Airbus is hampered by cultural differences

Cultural differences at Airbus are being blamed for all or most its problems. Politicians in France are fuelling to the misunderstandings by loudmouth paroles, while doing nothing to solve the situation. In the end, it is the product that suffers, usually by adding delays to the production line. A costly misunderstanding.

    Since the Conception of the AB380 SuperJet, the idea has lacked in planning, logic, and failure to see the turning aviation trends. Any business that lacks in strategic management  is quick to blame their short fall on someone else as opposed to taking responsibility and starting the job over correctly. In this case, everyone involved is blaming the other side in order...

Airbus' employees are from across Europe and now stretches as far as China.  The cultures these people come from cannot be ignored or papered over.

The example is typically synonymous for a post-merger change process and one of the most common pitfalls. However, cultural incompatibility is a catch phase and to generetic. The issue demonstrates that  more variables are effecting the problem starting with: communication, leadership, psychological and sociological aspects. Middle management fears downsizing. As management and organizational...

Just when we all thought the A380 program is getting sorted out, along comes this story. And right in the middle of the Farnborough show - ouch!