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Pandemics and environmental shocks: What aviation managers should learn from COVID-19 for long-term planning

Erik Linden

Journal of Air Transport Management, 2021, vol. 90, issue C

Abstract: This article gives guidance to aviation managers being struck by environmental shocks. The introduced frameworks support aviation managers to think strategically during times of shocks and help them to prepare for future shocks by developing more resilient and learning organizations. Practical, short-term recommendations include strategically orienting or reorienting and not exaggerating the current, short-term developments due to unproductive uncertainty. Further, and to prepare for future shocks, the results of this study suggest that aviation managers should develop a common strategy language, introduce uncertainty as a standard factor for long-term planning, manage uncertainty proactively and make long-term plans accordingly by fostering a dialogue with various stake- and shareholders, being aware of the strategy tools in use, making the board a co-creating team and introducing a three-step process in sensing, seizing and transforming the organization accordingly.

Keywords: Air transport; Environmental shocks; Uncertainty; Strategic planning; Strategy process (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2020.101944

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