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这是一项考察英国航空公司领导层的研究，并利用领导的相关理论对他们的领导者Willie Walsh进行了评估。同时批判性地评价英国航空公司成功所需要的领导风格。下文还介绍了我们以前工作中所使用的领导风格。
领导能力一直是人类事务中的一个重要因素。在当今时代，组织必须有一个好的领导才能取得成功，同时，要找到合适的领导类型是非常困难的。
“领导是一种活动，它影响其他群体成员的行为、信念和感情，在预定的方向上”。
领导仅仅是经理工作的一部分，而不是整个事情。

Examining Leadership style in British Airways 英国航空公司领导风格的审视

1. ABSTRACT 摘要
This is a study which examine the leadership in British airways and also evaluates their leader i.e. Willie Walsh using the relevant theories on leadership. Also critically evaluate the leadership style that is required for the success of British Airways. Reflections on leadership styles used in our previous jobs are also provided below.

2. INTRODUCTION 简介
2(a). LEADERSHIP
Leadership has and will always be an important factor in human affairs. In today's time it has become essential for organisations to have a good leader for its success at the same time its becoming challenging to find the right type of leader for the job as mentioned in (Kotler, 1988)

'Leadership is an activity, that of influencing the behaviour and beliefs and feelings of other group members in an intended direction' as mentioned in (wright & taylor, 1984).

Leadership is only a part of the manager's job not the whole thing.

According to (Posner & Kouzes, 2002, p. 13)

5 common practices of all leaders
Model the way
Inspire a shared vision
Challenge the process
Enable others to act
Encourage the heart
2(b). BRITISH AIRWAYS
British Airways Plc is the UK's biggest international scheduled airlines. They not only have scheduled services but also operation of international and domestic carriage of freight and mail, and ancillary services. British Airways fly to more than 300 destinations. It was established in 1910 it was formed to preserve the records and artefacts of British Airways predecessor companies BOAC, BEA, BSAA and the pre-war Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd. BA was the first to launch the world's first daily international scheduled air service between London and Paris. It was a public sector company which in 1981 LordKing was appointed Chairman he was then charged by the SecretaryofStateforTrade to take all necessary steps for privatisation.

(Airways)
British airway has been known to have problem with it's employees, being punctual , and financial losses from a very long time it had major problems in the beginning of 1980 which

2(c). WILLIE WALSH
He was born on 25th of October1961 in Dublin, Ireland. In 1979, he joined Aer Lingus as a cadet. During his years as a pilot he was a chief negotiator for the union of pilots. He acquired a Master's degree in management and business administration from Trinity College, Dublin and later became a CEO of Futura in 1998 before he became a CEO of Aer Lingus 2000. Here he turned a loss making organisation into a profit making organisation within 6 months by reducing cost and selling painting and art from their office and also by cutting jobs. In 2005 he resigned from his position as the government refused to privatise the air lines.

compiled from the various annual reports of the Aer Lingus

Currently he is the CEO of British Airways. In May 2005 Willie Walsh became a Chief Executive Designate, after Rod Eddington as Chief Executive on 1 October 2005.