The failed turnaround of Pan American airlines : Chris Sipika and Denis Smith.
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TextPublication details: Liverpool : Liverpool Business School, 1992Description: 33 p. : ill. ; 30cmSubject: The academic an corporate analysis of crisis manaement achieved considerable impetus during the latter part of the 1980s with the occurence of a number of major incidents which captured media attantion. The terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988 was one of the largest loss-of-life transport incidents of the decade and has serious implications for the integrity of the corporation. The bombing, whilst a discrete crisis event in itself, was part of a longer history of crisis through which the company had passed. The purpose of this paper is to explore the managerial response to crisis events within Pan Am and offer an assessment of the factors that ultimately led to the collapse of the corporation in 1991. Throughout the paper, attempts wil be made to set the events within the context of current thinking in crisis management and, in particular, to examine the demise fo Pan Am within the context of a number of models of turnaround management developed within the literature.
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Also published by : Emergency Planning College
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The academic an corporate analysis of crisis manaement achieved considerable impetus during the latter part of the 1980s with the occurence of a number of major incidents which captured media attantion. The terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988 was one of the largest loss-of-life transport incidents of the decade and has serious implications for the integrity of the corporation. The bombing, whilst a discrete crisis event in itself, was part of a longer history of crisis through which the company had passed. The purpose of this paper is to explore the managerial response to crisis events within Pan Am and offer an assessment of the factors that ultimately led to the collapse of the corporation in 1991. Throughout the paper, attempts wil be made to set the events within the context of current thinking in crisis management and, in particular, to examine the demise fo Pan Am within the context of a number of models of turnaround management developed within the literature.
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