Corporate Governance & Board of Directors The Corporate Governance of any business is the relationship among the board of directors‚ management and shareholders to help in determining the path and performance of the corporation (Hunger & Wheelen‚ 2007‚ p. 18). Although laws and standards vary‚ the board of directors is: · Those who set the overall path‚ vision and mission within the business. · Those who make the decisions to hire and‚ or fire any top management member (Hunger & Wheelen‚ 2007
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independent analysis of the recent trends and development of Air Asia (low cost carrier model) in the current economic condition. And this report clearly explains about the methodological approach used to find‚ select and analyses the data. Also this report provides a brief outline about the Air Asia. In addition this report exactly speaks about how they sustain in their industry by using the recent trends and modern technology. Introduction As the airline industry has gone so simple when compared to olden
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Tony Fernandes‚ as the Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia‚ decided to pursue his dream to start an airline with the following vision: “To be an airline that flies long-hauls with low fares with a corporate culture that is flexible and functional”. AirAsia has achieved its title as “The World Lowest Cost Airline‚” and was also one of the world’s most profitable airlines. This report provides an analysis and evaluation of internal and external of the company. Methods of analysis includes
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33-35 Bangunan Systematic‚ Jln Hang Lekiu‚ 50100 KL SEGi College Kuala Lumpur (SCKL) PRINCIPLE OF MARKETING EXECUTIVE SUMMARY There are 4 marketing mix for Air Asia such as product‚ price‚ place and promotion. Air Asia should improve their service to satisfy their customer. ASSIGNMENT ALLOCATION OF MARKS NO. DESCRIPTION OF CRITERIA ADOPTED THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE ASSIGNMENT WEIGHTINGS MARKS ALLOTTED BY LECTURER 1. Relevance of content to assignment-Executive
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Malaysia Airline System Berhad (MAS)is a group having several businesses organization includes Malaysia Airlines‚ MAS Cargo‚ Firefly‚ MASwings‚ MAS aerospace and so on. Other businesses which are under MAS are hotel operations‚ catering‚ computerized reservation services‚ coach transportation‚ trucking and warehousing services‚ retailing of goods‚ terminal charges and tour and travel related activities(Malaysia Airline System Berhad‚ 2010). Malaysia Airlines had won awards of ‘5-Star Airline’ and ‘World’s
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Case Study: Air Asia Identify the competitive advantages of Air Asia as a low cost carrier. Air Asia has a number of competitive advantages as a low cost carrier that fall into the following general categories; low cost operations‚ efficiency of operations‚ proven business model and management expertise and finally a distinctive corporate culture. Low cost operations: Air Asia has gone to great lengths to ensure all of their operational costs are kept to an absolute minimum‚ and have passed
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POLITICAL ASPECTS • Political uncertainty in Malaysia with Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi set to step down in March 2009. • Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak is expected to take over the ruling-coalition party‚ but with a cloud of allegations. • Political unrest in Thailand recently when anti-government protesters recently blocked flights for a week at Bangkok’s main airports. • ASEAN nations have been pushing Indonesia to scrap its Rp.1 million ‘Fiscal’ charge to all Indonesian citizens and
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1. INTRODUCTION TO AIR ASIA 1. COMPANY BACKGROUND AirAsia Berhad was established in 1993 and began operations on 18 November 1996. It was originally founded by government owned conglomerate‚ DRB Hicom. On 2 December 2001‚ the heavily in debted airline was bought by former Time Warner executive Tony Fernandes’s company Tune Air Sdn Bhd for the token sum of one ringgit (about USD 0.26 at the time) with USD 11 million (MYR 40 million) worth of debts. Fernandes turned the company around
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AIR ASIA 1. a) Air Asia’s vision: • To be established as the leading low-cost carrier in the Asian region. AirAsia’s mission: • A low cost airline carrier that offers five-star service with 95% of on-time performance. • To be able to provide affordable airfares‚ at the same time promoting Malaysian hospitality and the local food. • To focus on customer’s needs by stimulating demand and offers the lowest fares‚ comprehensive distribution channel and developing various products and services. AirAsia’s
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SWOT analysis of AirAsia Strengths Firstly‚ Air Asia has indeed a strong management team. This is clearly known as it has very strong links with the governements and airline industry leaders.This is partly contributed by the diverse background of the executive management teams which consists of industry experts and ex-top government officials. For example‚ Shin Corp (formerly owned by the family of former Thai Prime Minister - Thaksin Shinawatra) holds a 50% stake in Thai AirAsia. This has
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