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A 5 page paper discussing Boeing's use of the planning function of management. Currently its 787 Dreamliner is missing its first production and delivery dates by nearly two years because of supply chain planning issues, and airline customers are publicly demanding compensation. There are positive features indicating that Boeing plans to more closely attend to its planning now and in the future, but planning in the past could have avoided many of its current problems. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSmgmtBoeing.rtf
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had defined functions of management before Henry Mintzberg added concepts to bring us to the four functions of management that we use today. Todays most successful organizations already have
demonstrated the benefits of including creativity in the four primary functions of management: Planning, Organizing, Leading and Controlling. Planning has not been
Boeings forte in the past, and it appears that it still represents a weak point in that it is planning and management of its supply chain issues that have delayed
production and delivery of the new 787 Dreamliner. Company Background A $66 billion company, Boeing very nearly has returned to the place it
was at the time of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Hoovers Online aptly describes the Boeing Company as the "800-pound gorilla of US aerospace" (Boeing Co., 2008).
It is the worlds largest aerospace company, though only the second-leading manufacturer of large commercial jets behind European Airbus. Business in the US has been recovering slowly from
the recession of 2001-2002. Travel has increased again, but at a time in which all businesses are highly cost-conscious and airline after US airline enters Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
and aggressively cuts costs. The 787 Dreamliner has been the project that would have the potential for elevating Boeing above Airbus, but supply
chain issues currently have delivery of the first Dreamliner up to a year after its originally planned delivery date. CEO Jim McNerney believes the problems have been resolved, to
the extent that he says the company needs to do nothing at all about it in 2008: "We dont have to do anything in 2008. I wouldnt see a
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