Chapter 13: Corporate Governance in the Twenty-First Century

Having the right people, principles and guidelines in place is extremely important to US. In fact, we believe it's helped catapult Delta to our current position as one of the world's larges airlines. Delta's Board of Director believes that sound corporate governance practices provide an important framework to assist the board in fulfilling its responsibilities. These corporate Governance provide an important framework to assist the Board in fulfilling its responsibilities. These corporate governance principles have been approved by the board. They will be reviewed annually, or more often if deemed necessary or appropriate. The business of Delta is managed under the oversights of Board, which is elected by the shareowners. The Delta board represents the shareowners interest in optimizing long-term financial return while addressing, as appropriate

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Chapter 12: Considering new ventures and Corporate Renewal

As a result, members of the Wisconsin center district, which operates the Delta center, the Milwaukee theater and the U.S cellular arena, voted unanimously on Wednesday to change its name to the Wisconsin center unless a new partner is found. District officials say they are in discussions with a variety of companies for sponsorship opportunities, but for all practical purposes, the convention center will switch to the Wisconsin Center on july 1. in September 2012, Delta announced it had assumed a one-year agreement with the Wisconsin Center District for the naming rights to the Delta center. The airline had assumed the last year of the contract, at a cost of $500,00  with frontier airlines through june 30

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Chapter 11: Organizational, Structure, Systems and Processes

The book define culture as a core organizational values widely held and shared by an organization's members. The culture of Delta Airlines will survive the carrier's merger with Northwest Airlines Corp. Delta CEO Richard Anderson told a throng of Atlanta business executives Wednesday. The U.S Department of justice gave its ok to the merger on wednesday. Anderson, the speaker at a commerce club luncheon, said that as the surviving entity in the multi- billion dollar mega-merger, Atlanta-based Delta will hold true to its reputation as a company committed to its employees. Its commitment is evident, Anderson said, in its decision to offer employees profit sharing and its emphasis customer service. Anderson said the company is also dedicated to providing the best compensation possible. Some changes will be seen soon, while others will be more deliberate. it will take from two to three years to integrate Delta and Northwest, which will initially be a Delta subsidiary. Executives have been planning everything from the integration of airline systems and even airport footprints for months


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