Throughout the Odyssey there is an ongoing theme of hospitality or xenia that shows cultural values. The ancient cultural value of Xenia is a religious and social accept that has to do with the relationship between guest and hosts. Both the guess and the host have specific roles. The role of the host was to take in the stranger‚ provide him with shelter‚ food‚ drink and aiding them on their journey with whatever means they have to spear. This is seen in book one when Telemachus unknowingly takes
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Work‚ Employment & Society http://wes.sagepub.com Employee experience of aesthetic labour in retail and hospitality Chris Warhurst and Dennis Nickson Work Employment Society 2007; 21; 103 DOI: 10.1177/0950017007073622 The online version of this article can be found at: http://wes.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/1/103 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: British Sociological Association Additional services and information for Work‚ Employment & Society can
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Introduction 1. For your chosen organization and/or its industry sector outline the main external ‚ internal ‚ task and general environmental factors which would need to be considered by a potential outside investor when making a major investment decision. 2. Explain how some of the major operational and/or operational environment factor impact on functional areas within your chosen organization or organizations in your chosen industry sector. 3. In relation to your chosen organization and
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Show slide youtube on Mercedes innovation: Trivia: Did you know that 280 years ago‚ the British government announced if not the world’s first‚ then certainly the world’s largest prize for innovation at 20‚000 pounds reward for anyone who can “discover the longitude”- according to John Brandt. What is innovation? Why do organizations pay so much on research and development just to develop more of these? In a nutshell: 1. Innovation is something that is created as “new”. * According
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Some Early Definitions of Civilizations Civilization comes from the Latin word "civis‚" meaning "citizen."The term civilization has been defined and understood in a number of ways in a situation when there is no widely accepted standard definition. Civilizations have distinctly different settlement patterns from ordinary societies. The word civilization is sometimes defined as "a word that simply means ’living in cities’" (Standage 2005:25). Non-farmers gather in cities to work and to trade. Civilization
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Data Analysis for Hospitality Management Assignment 1: Balance Scorecard of Hilton Hotels and Resorts (Front Office) Total Word Count – 2135 words (excluding figures and matrix) Table of Contents 1. Introduction 4 2. Strategic Map (Group Work) 4 3. Financial Perspective (Fanny Dewi) 5 4. Customer Perspective (Karn Kapur) 9 5. Internal Business Perspective (Kyounghee Joo) 10 6. Innovation Perspectives (Avisek Biswas) 12 7. Balanced Scorecard (Summary) (Group Work) 14
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An assignment on Analysing Tourism & Hospitality in Business Abstract Business environment in now a days is too competitive though in different countries tourism and hospitality industry is growing very fast. As a result‚ tourism and hospitality industry holds approximately 5 percent of total production in the world. Therefore‚ various association in tourism and hospitality are trying to grip largest market share and increasing their market place. UK hotel & tourism industry has been developing
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Western Contemporary Issues Western contemporary issues plague religious traditions. As new issues arise‚ religious leaders have to scramble to give congregations advise on how to address these issues. Judaism‚ Islam‚ and Christianity have all had to struggle with contemporary issues‚ especially in the Western secular world. Issues such as abortion create many problems for religious leaders‚ especially those in Western societies‚ and this can create animosity and hate amongst societies that
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Strategic Management in Hospitality and Tourism July 2011 www.cthresources.com Page 1 www.cthawards.com 1 Content I. II. Summary of Learning Outcomes LO 1 - Evaluate the use of strategic plans for a hospitality or tourism organisation III. LO 2 - Produce an outline strategic plan IV. LO 3 - Develop a strategic implementation plan for hospitality or tourism organisations V. LO 4 - Develop a strategic implementation plan for hospitality or tourism organisations www.cthresources
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In the Odyssey‚ hospitality is one of the most important values. In modern times people rarely think of hospitality‚ but in Ancient Greece it was a pillar of the social structure. In addition‚ this guest-host relationship‚ commonly referred to as Xenia‚ proved to be a lot more than simple courtesy. In a time period where the world was still uncivilized‚ demonstrating good hospitality showed the mark of a civilized person. Numerous narratives within the Odyssey illustrate the value Homer places on
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