Task 2 For this project I have compared prices of the return flight to Dublin from London Luton airport in August‚ September and November low-cost airlines company called Ryanair. I was looking for the closest times I could get for 7AM‚ 1PM and 6PM leaving the following day‚ in 30 days time and leaving in 3 months time. Date affect from 10 th of January 2014. Results are presented in table and chart below. London Luton to Dublin Dublin To London Luton August 16th‚ Saturday 06:35 - 07:50
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Identify the main environmental forces affecting British Airways by undertaking a PESTLE analysis (focus on current trends). Which ones are likely to be drivers for change in the future of the company and why? Analyse the nature of competition British Airways faces using Porters Five Forces framework. Porters five forces analysis looks at factors outside of an industry that influence the nature of competition within it‚ the way in which firms compete and the industry’s likely profitability conducted
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reflect in thoughts‚ opinions‚ and solutions based on the case. Overview The past experienced of British Airways (BA) served as a lesson that for a business venture that in order to make profit‚ it is crucial to protect the image of the brand‚ maintain a harmonious relationship between management and the workforce which can result in avoiding financial losses. British Airways (BA) introduced an electronic clocking-in system that would record employees work start and finish times from
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Background British Airways is the national airline company of the UK and one of the largest in Europe. They were formed in 1972 but faced stiff competition when Richard Branson’s ‘Virgin Atlantic’ airline company was formed in 1984. Both companies had a tense relationship with each other which ended ‘one of the most bitter and protracted libel actions in aviation history’. (Quote from www.wikipedia.org) Objectives of British Airways Like all businesses one of their objectives were to
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From each change perspective what are the key issues to understanding the wildcat strike? The key issues that brought on the wildcat strike was the discomfort of the employees‚ the imposing power of management‚ and the impending busy season. The workers have been scared for their jobs already with one in four jobs being cut. The imposing power of management only furthered the discomfort. Coming into the busy season was poor timing because everyone was preparing for that‚ then a sudden change gave
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Foreign Exchange Management at British Airways The overall foreign exchange position of a co. may be complex as illustrated in the case of BA. BA does business in approx. 140 foreign currencies‚ which account for approx. 60% of group revenue & 40% of operating expenses (the rest being UK sterling). The group generates a surplus in most of these currencies. The main exceptions are the US dollar & the pound sterling in which BA has a deficit‚ arising from capital expenditure on fuel‚ which is payable
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The architecture of British politics The british political system is made up of houses of parliament and regional assemblies in Scotland‚ wales and northern Ireland. where members of parliament (MP’s) discuss four main issues legislation‚ representation‚ investigation and financing. The houses of commons The houses of commons is part of the process of british politics. The house of commons currently holds 647 mp’s in parliament which act as a political forum for Britain. Where MP’s can scrutinise
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Encourage customers to communicate. An opportunity occurs somewhere on the network every 15 seconds. Make it more convenient to register complaints. Make it truly worth their while. Market your CRM program. What more could be done for British Airways? Looking at the monthly data allows us to track any movement of a service issue in terms of complaints and defection rate. Again‚ it’s worth looking at seat allocation. It rose steadily throughout the quarter‚ peaking at 16.6% of customers
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Some form of organizational culture and structure exist in every organization. Successful organizations are often credited with having an appropriate organizational culture and/or structure in place that allows them to reach success. Many companies can believe that they have the needed structure in place to assure success; yet they fail where others succeed. Some work very well‚ and some just do not work at all. For any organizational culture and structure to function properly‚ it seems as though
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