灾难重重的马航刚刚取得第一次盈利之际,从海外重金礼聘担任集团总执行长的企业奇才却宣布提前下课,拂袖而去了!
马航CEO穆勒日前忽然宣布由于《个人因素》决定提前结束聘约;今年9月走人!他的合约原本到2018年5月才届满。
自从穆勒上任初期,当局确实赋予穆勒极大的权力整顿马航,包括将2万受薪员工大量裁退高达6000人、重整全球航线,将所有不能为马航带来利润的航线停飞、终止所有无关紧要的供应商合约;种种雷霆行动确实收到奇效,马航终于在连续多年亏损之后,于今年2月迎来首个转亏为盈的月份。
马航因此连续20多年亏损,年年都要政府拿人民血汗钱出来补贴。现在马航的主人国阵领导人好不容易下了一点点决心,找来欧洲的企业管理高手整顿马航;然而早已病入膏肓的马航,无论动哪个部位的手术,都难免伤害到巫统权贵的利益。穆勒纵然有通天手段,也无法从马航身上拿开政治黑手。最后心灰意冷的穆勒,唯有决定提前解约,返回欧洲;对马航已经哀莫大于心死。
马来西亚航空公司19日宣布,公司执行长兼常务董事米勒将于今年9月提前离职。
马航在一份声明中说,米勒以“个人处境改变”为由,提出提前结束3年的工作合同。马航方面已着手寻找继任者,米勒会继续留任6个月至今年9月。马航和米勒本人都没有提及离任的具体原因。
马航董事会主席诺尔·优素福表示,米勒自加入马航以来,参与了重组工作,帮助马航走上复兴的正确轨道,并已取得一些令人鼓舞的进展。
2015年5月米勒接任马航首席执行官,马航看中了他之前在其他航空公司任职的经历,包括带领爱尔兰国营航空公司走出困境。
米勒上任后,马航大幅削减员工并计划淘汰部分客机,停飞了不少亏损的长途航线,更加注重中程航线,以期转型为一家区域航空公司。去年12月,马 航宣布与阿联航空达成合作协议,利用后者广泛的航线网络。今年2月马航实现近年来首次月度盈利,并希望在2018年扭亏为盈。
Where Mueller failed
He got rid of excess workers, unneeded suppliers and unprofitable routes, but he could not remove political control.
FMT letter from Marion Tharsis via email
Khazanah Nasional Berhad probably expected too much from Christoph Mueller when it hired him to work his charm on MAS. Despite his glorious past, the turnaround expert probably didn’t count on the the work culture and ethics and, most of all, the political environment in a government-linked company.
Mueller made all the obvious moves. He trimmed the work force, removed unwanted suppliers and closed unprofitable routes. What he could not do was remove political control. He probably learned soon enough that it would be futile to continue with his work, with so many hands pulling him from all sides to do their bidding.
Another person may try his or her hand at making MAS profitable again, but the same pressures will reduce the CEO’s position to that of a puppet to be manipulated.
So our once glorious airline is back to square one. The competition is overwhelming. Other carriers, including our very own AirAsia, are always looking into ways to make their companies more profitable through innovation.
We should not expect too much from the incoming CEO. He or she may be prevented from cleaning up certain kinds of mess. For example, he or she might not get a free hand to select a management team that would be capable of taking MAS on the path of good and solid governance.
An airline cannot run effectively merely on superficial changes. It needs an operating system that is smooth, unhampered, cohesive, innovative and competitive. Only then can it stay afloat in a tight and narrow market and play on a field that keeps re-inventing itself.
An airline that is subject to too much control will keep failing and continue to be an embarrassment.
source: http://www.circle01.com/cat98/node1042637#27965
source: http://www.circle01.com/cat98/node1042637#27965
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