* Contemporary Development of Business and Management * BMW Germany / China BMW Company Profile What is your company? * BMW is an automobile and motorcycle manufacturer What does it do? * BMW (Bavarian Motor Works) is a German automobile‚ motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1917. * Headquarter is in Munich‚ Bavaria‚ Germany * Owns and produces Mini as well as Rolls-Royce Motor Cars * Is served worldwide How many staff? * Employees: 105.876 (2012)
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operational activities of an organisation to the output (value added product and services)for the customers in a controlled manner keeping the policies of the organisation in regards. HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY The hospitality and leisure industry embrace a broad category of sectors and businesses like lodging and restaurants‚ theme parks‚ sports and leisure and gaming‚ in addition‚ it also includes the travel industry. This industry is of several billions and relies on the accessibility of leisure time and
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1. Briefly explain the functions and key characteristics of each of the above noted sectors of the hospitality industry and related industries Accommodation: the key characteristics of a resort manager is to ensure reception is ran appropriately‚ opening and closing at correct times‚ with high levels of customer service during all hours of business. A resort manager must be actively involved in recruitment and compile with department rosters‚ and most of all must implement work place health and
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the most part capture the essence of tourism. Throughout history there have been a lot of developments that led up to what we can call “modern tourism”. The most definitive developments have been split up on to five ages called The Five Ages of Hospitality. These ages consist of: The Pre-Industrial Revolution‚ The Railway Age‚ The Automobile Age‚ The Jet Aircraft Age‚ and the Cruise ship Age. It is difficult to pinpoint the beginning of travel but it is assumed that since the beginning of humanity
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International Journal of Hospitality Management xxx (2010) xxx–xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect International Journal of Hospitality Management journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ijhosman Hospitality crisis management practices: The case of Indian luxury hotels Aviad A. Israeli a‚∗ ‚ Asad Mohsin b‚1 ‚ Bhupesh Kumar c a Department of Hotel and Tourism Management‚ Ben Gurion University of the Negev‚ Beer-Sheva 84105‚ Israel Department of Tourism & Hospitality Management‚ The
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Throughout history‚ we’ve seen many different types of ideologies being used by societies everywhere. From Feudalism to mercantilism‚ to the now ever-growing Capitalism‚ we’ve changed our socioeconomic structure multiple times to better suit our living needs. Although most of us would believe that we choose to live the way we do now because we now see the old ways as backwards and inhumane is some cases‚ some would argue that the very principle that capitalism is supposed to eradicate are still present
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Contemporary Problems with Unemployment and Low Income May 18‚ 2014 HSM/210 Both agencies I researched focus on helping the unemployed or low income populations. The problems affecting the unemployed are simple; they mainly have to do with the downfall of the economy over the last few years‚ causing a lack of job availability. With places going out of business and inflation‚ companies either don’t need or cant afford to pay more employees and are running their businesses on
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doing to evaluate the profitability of group and other non yieldable business‚ and with what degree of success? Well‚ let’s try to evaluate these questions from different perspectives. I have quite often been dealing with groups’ management in Hospitality field‚ so here is my contribution to this discussion. It is my personal opinion that these target segments represent a fundamental contributor for any property business revenue (by addressing this must be clear that basic additional service offers
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HOSPITALITY IN THE GLOBAL VILLAGE The world has reduced to a global village. It is no more just defined by countries and continents. People are connected across the globe through the Internet and World Wide Web. On the Internet‚ physical distance is even less of a hindrance to the real-time communicative activities of people‚ and therefore social spheres are greatly expanded by the openness of the web and the ease at which people can search for online communities and interact with others
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Greek society around eight hundred BCE. Prevalent themes including‚ Greek hospitality‚ their attitudes towards the afterlife‚ and their relationship of gods and man are all present in the Odyssey‚ which are also contemporaneous in ancient Greek life around the eighth century. Ultimately‚ the Odyssey allows us to learn more about people’s customs and beliefs in archaic Greece. Beginning with one of the major themes found in the Odyssey is hospitality. The Greeks emphasized the relationship between
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