British Airways Swipe Car Debacle

Another reason the airlines’ employees disagree about adding seasonal workers is because Southwest is also in another contract negotiation that may mean freezing pay scales to prevent company lay-offs. It seems unfair to add more employees who will also be looking for a piece of the monetary pie. These labor relations issues are new to Southwest, and for the first time the company’s problems, and not their great customer service, are putting them in the spotlight. To overcome this, the company will need to tread gently and find ways to successfully negotiate with their unions (Maher, 2014).

problem. If the problem was the system not recording the clocking in of the employees, than the

The situation of the U.S airlines has been affected by a number of factors through time and is not a secret that has been passed by moments difficult, especially in the economic part. One of these factors were the terrorist’s attacks of 911. No other event in history has changed the way of doing business that the fateful events of September 11, 2001. Apart from the significant human loss, the millionaire impact to the economy of New York and in the United States and multi-million dollar expenditure associated with the global war against terrorism, attacks on the World Trade Center (World Trade Center or WTC) in New York and the Pentagon trembled the authority of the United States, at a time when it was going through a recession. All this made

For Southwest Airlines, incorporating employee input in the decision making process creates a more authentic brand. For instance, the involvement of employees in the uniform design made the employees take pride in being part of the airline. The decentralized decision making approach makes it possible for Southwest Airlines to bring employees from different departments and various cities to interact with each other and build a cohesive workplace. In addition, employee involvement in the decision making process at the company makes employees to feel more motivated and loyal to the company.

To find the most appropriate solution to Just Relax Inc.’s (JRI) problem, we examined a multitude of different technologies and did an analysis of each. Through our analysis, we determined that RFID scanning paired with biometric authentication is the most readily available and cost effective technology. During the course of our analysis, we examined other technologies such as fob keys, but we came to the conclusion that they wouldn’t be sufficient to address the particular needs of JRI.

In the case study of Alaska Airlines, Kotter 's means 3-Develop the Change Vision and Strategy, and 4-Communicate for Understanding and Buy in are shown in the activities of the executive team in their acknowledgment and comprehension of the drastic changes and main drivers that were tended to between fall 2007 and mid-year 2010. In any case it is important to backpedal to 2006, when travelers were enraged by misused of their baggage and experienced long wait times to get their bags, there were times where the wait time would be so long that police would be called to calm the upset customers. Without a doubt, understanding into contributing causes could be followed back before 2005, when pilots, unsettled because of pay

In order to obtain long term success, it is important to strictly follow Kotter’s Eight Step Change Model in the correct order. The first step is to create a sense of urgency among the staff. The PCA called in a meeting and introduced the concept of the change and reason for the change. It was a mandatory meeting and snacks and beverages were served. Several concerns and threats affecting the financial aspects of the company and how to maintain job security were addressed. Employees were asked one by one how they like what they are doing, why or why not they like it, what is important to them and what do they think can be done to improve it. Creating a guiding coalition and directing others in the right direction of change is the

I was one of the few employees that were willing to ride the waves and give the new changes time to develop and work themselves out. The leadership could have avoided falling into the same trap of employee turn over, if they had put the effort to provide the necessary support during the stages of change and refreezing. (Nahavandi, p. 284)

The scenario upon which this paper is based relates to the British Airways Swipe Card Debacle case study from the textbook, Managing Organizational Change: A Multiple Perspective Approach (Akin, Dunford, & Palmer, 2009). The purpose of this paper is to analyze and discuss the organizational change associated to the implementation of a new swipe card system that led to strike of over 250 British Airways check-in staff, losing 40 million pounds and negatively effecting the company’s reputation. Additionally, this paper will relate the case study to several change approaches (organizational development, sense-making, change management, contingency, and processual) and identify key issues. Additionally, this

This paper will explain the managers’ role within a company and their responsibility when implementing a change within a company. It’s not just the planning and organizing talking about what plans need to be placed in order to create a change in a company, but the manager must know what to expect and how to completely deal with staff to make a positive outcome for the team. In the end this paper will provide and explain the change process; assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.

employees have been clocking in early for work and forgetting and being late to clock in or out. In the

WestJet is facing an urgent problem. The pilots’ contract expires in two weeks’ time and the pilots are unhappy with the offer that has been presented. This has created conflict between management and the pilots as the pilots feel that too many things are being taken away. If a quick agreement is not reached, flights would be grounded, which would impact the bottom line and negatively affect culture. A collaborating approach will need to be applied in order to come to a swift resolution.

The dispute between BA management and Cabin Crew from 2009 to 2011 caused extensive impact throughout the global condition. BA totally lost £150 million and the brand reputation had been affected seriously. It meant that BA has some problems about its change management. This academic report contains

Another problem faced by Cathay is the conflict between its management and employees. As mentioned above, the ground crews perceived that the company has negatively affected their concerned working conditions. This conflict may be resulted from poor communication between both parties, lack of openness of the company, and failure to respond to employees needs. It is obvious that Cathay failed to respond to its crews needs. Many ground staff complaint there is an increasing amount of work and overtime works. Cathay, however, did not notice the heavy workload among the staff. Thus, there is felt conflict appears among the affected employees, who have negative emotions, may create hostility, mistrust, and negative interpretation to the company.

British Airways (BA) is a company that encountered several difficulties back in the 1970’s and 1980’s. The poor performances of the organization, was leading the company to failure. BA was offering a service that even though it accomplished the mission of the company, was not providing customer satisfaction. The organization was not taking into consideration the needs of the costumer and was not providing an acceptable customer service experience. “Productivity at BA in the 1970s was strikingly bad, especially in contrast to other leading foreign airlines” (Jick, Peiperl, 2010, p.28). Due to numerous changes, the company increased their revenues and became a respectful and well know organization.