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    Case 02 Gordon Bethune and the complete transformation of Continental Airlines Overview When Gordon Bethune left his job at Boeing in February 1994 to accept the position of chief operating officer (COO) of Continental Airlines‚ the company was struggling to survive. Even though it was the fifth largest commercial airline in the United States‚ with revenues of nearly 6 billion dollars‚ the company had reported a net loss every year since 1985‚ and was ranked the last among the top ten commercial

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    case case Continental Airlines: One Company’s Flight to Success In the last decade‚ Continental Airlines has had a spotty track record. The airline twice filed for bankruptcy‚ realized diminished performance culminating in a $613 million loss in 1994‚ and was ranked dead last in industry indicators such as on-time performance among the major carriers. During these years‚ employees at Continental had undergone several series of layoffs and withstood both wage cuts and delayed wage increases in

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    Case Study > Data Warehousing Continental Airlines I. Executive Summary Table of Contents I II III IV V Executive Summary The Decision to Invest Implementation New Business Strategies ROI 2 4 6 9 19 20 Technical Appendix A Continental’s comeback from “Worst to First” is an airline industry legend. Now the company is engaged in a new initiative to move from “First to Favorite.” To support this ambitious initiative‚ Continental tapped into its Enterprise Data Warehouse and expanded it

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    in the decision making processes. * Employees were able to express their grievance by using the toll-free and personal voicemail. * Bethune tied in performance appraisals with incentives. * Employees were provided with the proper resources to achieve goals. Q3: To ensure that a continental airline improves on performance over next decade‚ continuing employee recognition would be one of the priorities on the list. Employee satisfaction plays a large role

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    Continental Airlines Memo To: Lawrence Kellner From: Date: Re: The purpose of this memorandum is to address the profitability issues at Continental Airlines and to estimate the costs for 2009 to forecast the future outlook of the company. To address these issues‚ I used regression analysis to observe what effect the 11% reduction in flying capacity would have on the firm’s future operating costs. I also used the results from the regression analysis to verify the costs that‚ if reduced

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    Continental airlines case The biggest challenge that the continental Airlines is grappling with is with regards to their operational efficiency. Their previous decision of oursourcing key functions like reservations‚ payroll and EDS were causing a delay in flow of information thus hindering data based decision making in the company. Most decision thus were being made not by what data said but by the “hunch” or “intuition” which often proved wrong. Lack of real time data‚ complex system of booking

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    Continental Airlines Inc. Analysis Strategic Management Vision Statement Continental Airlines Inc. seeks to lead its industry in superior customer service‚ innovative technology‚ employee satisfaction‚ and environmental advances‚ at home and abroad. Mission Statement At Continental Airlines Inc.‚ we strive to obtain excellent customer service and satisfaction through technological advances in on-line bookings and e-ticket purchases. We have strict security measures to ensure our

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    Cases in Financial Reporting Continental Airlines‚ Inc - Leases Anderson‚ John Armanini‚ Nathan Avery‚ Sarah Hacker‚ Matthew Adkins‚ Lindsay To: Larry Tomassini From: Group 6 Subject: Case Study #3 – Continental Airlines‚ Inc. - Leases Date: February 22‚ 2011 This memo contains a lease analysis of the case titled: Continental Airlines‚ Inc - Leases. All numbers contained in this memo are in millions. D. i. Rental Expense (Aircraft Equipment) $896 Rental

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    Ariel Kramer Summary Frank Lorenzo‚ in 1986‚ owned one of the largest airline networks in the world. From a small investment in Texas International Airlines‚ after restructuring it and bringing the company to profitability‚ Texas Air bought Continental for $154 million. In order to reorganize the corporation as a more viable enterprise‚ Lorenzo took Continental into bankruptcy. This process caused a walkout by many union workers‚ so Lorenzo replaced strikers with

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    hinder it in achieving its organizational goals? Continental Airlines utilizes a divisional structure relative to the management of its various entities. This structural design is due to the complex nature of the aviation industry as well as the autonomy required in operating a twenty-four hour a day‚ seven day per week worldwide business. In my opinion‚ the structural design of this organization with the exception of Continental Express and Continental Micronesia can really not be structured in any

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