Boeing is the world's leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined. Additionally, Boeing designs and manufactures rotorcraft, electronic and defense systems, missiles, satellites, launch vehicles and advanced information and communication systems (Cite). With Boeing being the world's leading aerospace company they really have to have a great planning strategy. This paper will evaluate the planning functions of management, the impact of legal issues, ethics, and corporate social responsibilities on management planning, and factors that influence Boeing's strategic, tactical, operational Boeing is the world's leading aerospace company and the largest and contingency planning.
Boeing being the largest aerospace company in the world also has one of the largest project planning divisions called Phantom Works" Headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., Phantom Works' approximately 2,600 employees are spread across the enterprise, working virtually together while directly supporting Boeing's commercial, defense, and communications business units. Its more than 375 systems and technology projects -- many of which are proprietary -- include those for its external customers (NASA, DOD, FAA, etc.) as well.
To efficiently address a broad spectrum of needs, Phantom Works is divided into advanced systems teams and advanced technology teams. The former tend to focus on addressing specific new business markets. The advanced technology teams, on the other hand, focus on providing engineering, information and manufacturing technologies commonly needed by all the Boeing business units. "
In both cases, the innovative solutions Phantom Works provides are designed to meet near- and medium-term needs of the business units, as we ...