Airbus Corporation
Airbus has been in business for a little over 30 years and is jointly owned by EADS (80%) and BAE systems which are two of the largest defense contractors. There are seven members that act as a supervisory council (shareholder committee); working together they approve the annual budget, three year investment plan, new programs, and other major investments. The Committee also appoints the Airbus Executive committee members, which are nominated by the CEO. The Committee compromised of ten people from each core business function and is responsible for managing all activities that involve Airbus. With such a international company the GM's of the national entities in France, Germany, Spain, and the U.K. have a dual mission. Guarantee that all national obligations are met and that instructions issued by the central functions are implemented properly. Thus, General Managers have a huge responsibility and task in insuring that all human, industrial, and financial resources of the entity they manage are in compliance with national laws and regulations as well as Airbus policy.
External Factor Analysis Summary: Airbus Corporation
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With ground breaking technology Airbus is able to communicate more sophistically with all parts of the world. As they have many plant all across the world, as they do employees they are able to break the time barriers and regional barriers that allows them to take orders, plan deliveries in the click of a coupe buttons. They are able to receive alerts about problems and let the people that need to know, know. Along with the advancement in technology for the business sense of communication and just doing everyday to day task easier they are able to create safer planes. For example, on ...