publications‚ conferences and academic literature. There are two sides of the use of technology in hotels: “back of house” systems (property management systems‚ revenue management systems‚ internal control instruments etc.) and technology that is used directly and mainly by the consumers. The following review aims to put the current technological state‚ future trends and most pressing issues of the hotel and hospitality industry into perspective. II Literature review The newest trends in the hospitality
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Survey finds internal audit risk assessments inconsistent Year: August‚ 2007 The report suggests that internal auditing needs to identify areas of high and moderate risk that are part of the internal audit plan but have been deferred or cancelled because of the organization’s focus on Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404. It recommends that chief audit executives (CAEs) revisit the budgets‚ skills‚ and capabilities needed to achieve a comprehensive‚ balanced‚ and risk-based approach to auditing‚ as well
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Literature Review on Childhood Obesity By: Obesity is a growing problem among U.S. children. In 1994‚ one in five children between the ages of 6 and 17 was overweight. This is double the rate of 30 years ago (National Center for Health Statistics‚ 1999). This adverse trend has potentially profound effects on children’s health‚ including their long-term health. The terms "obese" and "overweight" often are used interchangeably. Technically‚ "obesity" is the upper end of "overweight
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The Problem of Plagiarism: Literature Review Selection Melinda “Mindy” L. Boucher Lower Columbia College The Problem Students routinely hand in papers in which the writing is so complex and the vocabulary so sophisticated that there is doubt that they were written in the students’ own words. When samples of the writing are typed into a Google search engine‚ sentences and whole paragraphs are found to be a match. Students are confronted with the plagiarism and given information
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Gender and Leadership Literature Review 1. Introduction Leadership theories and literature describe what leaders should do and on the other hand literature also exists on what leaders actually do‚ the former are prescriptive and the latter are descriptive (Bratton et al; 2005). Leadership style is a relatively consistent set of behaviours that characterise a leader (DuBrin; 1995). The main leadership theories encompass the trait‚ behaviour‚ contingency‚ power
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Chapter II The Review of Related Literature and Studies 2. 1 Review of Related Literature 2.1.1 Local Literature According to Sotelo‚ 2005‚ Interactive Learning‚ is a pedagogical approach that incorporates social networking and urban computing into course design and delivery. Interactive Learning has evolved out of the hyper-growth in the use of digital technology and virtual communication‚ particularly by students. Beginning around 2000‚ students entering institutes of higher education
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The purpose of this literature review is to evaluate the influence episiotomy’s have on postpartum pain. In the first study by Leeman et al. (2009)‚ the purpose was to evaluate the pain associated with genital trauma‚ labor care‚ and different incidences during birth from a group of healthy women who had few instances of episiotomies and delivered vaginally. The sample size consisted of 565 midwifery patients that were at least eighteen years of age. These women signed consent forms allowing their
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Review of Related Literature and Studies According to George Epstein “Computer is an electronic device that performs calculation and processes information. It handles vast amount of facts and figures and solves complex problems at incredibility high speeds. A computer can processes many kinds of information‚ from book titles and customers account numbers to chemical formulas and words from ancient Greek texts. It handles all such data in the form of numbers. Retired General Melchor P. Rosales
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Andrew Bogenschutz Professor Rafaei ENGL 2089 Literature Review July 22‚ 2015 “Optimizing Utilization of the Respiratory Therapist” Traditionally the role of the respiratory therapist has been heavily dictated and rather limited by the physician’s orders. For seemingly as long a respiratory therapy has been a recognized medical discipline‚ therapist have had to endure working under this physician-directed approach‚ until recent developments prompted an in-depth look into the overall efficiency
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MP A R Munich Personal RePEc Archive Strategic Marketing. A literature review on definitions‚ concepts and boundaries Jorge Mongay Autonomous University of Barcelona‚ SBS Swiss Business School 2006 Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/41840/ MPRA Paper No. 41840‚ posted 9. October 2012 20:07 UTC WORKING PAPER. JM-A1-2006 STRATEGIC MARKETING: A LITERATURE REVIEW ON DEFINITIONS‚ CONCEPTS AND BOUNDARIES. Dr. Jorge Mongay Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) & SBS
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