Just as Minh walks out of the bank, he spotted his two companions: a floating robot that looks like it could be from a sci-fi film and a german shepherd have been waiting for him on the sidewalk. When Minh walked towards them, both of them rush over to him. “Master Minh! Your back! So how did it go?” his robot friend questioned. “Well Charleston, this is what I got.” saids Minh holding out his wallet out. “The $1500 I got earlier within the bank and adding $200 I have on me now; now we’re up $1700.” “That so? then we’re doomed. Huh Riley?” Charleston grimly said with Riley whimpering next to him. “Hey stop sulking you two! We’re not homeless yet, and we still got our house until the end month, so we still have time!” shouted Minh. “But sire if this is what we have along with my share then we’re not going survive like this!” “Not with that attitude you're not! Just calm down for a minute.” snapped Minh. As Charleston calm down, Minh continued with his explanation. “I understand we're in a rough spot right now. And yes, I have lost my job during this madness we live in. But we’re not out of the running just yet and there are people are in our situation as well.” argued Minh. “If anything, they’re doing everything they can to make something positive out of this situation. So relax and let’s concentrate on what we have now.” The floating robot became silent on what Minh just told him: “I…. you're right sire we can’t give up now or we already lost the fight.”…
Virgin Atlantic Airlines: Organizational Behavior Analysis Virgin Atlantic Airlines is part of the Virgin Group corporate structure founded by Sir Richard Branson. Virgin Atlantic was the first airline of the Virgin Group, but was later joined by subsidiary airlines Virgin Australia and Virgin America. Virgin Atlantic is based in London, England operating primarily in Gatwick Airport and Heathrow Airport, as well as Manchester Airport in Manchester, England (Branson, 2014). An organizational…
Last December record amounts of snow and cold temperatures hit the U.S. and most part of Europe, which led to chaos in the whole travel industry (Jainchill, 2011). Many flights all over the world were cancelled and some of the airports were shut due to the adverse weather conditions. Moreover, even train or bus services, namely in United Kingdom, were not fully operational due to the same reasons. Such things like terrorist attacks or natural disasters always have big influence on travel…
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Virgin Airline Strategy Management Project Virgin Airline is now the second largest long-haul international airline in the United Kingdom. Virgin Airline is renowned for its consistent high-quality service and innovative ideas, focusing on the comfort and feelings of passengers while on a plane. Routes throughout the world’s major cities. This paper analyzes the general environment and industry environment of Virgin Airline by using PESTEL, Porter’s “Five Forces Model” and SWOT, taking Virgin…