Write a 2 page paper according to the information below. Double space, font 12. Please include a reference page.

Note: this is a turn-it-in assignment so please don’t use too much direct quotes.

Southwest Airlines

Simple, fun and profitable have been the foundations of Southwest Airlines’ strategies that have helped it achieve an enviable record of 36 consecutive years of profitability, even in the economic downturn. This case study will discuss Southwest Airlines’ background, current operations, its culture and people, financial highlights, company awards and recognitions and the airline industry and major competitors and its future.

1. Describe Southwest Airlines current operations including its low-cost advantage and legendary customer service.

2. Describe how Southwest Airlines’ culture and people ensure its success.

3. Describe the airline industry’s environment and its major competitors.

Week 3

Assignments to complete this week: 

• Reading : 
  • Chapter 3: Why Change? Contemporary Pressures and Drivers
• Post DQ Answers by Thursday at 11:59pm 
• Post DQ Peer Responses by Sunday at 11:59pm 
  Week 3 DQ2 

Discussion Question 2 – Week/Course Learning Outcomes

 Using your textbook, LIRN-based research, and the Internet, apply the learning outcomes for the week/course and lecture concepts to one of the following scenarios:

·As applied to your current professional career

·As applied to enhancing, improving, or advancing your current professional career

·As applied to a management, leadership, or any decision-making position

·As applied to a current or future entrepreneurial endeavor

OR

·Using your textbook, LIRN-based research, and the Internet, apply the learning outcomes for the week/course and lecture concepts to a business organization that exhibits and demonstrates these concepts. You should develop a summary of the organizations strategy and how they use these concepts to compete.

This is a learning and application exercise designed to give you an opportunity to apply concepts learned in a pragmatic and meaningful way that will enable you to gain valuable and relevant knowledge in an effort to augment your skill set and enhance your professional careers.

  For this assignment, resume the role and use the same company that you used in your last assignment. Your company must have leadership strategies in place for HR. Your company is holding a leadership training workshop in which you will present leadership strategies to your new HR employees. 

Create a 15–20 slide PowerPoint presentation in which you:

1. Provide the company’s mission statement.
   • Write one if you are using an imagined company.
2. Explain why the HRM function is important to employee management and labor relations.
3. Explain 3–6 leadership strategies that HR will use for conflict management, communication improvement, employee motivation, and behavior improvement. Provide a rationale for your choices.
4. Discuss how you plan to measure the effectiveness of each leadership strategy.
5. Include speaker’s notes or record audio for each slide, as if you were actually presenting in front of your new HR employees.
   • Review Kaltura Help [PDF] for tips on how to record your presentation.
6. Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is: 

• Examine leadership strategies used for conflict management, communication improvement, and employee motivation.

• Due: Tuesday, 08/11/2020 11:59 PM (EST)

Instructions

Your company wants to put a ball-bearing factory in Africa. Your company predicts this is where the most growth will be in the 21st century. Your assignment is to research a country on the African continent that you think would be the most advantageous to your company in cultural, economic, and political environments.

Your assignment is to point out and explain the facts or statistics that you think would make this country a good place to build and staff your factory. Remember to keep the cultural, economic, and political environments in mind. Your presentation must include at least two facts or statistics that relate to each environmental area (cultural, economic, and political).

Feel free to use the suggested readings as a starting point for your research on sources of data about different countries in the world. You must use at least three authoritative sources, and you are required to use the CSU Online Library for at least one of your sources. Pull a minimum of two facts or statistics from each source that you use.

Some good examples of authoritative sources are provided below:

• The U.S. State Department http://www.state.gov/p/af/ci/index.htm
• The World Bank http://data.worldbank.org/country

The Political Science database features information on countries through the CIA World Factbook.

The Business Source Ultimate database has a “Country Report” that can be selected in the Publication Type area. These reports by country can be 200-plus pages and are very in depth.

Your PowerPoint presentation should be a minimum of 10 slides. Be sure to use APA guidelines to cite and reference the sources for your facts. 

 What types of obstacles/objections do leaders face from stakeholders when implementing change within an organization? What strategies can leaders use to work with stakeholders, remove obstacles, and address objections?