APPLIED OPERATIONAL RESEARCH FOR MANAGEMENT NOTES 1 ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO LINEAR PROGRAMMING (LP) INTRODUCTION Operations Research (OR) (a term coined by McClosky and Trefthen in 1940) was a technique that evolved during World War II to effectively use the limited military resources and yet achieve the best possible results in military operations. In essence you can state that OR is a technique that helps achieve best (optimum) results under the given set of limited
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The Hospitality Management The hospitality industry supported 7.5 million USA jobs in 2011(“selectusa.commerce.gov”). It includes a broad variety of service industries that incorporate food service‚ tourism‚ and hotels (“economywatch.com”). The business depends in large part on the number of people traveling for business or pleasure. Economy has a big impact on travelers’ decisions. When individuals and corporations are doing well financially‚ they are more likely to take vacations and spend
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT STUDY GUIDE PROGRAMME CREDIT POINTS NOTIONAL LEARNING TUTOR SUPPORT : : : : MBA Year 1 20 points 200 hours over 1 semester opman@mancosa.co.za Copyright © 2013 MANAGEMENT COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA All rights reserved; no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means‚ including photocopying machines‚ without the written permission of the publisher REF: OPS 2013 Operations Management TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE "Those blessed with the curiosity to learn and search are forever young" - Bruce Lee. The hospitality industry is one area where a large number of managers and chefs have become entrepreneurs and successful owners of their own businesses. Being a futuristic person I handle things with great patience‚ which is the main positive sign that strongly relates me to this esteemed industry. A constant learning process would lead me to improvise on the professional skills required to
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¬¬¬CHAPTER I OPERATIONAL FEASIBILITY This chapter discussed the factor that affects the overall operational study of the payroll system of AMA Computer College‚ Legazpi City. It shows the brief background and current situation of the institution. It also includes the discussion on project objectives‚ system responsibilities and the scope limitations of the proposed feasibility study. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY As computer technology changes at such fast phase‚ many business sectors try to cope
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Hospitality Law Hospitality law has evolved as a specialty within the legal profession in the last several decades. It is also offered as a course on the undergraduate and graduate levels as well as in some law schools. A typical hospitality law course covers the history of hospitality law‚ the impact of federal and state civil rights laws on the hospitality industry‚ and an extensive discussion of contract law‚ including discussions of remedies for overbooking and a guest’s breach of the contract
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------------------------------------------------- Hospitality Hospitality is the relationship between guest and host‚ or the act or practice of being hospitable. Specifically‚ this includes the reception and entertainment of guests‚ visitors‚ or strangers‚ resorts‚ membership clubs‚ conventions‚ attractions‚ special events‚ and other services for travelers and tourists. The word hospitality derives from the Latin hospes‚ which is formed from hostis‚ which originally meant "to have power." In the West today hospitality is rarely a
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Ideas on Cultural Hospitality in the Quran The virtues within the Qur’an regarding hospitality and generosity seem to be a product of the landscape of pre- Islamic Arabia. Indeed‚ the arid environment and tribal configuration of the society required that neighbors help each other‚ strangers or travelers be given food‚ and wealth be distributed evenly throughout the clan. The communities that settled along the trade routes of the Arabian Peninsula relied on merchants returning to their community
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ASSIGNMENT Introduction Hospitality provision is one of important services in travel and tourism. The hotel is a basis for short accommodation needs of travellers. Depending on the content and using that object classification stay in hotel‚ tourism‚ resort‚ etc. According to the level of amenities available‚ they are classified according to the number of stars from 1 to 5 stars. In recent year‚ the economics and society are developing. People are getting busier with their work and their life. They
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like Hitesh Mehta‚ a sustainable architect; Noor Ahmad Hamid of the ICCA ;Corbin Ball; Max Hitchins‚ the Hospitality Doctor; John Peacock of Associations Forum‚ Australia; Susan Cardenas of Inkaterra fame‚ among many others who talked about green‚ sustainability and the use of technology to make for more efficient MICE operations. It was a welcome sign of improvement in our local hospitality industry to see the following changes‚ albeit for the better: • The conference did not use any Styrofoam
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