Continental Airlines: Outsourcing IT to Support Business Transformation Prepared by Neils Christensen and Keri Pearlson As the Texas sun began to set‚ Janet Wejman‚ the Chief Information Officer for Continental Airlines looked out the window of her Houston-based office and considered what her next move should be. It was now November 1996 and while she had only been with the company for a few months‚ she faced a dilemma relating to the airline’s information technology outsourcing agreement with
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man. After his first wife died‚ Deane married the granddaughter of the former governor of Connecticut. A thriving businessman‚ Deane entered politics. He was on Connecticut’s Committee of Correspondence and as a delegate to the first and second Continental Congress. On September 22‚ 1789 Silas Deane booked passage on a ship‚ the Boston Packet. While with the ship’s captain‚ Deane suddenly complained of dizziness and stomach pain. Right away the captain put him to bed. Deane’s condition got worse and
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Continental Drift It takes a lot of courage to stand up for something you believe in‚ especially when faced with intense amounts of scrutiny and rejection from colleagues and peers alike. But this is exactly what Alfred Wegener experienced when he advanced the unthinkable thoughts that all continents were once upon a time‚ all part of one massive supercontinent. He battled through the adversity‚ and continued to collect sources and ideas that backed his thinking. The purpose of this paper is
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Washington made his army was in a very bad state. They had little food‚ uncomfortable lodging‚ and extremely cold weather. At Valley Forge‚ there were about 12‚000 soldiers. The conditions costed a lot for the army. If I were a soldier in the Continental Army at Valley Forge‚ I would have quit because of horrible conditions‚ illness‚ and the position they are in. To start off‚ one reason for quitting is the awful conditions. In the diary of Dr. Albigence Waldo‚ it says‚ “I am sick - discontented-
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the first Commander-In-Chief of the Continental Army‚ the choice of Washington was an easy decision‚ due to his mere size and stature‚ but also his prior military experience. The outbreak of the American Revolution started with the Battle of Lexington and Concord that took place in Massachusetts. This lead to the Olive Branch Petition attempted by the Second Continental Congress‚ which did not work. After the failure of the Olive Branch Petition‚ the Continental Army pushed out the remainder of the
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United and Continental merge to create world’s biggest airline United and Continental Said to Agree to Merge United is buying Continental‚ and the combined company will keep the United name and be based in Chicago. Jeffery A. Smisek‚ Continental’s chief executive‚ would run the company. If the deal wins antitrust approval‚ the merged airline would replace Delta Air Lines as the top carrier. WORLD’S BIGGEST AIRLINES * 1 - American Airlines * 2 - United Airlines * 3 - Delta Air Lines
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The Differences of Strategic Positioning Between Southwest Airlines Corporation and Continental Airlines Nowadays‚ Porter’s 5 Rules of Strategic Positioning as a most common business theory plays a significant role in operating companies and planning business activities. Southwest Airlines Corporation (Southwest) proves that clearly by its success. And the year-end results of Southwest marked 29 consecutive years of making profit (Govindarajan and Lang‚ 2002). I will elaborate how the Porter’s 5
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History of Continental Airlines Continental Airlines began service in 1934 as Varney Speed Lines‚ named after one of its initial owners‚ Walter T. Varney operating out of El Paso‚ Texas and extending through Las Vegas‚ Albuquerque and Santa Fe‚ New Mexico to Pueblo‚ Colorado. The airline started with Lockheed Vegas‚ a single engine plane that carried four passengers. The airline later flew other Lockheed planes‚ including the Lodestar. It was renamed Continental on 1 July 1937 after a new owner
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SUMMARY Continental Airlines is now known as one of the best contrived airlines in the world. Their effective strategic and tactical decision-making analytics are on the cutting edge of the airline industry. With a long history going back‚ in American Southwest‚ a single-engine Lockheed aircraft was founded in 1934 and its headquarters is located in Houston‚ Texas. This airline boosted its fly by serving overly 50 million passengers into five continents and 227 destinations. And 10 years ago‚ the
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Browning and Continental White Cap (A) On April 1‚ 1984‚ Peter Browning assumed the position of vice president and operating officer of Continental White Cap‚ a Chicago-based division of the Continental Group‚ Inc. Having completed a successful five-year turnaround of Continental’s troubled Bondware Division‚ Browning found this new assignment at White Cap to be a very different type of challenge. He was taking over the most successful of Continental’s nine divisions—“the jewel in the Continental crown
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