Flying low: HR challenges in the airline industry
This case study describes the journey of Aakash Airways from a monopolistic environment, showing remarkable profitability, to a point where local and international competition stiffens and operational inefficiencies lead to a significant plunge in company profits.The main concerns for the newly appo...
Saved in:
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Othman Yeop Abdullah (OYA) Graduate School of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia
2013
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://repo.uum.edu.my/15817/1/IPBJ_vol_5.pdf http://repo.uum.edu.my/15817/ http://oyagsb.uum.edu.my/index.php/ipbj-list-of-issue |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
my.uum.repo.15817 |
---|---|
record_format |
eprints |
spelling |
my.uum.repo.158172016-04-20T02:57:47Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/15817/ Flying low: HR challenges in the airline industry Roy, Sancharan HD28 Management. Industrial Management This case study describes the journey of Aakash Airways from a monopolistic environment, showing remarkable profitability, to a point where local and international competition stiffens and operational inefficiencies lead to a significant plunge in company profits.The main concerns for the newly appointed chairman are to revive the company in order to recover the huge losses, and to prepare the organization to meet the challenges of globalization and stiffer competition.The top management of Aakash Airways now has to focus on overhauling the company’s Human Resource System in order to build sustainable capacity, improve productivity and service quality, and integrate different HR areas, including recruitment, job description, training, performance appraisal and promotion to achieve organizational goals.The issue requires urgent attention since time is of utmost importance, wherein the overall company performance is deteriorating and the fuel costs are expected to rise, making the situation even worse. Othman Yeop Abdullah (OYA) Graduate School of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/15817/1/IPBJ_vol_5.pdf Roy, Sancharan (2013) Flying low: HR challenges in the airline industry. International Postgraduate Business Journal, 5 (1). pp. 49-75. ISSN 2180-2459 http://oyagsb.uum.edu.my/index.php/ipbj-list-of-issue |
institution |
Universiti Utara Malaysia |
building |
UUM Library |
collection |
Institutional Repository |
continent |
Asia |
country |
Malaysia |
content_provider |
Universiti Utara Malaysia |
content_source |
UUM Institutionali Repository |
url_provider |
http://repo.uum.edu.my/ |
language |
English |
topic |
HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
spellingShingle |
HD28 Management. Industrial Management Roy, Sancharan Flying low: HR challenges in the airline industry |
description |
This case study describes the journey of Aakash Airways from a monopolistic environment, showing remarkable profitability, to a point where local and international competition stiffens and operational inefficiencies lead to a significant plunge in company profits.The main concerns for the newly appointed chairman are to revive the company in order to recover the huge losses, and to prepare the organization to meet the challenges of globalization and stiffer competition.The top management of Aakash Airways now has to focus on overhauling the company’s Human Resource System in order to build sustainable capacity, improve productivity and service quality, and integrate different HR areas, including recruitment, job description, training, performance appraisal and promotion to achieve organizational goals.The issue requires urgent attention since time is of utmost importance, wherein the overall company performance is deteriorating and the fuel costs are expected to rise, making the situation even worse. |
format |
Article |
author |
Roy, Sancharan |
author_facet |
Roy, Sancharan |
author_sort |
Roy, Sancharan |
title |
Flying low: HR challenges in the airline industry |
title_short |
Flying low: HR challenges in the airline industry |
title_full |
Flying low: HR challenges in the airline industry |
title_fullStr |
Flying low: HR challenges in the airline industry |
title_full_unstemmed |
Flying low: HR challenges in the airline industry |
title_sort |
flying low: hr challenges in the airline industry |
publisher |
Othman Yeop Abdullah (OYA) Graduate School of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia |
publishDate |
2013 |
url |
http://repo.uum.edu.my/15817/1/IPBJ_vol_5.pdf http://repo.uum.edu.my/15817/ http://oyagsb.uum.edu.my/index.php/ipbj-list-of-issue |
_version_ |
1644281809904599040 |
score |
13.149126 |