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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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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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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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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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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I. CASE CONTEXT Imagine a company where employees hate the moment when they wake up because they know that they’re going to have to go to work. Once at work‚ these employees‚ who even consider maximizing their sick leave just to have an excuse not to be there‚ are all day with disgruntled customers complaining about the lousy service‚ the late planes and lost baggage. When the saving grace of break time finally arrives‚ these employees rush out and exert the utmost effort to pretend not
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Continental Airlines Storytelling Workshops Definition Development of line managers’ ability to cast corporate strategy as a story boosts emotional engagement of managers and staff. Company Profiled Industry: Airlines FY2005 Sales: US$11.2 Billion Headquarters: Houston‚ Tex. Applicability This practice may be of interest if any of the following are true: Our internal messaging is bland or fails to engage our employees. Our managers are uncomfortable or ineffective in appealing to employees’ emotional
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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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Optimizing Pilot Planning and Training for Continental Airlines Summary Continental Airlines is the fifth largest airline based on passenger volume in United States. It provides over 1‚100 daily flight services to five continents. Effective manpower planning is a key component for the success of Continental Airlines. It is essential for Airline Company to adjust its need for pilots constantly in different position in response to new market opportunities‚ changing passenger demand‚ acquisition
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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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