Internal service systems are frameworks with the purpose of structuring the course of internal services between the support and the frontline employees. Cultural elements come into the system in multicultural settings, where companies operate in different cultural context with employees of different cultural backgrounds. Culture does not depend on a system or on management, but rather the opposite. A successful system is based on the multicultural pot of people in the organisation or team. The same counts for managerial activities. In the case of this book different dimensions of culture will...

The International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) decision to require aviation organizations to adopt Safety Management Systems poses a major problem especially for small and medium sized aviation companies. The complexity of regulations overstrains the aviation stakeholders who seek to fully advantage from them but have no clear guidance. The aim of the book is to show the implementation of such a new system with pragmatic effort in order to gain a gradation for smaller operators. This approach should illustrate the leeway in order to adapt the processes and to show the interfaces...

With reliable guidance on corporate risk and safety management for aviation businesses at all levels, this volume explains how to implement the latest international regulations-a vital aid to smaller aviation companies daunted by the administrative challenge.