Managing People in Aviation
Impacts on Staff of a Change in Business Practice of Qatar Airways.
| Unit learning outcomes | 1 Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding· Demonstrate coherent understanding on how different management and leadership styles impact on team and organisational performance in the commercial air transport industry
2 Demonstrate the following skills and abilities · Describe, analyse, and demonstrate the ability to develop and motivate people to work efficiently and to resolve conflict situations in the commercial air transport industry.
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| What am I required to do in this assignment? |
| You are required to write a 1000 words report (+/- 10%) examining and explaining the impacts on staff of a change in business practice of Qatar Airways, Emirates Airlines, or British Airways. You are to examine and explain how staff are impacted by a decision taken by the airline, taking into account the specific staff roles in Qatar Airways, Emirates Airlines, or British Airways.The decisions you may want to consider are the following: growth or decline of the activity, new products or markets, change of structure, change of services, responding to competition, responding to a major crisis, etc…
The impacts on the staff you may want to consider are motivation, staff turnover, performance, conflict, illness, absenteeism, skills, training needs, etc…. You will be expected to make your own research on the history of Qatar Airways, Emirates Airlines, or British Airways, and use examples of a decision that your firm took in its recent past. Annual Reports, and the presentations of the members management board in the Annual Report or the Activity Report could be used In your written report, the weighting will be the following – Ability to clearly identify and explain the decision that is being made by British Airways – Ability to explain why British Airways has taken this decision – Ability to explain the implications of the decision on different types of airline staff – Ability to explain what actions would be taken to minimize the negative impacts on staff and maximize the positive effects – Grammar, writing spelling – Referencing |
| What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF) |
| In order to pass Assessment 1 you will need to:
Have a thorough understanding on how different management and leadership styles impact on team and organizational performance in the commercial air transport industry.
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| How do I produce high quality work that merits a good grade? |
| We will be filling this section in together in class on Click or tap to enter a date. make sure you have downloaded/printed out the Assignment Brief and bring it to the session with you. |
| How does assignment relate to what we are doing in scheduled sessions? |
| This assessment will bring together some of the main and foundational themes of Managing People in Aviation.
Students will be expected to synthesise the themes explored during the entirety of the unit for this assessment. Students will apply their understanding to a situation faced by a company of their choice and how this impacts the way people are managed.
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