southwest Airlines Effectiveness of Southwest Leadership Southwest management has defined a clear and simple business purpose. The management has also chosen the right business model that supports the business purpose. The management consistently d Continue Reading...
Motivation Through Leadership: Leadership of Herb KelleherHerb Kelleher was the co-founder and former CEO of Southwest Airlines. Southwest began as an upstart airline that soon began to rival the big market players. One big reason for its success was Continue Reading...
Leadership Guide Transformational Leadership and Emotionally Intelligent Leader Organizations are established with on-going concern to earn profits, generate economic activity and satisfy the needs of the people. Few people join hands to establish Continue Reading...
And many have got successful too in earning the market share. The emerging competition by new companies is a growing threat for the company and it should be tackled properly to avoid any future disturbances. In order to further describe the competi Continue Reading...
The company continually stressed the human nature of travel, and strove to make airplane travel affordable and enjoyable. Many people who used Southwest Airlines had never been able to fly before. However, the 'customer did not come first' at South Continue Reading...
Southwest Airlines Before 1978, the federal government regulated the U.S. airline industry. Airlines were given profitable routes but were also obligated to serve unprofitable routes in the public's interest. Increases in airline costs were routinel Continue Reading...
Figure 1 below highlights briefly Hertzberg's two factor theory applications to the Southwest Airlines. Figure 1: Hertzberg Two Factor Theory To complete the analysis, the hygiene factors related to dissatisfaction should are considered to be:- W Continue Reading...
Southwest Airlines Organizational Culture Analysis of Organizational Culture at Southwest Airlines Application of the OCP Framework Developing Organizational Culture at Southwest Airlines Implementation of Organizational Culture Organizational Continue Reading...
Organization's Philosophy Assessing the Culture of Southwest Airlines airline to never declare bankruptcy and stabilize its customer base during recessionary periods over the last ten years, Southwest Airlines has consistently been able to transla Continue Reading...
Corporate Culture can be effectively defined as the basic behaviors and the attitudes and all the related approaches that individuals within an organization use when they interact with one another for any reason at all. It also refers to formal and w Continue Reading...
Leadership Herb Kelleher is making waves in the air. As one of the world's foremost examples of democratic leadership, the co-founder and executive chair of Southwest Airlines is an exemplar for effective leadership behavior. His and his company's b Continue Reading...
Leadership The co-founder and former chief executive officer, president and chairman of Southwest Airlines, Herb Kelleher, has frequently been cited in the leadership literature as being an exemplar of charismatic leadership (Gibson & Blackwell Continue Reading...
Like many of the great charismatic military leaders of the past such as Alexander the Great (Bristol 204) or General George S. Patton (Rosenback & Taylor 223; Rost 72), Gibson and Blackwell report that Kelleher is not afraid to get down in the Continue Reading...
Part 1 History of Modern Leadership Studies Since 1900 The evolution of modern leadership studies begins with the Great Man Theory, which originated in the 19th century and carried over into the 20th century. It came about as people looked at the wor Continue Reading...
Direction of the Business During the economic downturn of the global economic crisis (2008-2010), General Motors (GM) was adversely impacted by a failure to downsize its operations and focus on core products. As Yip and Hult (2012) note, GM marketed Continue Reading...
Culture must not simply be inclusive to an organization. Organizational internal culture must shift with the larger national cultural context in light of the needs posed by globalization. Chapter 12: Strategic Competency and Organizational Design Continue Reading...
