Langley Case Studies Samples For Students

AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 587

According to the National Transportation Safety Board (2004) the Safety Board requested NASA-Langley to conduct a wake vortex investigation to determine the airplane performance study on whether American Airlines Flight 587 had encountered the wake
Vortexes similar to Japan Air Lines flight 47. The investigation showed that the encounter will explain the two sets of load factor excursions, where the first occurred at 0915:35 where the aircraft reached the altitude of 1,750 feet, and the second occurred at 0915:51 where the aircraft reached the altitude of 2,430 feet based on the record of flight of 587 (National ...

Introduction

According to the case study, Somerset had a good strategic marketing plan through a continuous launch of new products after every few years. This took place during the 20th C where the company experienced some positive effects after the application of the total quality management (TQM) in its furniture manufacturing. Somerset is known for the high quality products that are affordable in the domestic market. On the other hand, Somerset experienced stiff competition in the 1990s, high rate of labor and this made the proceeds of the company to decrease.
While trying to solve the above problems, Somerset began ...

Describing the Current Situation, Major Issues in the Case

Information technology has been integrated in health centers in improving patients’ safety and condition. In the recent times, nursing and pharmacy fraternity has employed advanced technological strategies in ensuring operations in health institutions are running smoothly. According to Langley Mason Health (LMH), nursing and pharmacy employees are considering an information technology that could be implemented to help patients’ safety and treatment in the health institution. Marilyn Moore, the chief information officer, acknowledges the importance of such improvement from the aging pumps into smart IV pumps. On the contrary, there are various views within the institution that have resulted into ...

The Langley Files

CIA’s Perception of Knowledge Management

At the CIA, Knowledge Management (KM) is perceived as the technology or methodology that would allow analysts to access updated and accurate information quickly and easily (Varon, 2001). They perceive KM as an organized way of storing knowledge in the forms of records and files. With this perception, it is evident that the organization has a bias in the way it views KM. In particular, they are more technology than people-oriented and also more technology than process oriented. The organization seems to have the notion that having the technology alone is sufficient to implement ...