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¶ … Business Administration/Concentration: Hospitality Management
Can tourism reduce poverty? This is the question I pose for a research project. It is relevant to the hospitality industry because tourist destinations depend upon the hospitality industry in order to survive and draw business. Governments of developing nations can promote tourism in order to reduce poverty, if the findings of this study produce affirmative results. If, on the other hand, they do not show that tourism can reduce poverty, the question of how to reduce poverty can be examined from a different angle. The purpose of this topic is to provide a literature assessment of the relationship between tourism, hospitality and poverty reduction in various countries around the world so as to draw out themes and concepts that can help students and researchers to better understand the relationship.
My hypothesis is that hospitality can help tourism to reduce poverty around the world. Warm hospitality is a common sense way to attract visitors to places where they have never been but may like to go. If the hospitality industry in destination places can harness a populace's energy and potential to provide service to visitors, the inflow of profits to that country could alleviate symptoms and effects that plague impoverished nations. The key to this study would be to...
While Jobs is not known as being one of the most pleasant people to be around, from a business standpoint, his hospitality management sense was superior. Jobs understood the importance of making a great first impression, so everything he did was geared towards delivering this all-important effect. When he held conferences in order to show off the latest developments in Apple technology, he invited press, journalists, students, users of Apple tech, fan boys, and all sorts of types to take part in the demonstration. He employed an excellent theatrical sense and appreciated the fine art of putting on a display. He may have been a micro-manager in many ways, but part of his genius was that he was able to see exactly what he wanted and what was needed down to the tiniest, microscopic hair. He strived for perfection and quite often delivered this, thus catapulting Apple and the company's products to the top of the tech world.
Because of Jobs' uncanny ability to use hospitality management for dramatic effect (from dimming the lights on the audience so as to better instill a sense of…
This was accomplished by: breaking down into small teams and having everyone work directly with some of the top executives at the firm (i.e. Steve Jobs). This created an atmosphere that encouraged employees to discuss their ideas and the impact they are having on consumers. It is at this point, that Apple was able to integrate these different ideas into their performance evaluation procedures. (Stone 38 -- 40) (Snell
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In summary, we recommend that the IESBA reconsiders the proposals in the Exposure Draft and provides more guidance on safeguards applicable to sole practitioners and small accounting firms to ensure that the benefits of the changes outweigh the costs to SMEs. Under a principle-based approach, there should be safeguards and practical relief for all practitioners rather than rules-based outright prohibitions. The rewrite of this Independence component of the Code
Leader in the Business World Leadership style Bill Gates' leadership style is purely autocratic or sometimes called authoritarian (Thielen, 2000). This kind of a leader makes most or all of the organizational decisions without the input or involvement of the employees. As an autocratic leader, control is the cornerstone of Gates' nature and his management practice. He is obsessed with detail, and this is illustrated in how he used to sign expenses
……South African Municipalities Municipal Revenue Loss Reduction through Improved Municipal Valuation Methodologies:Balance Sheet Enhancement of South African Municipalities to Improve Rates and Taxes Revenue GenerationAbstractThis study examines the property valuation process of Municipalities in South Africa and develops a strategy for strengthening that process in order to more efficiently value properties and ultimately to enhance municipal balance sheets and increase revenue streams. This study proposes an innovative valuation method based
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