Teaching Research Methods: Learning by Doing N. Alexander Aguado University of North Alabama “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” — Confucius ABSTRACT This paper outlines ways to structure a research-methods class so that students gain a practical knowledge of how research is done. Emphasis is placed on data collection‚ using statistical software‚ and writing up results. Included in this article are several assignments and exercises that‚ when combined‚ work
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Tourism Tourism is travel for recreational‚ leisure‚ or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes" Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. In 2011‚ there were over 983 million international tourist arrivals worldwide‚ representing a growth of 4.6% when compared to US$ 940 billion in 2010.[2][3] International
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Business Administration in Hospitality Management”. A degree in Hospitality Management can be defined as the study and practise of effectively running a business with a greater emphasis on the tourism sector. It is a multidisciplinary field of study with its main purpose to prepare its students with the expertise‚ commitment and skills for management‚ marketing and operations position that are vital to the ever expanding tourism sector. Additionally‚ Hospitality Management presents multiple career
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COURSE | : | QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS AND APPROACHES | COURSE CODE | : | BIR6024 | CREDIT | : | 4 | SLT | : | 160 hours | PREREQUISITE | : | GRU6014 | SEMESTER | : | First / Second | LEARNING OUTCOMES | : | 1. Use qualitative research methods and approaches in collecting and analyzing data. 2. Conduct qualitative research methods in education. 3. Critical in evaluating research reports. 4. Demonstrate ethical practices in collecting and analyzing data. | SYNOPSISLECTURERS’
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addition‚ going green is seen as means of giving back to the community and environment as well as reducing operational cost. For example‚ 59% of respondents from a survey‚ by Timetric Travel & Tourism Reports‚ states that companies that operate in the Asia-Pacific expect to save 5-10% of their expenditure. (Hospitalities News‚ 2013) For example Habitat Suites in Texas has the motto of “Environmental Consciousness in action”. The hotel is practically free of toxic cleaning agent‚ chemical or pesticides.
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THE NARRATIVE RESEARCH METHOD The use of narrative research in IS has been limited although there have been some recent publications (Alvarez & Urla‚ 2002; Davidson‚ 1997; Dube & Robey‚ 1999‚ Hirschheim & Newman‚ 1991). Table 2 lists some of these studies. However‚ the clear understanding of how to conduct‚ interpret and describe narrative research in the context of information systems does not exist and is being provided in this paper. Here‚ we explain the theoretical foundations and
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A company stratregy is always a work in progress. Discuss A company strategy is the game plan management is using to stake out a market position‚ conduct its operations‚ attract and please customers‚ compete successfully‚ and achieve the desired performance targets. It means a company strategy consist of the competitive moves and business approaches that managers are employing to compete successfully improve performance and help to grow the business through three central questions as
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Financial Express) as compared to the last year of 51%. Nasscom‚ in a report said that that the outsourcing industry is expected to face a shortage of 2‚ 62‚000 professionals by 2012. This is owing to the fact that retaining manpower at mid and senior management levels‚ where there is a visible significant movement has become quiet challenging. The another interesting feature of this industry in that as the industry moves up and become a full scale BPO player‚ attrition rate will further decreases. In the
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Balanced scorecard A strategy management tool • Introduction Companies today are in the midst of a revolutionary transformation as Industrial age competition is shifting to Information age competition. The cut-throat competition that businesses faced in the last two decades has made them to look for improvement initiatives like Total Quality Management‚ Just-in-Time (JIT) systems‚ Employee empowerment and Re-engineering. Though these initiatives resulted in enhanced shareholder value‚ they
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TOUR3002 EVENTS MANAGEMENT Semester 1‚ 2012 INDIVIDUAL ESSAY 16 April 2012 Name : Weny Juliani Student id : C3115488 Lecturer : Dr. Patricia Johnson Tutor : Paul Stolk Today‚ increase in the discretionary leisure time and disposable income of the society has undoubtedly created tourism boom in many countries. As soon as tourism industry is measured as a fundamental factor in improving the economy‚ local governments and other corporations in a destination have
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