Final Project

Qatar Airways is a company that has been in existence for more than two decades. During those two decades, the company was seen as the fastest growing airline internationally. The reason being that the airline serves over 140 destinations all over Africa, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Furthermore, it has an employment base of almost 31000 people, of which 19000 directly work for the airline. The headquarters of the company are in Doha, located in the Qatar Airways Tower. In addition to the prosperity of the company, it is seen as a multinational company that has set the pace for other multinationals to follow.

Qatar Airways is a large organization that has multiple branches located all over the world. However, for an organization of dynamic size like this one to operate and function optimally. There has to be a proper organizational structure in place. Therefore, we take a look into the organizational structure of Qatar Airway. At the top, the most position of the structure is the CEO. The CEO is at the front line of making organizational decisions that will impact on the organization in some ways. To understand the work of the CEO, let’s refer to him or her as the Managing Director. So, what is the role of the Managing Director?