{"id":39284,"date":"2024-12-01T17:19:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T17:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/write-a-business-report-to-the-ceo-and-board-of-directors-on-the-performance-of-british-airways-and-how-they-have-adopted-approaches-to-improve-and-sustain-business-excellence-in-a-global-business-env\/"},"modified":"2024-12-01T17:19:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T17:19:32","slug":"write-a-business-report-to-the-ceo-and-board-of-directors-on-the-performance-of-british-airways-and-how-they-have-adopted-approaches-to-improve-and-sustain-business-excellence-in-a-global-business-env","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/write-a-business-report-to-the-ceo-and-board-of-directors-on-the-performance-of-british-airways-and-how-they-have-adopted-approaches-to-improve-and-sustain-business-excellence-in-a-global-business-env\/","title":{"rendered":"Write a business report to the CEO and Board of Directors on the performance of British Airways and how they have adopted approaches to improve and sustain business excellence in a global business environment."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-left: 39.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Research and critically<br \/>\nappraise the development of lean principles within the&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 39.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">selected industry and<br \/>\nits influence on British Airways<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 39.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2. Critically outline the challenges and pressures faced<br \/>\nby BA to deal with supply<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 39.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;chain vulnerability as a result of global sourcing<br \/>\nand the continued trend of&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 39.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u201cleaning down\u201d.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 39.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">3. Critically assess how BA embeds<br \/>\napproaches to quality management and&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 39.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">organisational sustainability to create<br \/>\nbusiness excellence in the industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 39.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;4. Make recommendation(s), based on your<br \/>\nanalysis\/findings to help British&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 39.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Airways create and sustain business<br \/>\nexcellence, to remain competitive.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 39.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 39.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Ensure that your report offers appropriate<br \/>\nreferences to real-world examples and&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 39.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">demonstrates your knowledge and<br \/>\napplication of the theory and concepts of&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 39.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Creating Business Excellence and<br \/>\nMarketing module. The report may be from a UK&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 39.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">perspective or a country familiar<br \/>\nto you. Please highlight this selection when&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 39.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">providing the scope and background<br \/>\nof the report. The below offers a UK&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 39.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">perspective, so feel free to find similar<br \/>\nup to date resources for the organisation in a selected country\/region. Travel<br \/>\n&amp; leisure industry: <a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/topics\/cn1r2gwe6g8t\/travel-leisure-industry.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 39.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><br \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Bhasin, S., &amp; Burcher, P. (2006). Lean<br \/>\nviewed as a philosophy. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 17(1),<br \/>\n56-72.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Christopher, M., &amp; Peck, H. (2004).<br \/>\nBuilding the resilient supply chain. The International Journal of Logistics<br \/>\nManagement, 15(2), 1-14.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Costa, L., Godinho, F., Moacir, F.,<br \/>\nLawrence D., &amp; G\u00f3mez Paredes, F., (2018). Lean, six sigma and lean six<br \/>\nsigma in the food industry: A systematic literature review. Trends in Food<br \/>\nScience &amp; Technology, 82, 122-133. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">De Angelis, R., Howard, M., &amp; Miemczyk,<br \/>\nJ. (2018). Supply chain management and the circular economy: towards the<br \/>\ncircular supply chain. Production Planning &amp; Control, 29(6), 425-437. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Katayama, H., &amp; Bennett, D. J. (1996).<br \/>\nLean production in a changing competitive world: A Japanese perspective.<br \/>\nInternational Journal of Operations &amp; Production Management, 16(2). 8 \u2013 23.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Hines, P., Holweg, M., &amp; Rich, N.<br \/>\n(2004). Learning to evolve: a review of contemporary Lean Thinking.<br \/>\nInternational Journal of Operations &amp; Production Management, 24(10),<br \/>\n994-1011.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Holweg, M. (2007). The genealogy of lean<br \/>\nproduction. Journal of Operations Management, 25(2), 420-437. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Mart\u00edn-Gaitero, J. P., &amp; Escrig-Tena,<br \/>\nA. B. (2018). The relationship between EFQM levels of excellence and CSR<br \/>\ndevelopment. International Journal of Quality &amp; Reliability Management,<br \/>\n35(6), 1158-1176. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Vlachos, I., &amp; Bogdanovic, A. (2013).<br \/>\nLean thinking in the European hotel industry. Tourism Management, 36, 354-363.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your submission will be marked against<br \/>\nfour criteria: comprehension, analysis, critique and presentation. <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Criteria <span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>Link to task<\/span><\/u><\/b><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Weighting<\/b><\/span><\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>Lean<br \/>\nthinking influence on industry\/organisation <span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>20%<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>Lessons<br \/>\nlearnt: Supply chain vulnerability &amp; global sourcing <span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>15%<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Comprehension Lessons learnt: Quality<br \/>\nmanagement &amp; organisational sustainability <span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>15%<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&amp; Analysis<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>Conclusion<br \/>\n&amp; recommendations \u2013 linked explicitly to findings\/analysis <span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>15%<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Critique \u2013 including integration of<br \/>\nacademic &amp; industry sources to support findings\/analysis 25%<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Presentation \u2013 Compelling executive<br \/>\nsummary; appropriate <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>structure, grammar, spelling and<br \/>\npresentation of information <span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>10%<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Select<br \/>\n<u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">all<\/u> the options below applicable to the submission<\/span><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 39.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<tbody style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<tr style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0cm 5.4pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 3pt 0cm; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u2610<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0cm 5.4pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 3pt 0cm; padding-top: 1pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">No content generated by AI<br \/>\n  technologies has been presented as my own work.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0cm 5.4pt; 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