Eco-labelling and Accreditation are effective means of ensuring that tourism organisations adhere to the principles of sustainability? Tourism industry is ‘a consumer of resources’ which ‘represents an insidious form of consumptive activity’ (McKercher 1993 cited in Fyall and Garrod 1997‚ p.51). Governments of different countries are now seeking for different ways to prevent further exhaustion of natural resources that was caused by tourism activities and developments. The Green Globe programme
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Opening Statement - Put criminals out of business instead of in jail. Phillip Morris a positive advocate in society goes after the green. We can finally be seen as a company that is an asset to society instead of the big bad tobacco wolf. We are losing profits on tobacco products. We are the only tobacco company that is international and have the worse results on the S & P 500. Every time you turn on the television there is an anti-tobacco advertisement. The Government resorts to taxing our
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Notes are from Professor Malca’s Lectures and Baumol & Blinder’s Macroeconomics Ch 14: Differing Views on Fiscal and Monetary Policy Monetary Velocity indicates the number of times per year that an “average dollar” is spent on goods and services. . Formula: Velocity = Nominal GDP/Money supply Equation of Exchange: Money Supply x Velocity = Nominal GDP (= Price Level x Real GDP) or M x V = P x Y The quantity of the money supply affects GDP‚ but not directly. For example‚ raising the money supply
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To what extent do you agree with COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES to learning? In recent decades collaborative learning theory has emerged at the forefront of contemporary learning approaches. An evolution from traditional individualistic and independent learning approaches‚ to that of cooperation and interdependence‚ is challenging and changing the face of learning at its very core. It is the assertion of this essay to provide evidence in the support of collaborative learning as an effective and efficient
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COLLABORATIVE CONSUMPTION By Rachel Botsman * Collaborative Consumption is not a flimsy idea or a short term trend but a powerful culture and economic force reinventing not just what we consumed but how we consumed it * Swap trading * Swaptree * “Coincidence of wants” * Collaborative behaviors and trust mechanics behind the swapping idea * Extremely dynamics technology enabling trust between strangers * Creates an economy of “what’s mine is yours” * Hyper consumption
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assignment is to reflect on my collaborative working with service users‚ it will cover four themes of collaborative working which are LO1‚ LO2‚ LO3 and LO4. For each theme I will be reflecting on my knowledge and skills using Gibbs model to evaluate the effectiveness of these themes in practice. I will be using Gibbs model because it is a holistic and an effective tool to reflect as it covers Description‚ Feelings‚ Evaluation‚ Analysis‚ Conclusion‚ and Action plan. Collaborative working covers different
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businesses and make tasks easier‚ files easily and quickly accessible. Peer to peer computing can easily be said to be one of the most widely benefited network by businesses throughout the world. Peer to peer computing has been defined through several different definitions and the most common and appropriate one can be seen as is as follows; Peer to Peer networking or computing is a system which distributes the workloads and tasks among peers. Simply in other words it is a network through which the load of
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For collaborative professional practice care team to thrive‚ adoption of standardized modalities and behaviors that should serve as an effective strategy for enhancing teamwork and reducing the risks in the patient-centered care. Physicians and nurses may have different communication styles partly due to the training they have received. While nurses are more descriptive doctors tend to be more concise. Ensuring there is standardized communication‚ eliminates instances of conflict in the team. This
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Individual Assignment: Types of Surveys Question 5 on p. 270 of Business Research Methods. Patricia Figueroa November 17‚ 2009 Qnt 561 Christopher Ajagu In the following situations‚ decide whether you would use a personal interview‚ telephone survey‚ or self-administered questionnaire. Give your reasons. a A survey of the residents of a new subdivision on why they happened to select that area in which to live. You also wish to secure some information
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Formal Exploratory Essay Peer Review Form Introduction [worth 10%] Does the introduction meet all of the following criteria: (1) establishes the question’s significance‚ (2) tells why the writer is interested in the topic‚ and (3) presents relevant background information about the topic‚ and (4) states a research question? Any comments/suggestions for improvement? Body Paragraphs [worth 40%] Do the body paragraphs (1) consist of at least 5 body paragraphs that examine 5 different
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