of SERRES Department of Business Administration MBA in Hospitality & Tourism A Project By Konstantinos Karanikolas Ioanna Koumleli Victoria Tsiamoura Date 22/01/2013 Professor: Maria Tsourela Tourism is a sector that is more possible to be affected when a crisis occurs. As a crisis is defined every natural or man-made disaster that can impact the long-term functions of an organization or prevent it from
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Introduction to Hospitality and tourism Lecture 1 Tourism : Activity of people taking trips away from home and the industry which has developed to cater to/support the needs of tourism. (does not include migrants‚ PR‚ illegal immigrants) History of tourism * Early travellers travelled for: 1) curiosity 2) food and hunting (survival) 3) trade (trade routes formed – silk
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BUS 520 Week 4‚ Chapter 6: Motivating Employees Slide # Slide Title/ Topic Slide text/Narration 1 Introduction Welcome to Leadership and Organizational Behavior. In this lesson‚ we will discuss Motivating Employees. Please go to the next slide. 2 Objectives Upon completion of this lesson‚ you will be able to: Identify the key factors affecting individual motivation and explain the application of a variety of motivational theories and job design considerations. Please go to the next
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tourism industry are political or they are influenced by worldwide economic developments‚ or they can be climatic changes. One of the most important factors which affect development of the tourism is global warming. Advances developments in the ICT industry has a deep and intense effect on all our lives and some of these issues‚ particularly the emergence of e-tourism is leading to changes in the structure of the travel and tourism industry. For some organisations in the tourism industry‚ globalisation
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IMPACT OF MOTIVATION ON WORKERS ’ PRODUCTIVITY IN THE NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Ayodeji Olatunji Aiyetan1 and A. O. Olotuah2 1 Department of Quantity Surveying‚ Federal University of Technology‚ Akure 34001‚ Nigeria Department of Architecture‚ Federal University of Technology‚ Akure 34001‚ Nigeria 2 This is a research on the relationship between motivation and performance of workers in the Nigerian construction industry. It identifies a number of motivational schemes that enhance
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EMPLOYEES BENEFITS:- These benefits include: housing (employer-provided or employer-paid)‚ group insurance (health‚ dental‚ life etc.)‚disability income protection‚ retirement benefits‚ daycare‚ tuition reimbursement‚ sick leave‚ vacation (paid and non-paid)‚ social security‚ profit sharing‚ funding of education‚ and other specialized benefits. PROBLEMS FOR EMPLOYEES BENEFITS IN SMALL BUSINESS’S:- Employee benefits are a normal part of doing business‚ but for a small business the cost can have
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Situational Leadership in Hospitality If one look at the nature of the hospitality industry‚ it is serviced-base‚ it is labor-intensive‚ it is renowned for its high staff turnover and labor diversity in term of age‚ culture‚ and background; one may conclude that the industry is all about people. When people become the most valuable asset of an organization‚ simply managing them is no longer sufficient to compete in today’s challenging business world. Leadership has become the new key operative word
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Culture‚ Hospitality and Tourism The word “culture” cannot be defined with a precise and singular definition. In fact‚ Raymond Williams‚ a leading cultural theorist‚ pointed out “Culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language” (Williams 1983:87). There are more than one hundred definitions of culture depending upon the various academic disciplines‚ ranging from literacy studies to anthropology and sociology. Different scholars have different views about what
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| The Positive Impact of The Horse Slaughter Industry | Alyssa R. BigonGBUS 2903: Legal Environment of BusinessDr. Anthony GorospeDue Date April 8‚ 2012 | | | History of Horse Meat Consumption The ancient Botai culture in Kazakhstan first domesticated horses 5‚500 years ago‚ and its economy was equine-based. Horses were used for labor‚ transportation‚ milk‚ and consumption. Even at that early time‚ if the horses did not succumb to the rigors of daily life‚ work-related injuries‚ or battle
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Group Incentives Paper University of Phoenix PSY/430 Team Dynamics For Managers November 17‚ 2012 Working on teams has been a part of many of the organizations I have been a part of however the majority of the time it isn’t easy to apply team concepts to each scenario. Throughout my life I have played sports‚ been a part of search and rescue organizations‚ the military‚ learning teams and other volunteer organizations such as the sheriff’s department. In the Army we work in teams within each
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