People Express Airlines: Rise and Decline

Author: Beer, Michael
Source: Harvard Business School Premier Case Collection
Year: 1990
Company Name: People Express
Number of pages: 23

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Abstract:

Describes the innovative approach to organizing and managing employees by People Express and describes the company's eventual demise. This material can be used to inform about leading edge human resource management practices and to raise questions about what went wrong. Why did People Express succeed in its early years and why did it ultimately fail?