Assignment: "Wir gehen!" ("We're going!") - KLM Captain Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten
Length: 2000 wordds.
Details:
1) Utilizing the resources of the World Wide Web and Regent University Library databases, complete Masters-level research into the antecedent events and final details of the March 27, 1977 crash of KLM 4805 and Pan Am 1736 at Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
2) Consider this horrific crash to be a metaphor for leadership in the turbulent modern economic marketplace. Briefly examine at least eight impediments that hindered the decision-making of those directly involved in the crash.
3) List and prioritize the actions the pilots of both aircraft should have taken to avoid the crash and loss of life. Explain how these proposed actions might be translated into the daily actions of a successful corporate leader.
4) Include appropriate lessons that might be learned relative to the effective management of technology and how those lessons should be applied to modern-day organizations.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.