Running head: CHANGING THE CULTURE OF BRITISH AIRWAYS A Case Analysis of Changing the Culture of British Airways1 Euronda Jefferson MBAE 5313 Leading and Managing Change East Texas Baptist University May 2015 Case Synopsis In the wake of an aging fleet‚ increasing competition‚ and high staffing costs‚ numerous issues threatened to bankrupt British Airways‚ including improving the competitive advantage‚ making customer service important the employees‚ and changing the consumer perception
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organisation structure and culture of ASDA to the British Airlines.. An organisation structure is a formal way of presenting the management hierarchy. It’s permits the easy flows of information within the organisation. It is the lay-out or the composition of the organisation. According the orientation decided at the institutional level‚ 4 types of structures can be put in place. The structure can be function based‚ product based‚ geographical based or multifunctional based. The function
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2009 Structural Perspective: British Airways André Costa Choi Sin Man Jiyun Baek 0 1 – Introduction In different working fields‚ companies face the pressure of globalization‚ and they must find new ways to overcome this challenge. The following example‚ introduces the case of British Airways‚ which needs to deal with the globalization issue trying to reduce the operational costs‚ increase profits and provide suitable services to customers. According to British Airways annual report from 2008/2009
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Table of contents: 1.0 Introduction 2 1.1 British airways “to fly‚ to serve” 3 2.0 The organizational structure 3 2.1 Definition 3 3 2.2 How to determine the best organizational structure for British Airways? 4 3.0 Which are the organizational structures adopted by British Airways? 4 3.1 The tall structure: 4 3.1.1 How this structure helps the company to achieve it goals? 5 3.2 The customer structure: 5 3.2.1 How this structure helps the company to achieve it goals? 7 4.0 Recommendations
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Changing the Culture at British Airways Question #1 Life at “old” British Airways lacked a unifying corporate culture. The 1971 merger of British European Airways (BEA) and British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC)‚ by the British Airways Board‚ only succeeded in putting an umbrella over two separate mature entities. The focus of the BEA had been to build a European airline infrastructure. BOAS was an innovator and pioneered the first jet passenger service. Neither company was concerned with
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Changing the Culture at British Airways Changing the Culture at British Airways The British Airways case study was a very interesting case to read. It proves that not all people can be leaders‚ especially the chairman‚ board and chief executives of British European Airways (BEA) and British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC.) According to the case study of British Airways‚ the life at the “old” British Airways was “bloody awful” (Changing the Culture of British Airways‚ 1990‚ p. 1). There
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1. What was life like at "old" British Airways? • Employees were embarrassed to mention they worked for the company. • British Airways stumbled into its 1979 state of inefficiency in large part because of its history and culture. • British Airways faced the worst crisis in its history in the late 1970’s early 1980’s. • Unless they took immediate action they were heading for a loss of at least £100 million within that present financial year. • They faced the potential that by that following
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C04_ICSA_STUDY_TEXT_STRAT_OPS_MAN.QXD:ICSA chapter 18/6/09 10:49 Page 111 4 The organisation – structure and culture contents 1 2 3 4 What determines organisational form? Organisational structure What is organisational culture? 5 6 Creating and sustaining culture Organisational culture and national culture The importance of culture learning outcomes As organisations seek to compete in ever-changing environments‚ they need to adapt and develop to take advantage
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Changing the Culture at British Airways 1. Problems you identified from the case Macro: The first problem changing the culture at British Airways was the merger of the BOAC and BEA. In 1971‚ the Civil Aviation Act became law and the board was to control policy over British Airways but both BOAC and BEA remained autonomous‚ each with its own chairman‚ board‚ and chief executive. This caused a split within British Airways throughout the 1970s and in the mid-1980. The second problem BA faced was
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UNIT 1 Business Environment Business Environment Analysis of British Airways Student: Plamen Enchev ID: W-91314622 1. Introduction The notion of business environmental analysis refers to an empirical study concerning the strategic measures and practices that leverage organisations to gain sustainable position irrespective of their business location. In relation to the recent competitive environment of internationalisation‚ the strategic management processes of the marketers are often observed
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