Southwest Airlines Case Study
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Southwest Airlines Case Study Introduction: Organizational culture has taken a significant importance in the management of every type of business. By analyzing and understanding the culture of a company we can determine how it performs. Culture refers to an organization's values, beliefs, and behaviors. Firms with strong cultures achieve higher results because employees sustain focus both on what to do and how to do it. Southwest Airlines, created thirty years ago, has gone through important organizational changes, which revolutionized today's business practices and structures. A unique corporate culture has strongly contributed to Southwest's success. Southwest Airlines, has remained a model for many business types because of its success. Southwest's primary focus has been on providing low-cost airline tickets, customer service and employees relations.. We are first going to analyze Southwest's culture; then explain how it drives performance, and finally review the challenges that it faced as it transitions...


