MBA Integrative Module Sustainable Decisions and Organisations N14M94 Semester 2 2012 – 2013 April 15 - 19 2013 Module Convenor: Simon Wright Table of Contents Teaching Staff Module Outline and Reading List Provisional Session Summary Assessment and Criteria for Assessment Session 1 Module Introduction Session 2 Business Briefing: Sustainability at J Sainsbury PLC Session 3 Sustainability and Business Strategy Session
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and cost. • Structure of project management‚ prime and sub-contracting. • Methods of project planning • Methods of project control • Financial‚ legal or international implications commented on • Elements of success or lack of it identified. • PESTLE (Political‚ Environmental‚ Social‚ Technological‚ Legal and Ethical) issues Your team should choose a project type from the following list of ten. Each team must select a different project. Other types not listed may (exceptionally) be considered
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Sell me an experience‚ not a package holiday! Selecting and purchasing a holiday is a big-ticket item – a once a year purchase that people are determined to get right. So why do travel companies consistently fail to deliver what the internet user wants when searching for a holiday online? A survey conducted in the spring of 2010 by Frommers‚ the travel guide publishers‚ has shown the most common complaints users make of travel websites. While usability issues like navigation problems are mentioned
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Ysrael Jacob A. Magaan Ethics 101 BSHM 1B Prof. Maria Elizabeth Villabroza Ethical issues on tourism Sex tourism Sex tourism is the term used for travel with the intent to engage in sexual activity. The United Nations World Tourism Association defines sex tourism in their Global Code of Ethics for Tourism as "trips organized from within the tourism sector‚ or from outside this sector but using its structures and networks‚ with the primary purpose of effecting a commercial sexual
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Bahamas survive without branching into other areas of tourism? The tourism industry today is big business for a country‚ it is the number one industry of the Bahamas. It is the migration of individuals from one place to another for a short period of time. There are two types of tourism‚ domestic and foreign. People travel for recreation‚ business‚ sports‚ education and for religious or medical purposes. Tourism is a very competitive industry. It accounts for seventy percent of the country’s national
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71-80 ISSN 2229 -600X IMPACT OF RECESSION ON TOURISM INDUSTRY Sherwood College of Professional Management‚Lucknow ABSTRACT Tourism industry has contributed enormously in the flourishing graph of India ’s economy by attracting a huge number of both foreign and domestic tourists travelling for professional as well as holiday purpose. Terror threat‚ swine flu scare and hike in air fares and above all the great economic depression hit the tourism sector hard in 2009 with number of foreigners visiting
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terrorism on tourism? The economic importance of tourism is undeniable. The impact of terrorism on a countries economy may be enormous. In an information free society‚ tourists might travel to destinations regardless of whether a terrorism threat exists or not. However‚ few information free societies exist. Via different forms‚ terrorism generates attention‚ which‚ when relayed back to tourists‚ has an impact on travel plans. Taken as a collective‚ these decisions affect tourism levels‚ which
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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".[1] Tourism is important and in some cases vital for many countries‚ such as France‚ Egypt‚ Greece‚ Lebanon‚ Israel‚ the United States‚ the United Kingdom‚ Spain‚ Italy‚ and Thailand‚ and many island nations‚ such as Mauritius
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Importance of Tourism | | | | | | Citizens now demand more meaningful involvement and more responsible and sustainable tourism practices. Local communities and Non Government Organizations today have a very important voice in the way in which tourism is developed and resources allocated. It is this more responsible and sustainable tourism that the Government of Trinidad and Tobago wishes to develop and promote. Tourism provides entrepreneurial opportunities for small operators‚ can foster
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impacts of Hospitality and Tourism Industry of Maldives By Mauroof Zakir 2011 1. Introduction of hospitality and tourism industry of Maldives An island nation in the middle of Indian Ocean‚ consisting of 26 coral atolls dominated by over 90% of Sea and its situated in about 700 km south west of Sri-Lanka is so call Maldives. In total‚ these geographical atolls contain about 1‚190 islands of which only less than 200 are inhabited. In the Maldives‚ the tourism industry is identical with resort
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