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This paper will analyze the management team at Boeing in regard to planning. This analysis entails an evaluation of the planning function of management. Next, the impact of legal issues, ethics, and corporate social responsibilities have had on management planning at Boeing will be reviewed. Three factors will be examined that influence the organization’s strategic, tactical, operational, and contingency planning. Those factors are outsourcing, competition, and energy efficiency.
Boeing is the world’s leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined. Boeing also manufactures rotorcraft, electronic and defense systems, missiles, satellites, launch vehicles, advanced information and communication systems. (Boeing, 2008) With a diversified range of products, Boeing is organized into two business units: Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. Supporting these units are Boeing Capital Corporation, the Shared Services Group, and Boeing Engineering, Operations & Technology. Boeing has an Executive Council which comprises the leaders of the just mentioned groups, but also other departments within the organization to provide leadership and planning. (Boeing, 2008)
Legal Issues
Legal issues can complicate the planning process and put the company in a difficult situation. Boeing has been sued a number of times involving differences in gender pay and used aggressive strategies to defend their position by their legal team. With the previous lawsuits, Boeing claimed attorney client privilege to hide internal documents prepared by their attorneys about pay differences and earlier cases w ...