West Indies Yacht Club Resort: When Cultures Collide Jeffrey P. Shay University of Montana In early December 1994‚ Patrick Dowd‚ a 30-year-old management consultant‚ stared out his office window at the snowy Ithaca‚ New York‚ landscape. Dowd reflected on his recent phone conversation with Jim Johnson‚ general manager of the 95-room West Indies Yacht Club Resort (WIYCR)‚ located in the British Virgin Islands. Johnson sounded desperate to pull the resort out of its apparent tailspin and noted
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in Africa‚ to polishers in India‚ to retailers in the West‚ follow a diamond’s global path to market. Below: 1. The search for diamonds is not exactly easy. Many miners and diamond diggers in sub-Saharan Africa travel great distances to find work and submit to gruelingly long hours for low wages – or sometimes no wages – in substandard conditions. The informal mining industry is where workers tend to be most exploited. In the Wild West atmosphere of many informal diamond mines‚ the quest for
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Pike River Mining Disaster – A Case Study On the 19th of September 2010‚ what was to become known as the Pike River Mining Disaster began in the close proximity to the town of Greymouth. At an occupied mine of 31 miners and contractors‚ an initial explosion occurred in the West Coast Region of New Zealand’s South Island at approximately 3:44pm. Two were fortunate enough to walk away from the scene and were treated for moderate injuries at hospital‚ then later released the next day. It was believed
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In The Journey to the West‚ Pilgrim and the woodcutter seem to be similar where they both feel that they have a purpose in life. However‚ their situations are different from one another. For instance‚ Pilgrim tries to better himself by seeking the immortals‚ as well as‚ gaining eternal youth. He is full of passion‚ desire‚ and excitement‚ which has lead him to have no worrisome thoughts. He has nothing holding him back from the tasks that he wishes to accomplish. Unlike the Pilgrim‚ the woodcutter
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Mary C Negron Professor Murphy HCA-410 October 30‚ 2011 1. What were the strategic reasons behind West Florida Regional Medical Center’s (WFRMC’S) decision to invest heavily in TQM? When looking at the decision to invest heavily into total quality management (TQM)‚ was the intense competition between WFRMC and the other two hospitals within the area of Pensacola in 1992‚ Sacred Heart and Baptist Hospitals. The 130 doctors practicing at the Medical Center Clinic and its satellite clinics admitted
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obstacles.” These words of Christopher Reeve perfectly describe the essence and soul of Corrie Ten Boom – a devout Christian watchmaker who saved nearly 800 individuals from the horrors of World War II‚ and as a result was placed in a concentration camp herself. To the survivors and their descendants‚ and even to other Jews‚ she was their hero. The three main characteristics that classified Corrie Ten Boom as a hero are the following: selflessness‚ loyalty‚ and resilience. Considering her history‚ before
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Good Advice Is Rarer than Rubies by Salman Rushdie Brief summary One Tuesday morning‚ the beautiful Miss Rehana leaves a bus in front of the British Consulate somewhere in Pakistan. Her parents are dead‚and her fiancé‚who lives in Bradford and who she has not seen since she was nine years old‚has sent for her‚and she has come to apply for a visa to immigrate to Britain. She is immediately accosted (D.: jmd.ansprechen) by the advice expert Muhammad Ali‚who is so attracted to the beautiful young
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Explain why the policies of republican presidents encouraged the economic boom in 1920s The boom was a huge economic development for the US. The First World War had been very beneficial to America‚ factory production had risen substantially so it could reach the needs of the war. America then experienced a substantial growth in industry and farming. Businesses also began to mass produce goods through standardization such as automobiles which lead many Americans to purchase the goods which in turn
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The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom is the autobiographical account of Corrie and her sister‚ Betsie. The book takes place during World War II in Holland and Germany. Corrie tells of her home life‚ her capture‚ and her ministry to the Jews in the concentration camps. Corrie begins telling of her home in the beje on top of the family watch shop. At forty-five she is still unmarried and she and her sister live with their father. Corrie recalls her life for the past forty-five years; her widowed aunts
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at Data Mining in the Pharmaceutical Industry Topics Covered: 1) What is Data Mining and why is it used? 2) How is Data Mining used in the Pharmaceutical Industry? 3) Recent debate in the legality of Data Mining and the Pharmaceutical Industry Pharmaceutical companies are taking advantage of the growing use of technology in the healthcare arena by using data to enhance their marketing efforts and increase the quality of research and development. The process of data mining allows companies
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