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    I chose to take the Leisure Interest Measure test because I was being curious to see which of the eight domains of leisure interest scores the low to the highest. The scores I got was 1 for physical‚ 2 for outdoors‚ 1 for mechanical‚ 2.5 for artistic‚ 1 for service‚ 2.5 for social‚ 2.5 for cultural‚ and 1 for reading domain. I’m not the type pf person who have less interest in leisure activity. I think that I would scores low on eight domains leisure interests because I have the lack of interest

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    Lifestyle‚ Leisure and Recreation – Assessment Task Introduction: The recreation and leisure activities present in our world today are differ from what generations 100 years ago participated in. Our physical environment is changing continuously under the effect of natural‚ cultural and economic systems which influence people’s lifestyles. As lifestyles change‚ peoples’ way of spending their leisure time‚ and leisure activity preferences‚ also change. Urban open public spaces such as parks seem

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    Executive Summary Much of the modern emphasis in sport and leisure businesses is on the customer. Satisfying customers is at the centre of notions of service quality. (Torkildsen‚ 2011) This report examines the Aura Leisure marketing strategy as a total business concept. It illustrates how developing and integrating marketing strategy across the business is helping Aura position itself in very competitive and demanding environment. It indicates problems that company is facing currently and occurred

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    The rise of the global leisure/cultural industries Introduction The term ‘globalization’ is widely used to describe a variety of economic‚ cultural‚ social‚ and political changes that have changed the world over the past 50 years (Guttal‚ 2010). Globalization can be conceived as time-space compression‚ accelerating interconnectedness‚ and action at a distance (Kim‚ 2005). Globalization thus suggests the expanding scale‚ speeding up and deepening impact of flows and patterns of social interaction

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    The bourgeoisie and the proletariat (Bradley‚ 2006: 134-135). The bourgeoisie in England‚ the new economically dominant class. At the beginning of the nineteenth century‚ they tried to strengthen its social and political power. At the local level‚ they obtained the power in many villages‚ especially north of the country. They did this through by starting schools and leisure facilities to the people. At the national level‚ they tried to challenge the old power group‚ the aristocracy. With the political

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    An Application Of Constructivist Theory in English FL Classes The article is written by Li Jin an associate Professor of English Department at Shandong University‚ China. The author graduated from Shandong University with BA and MA degrees in English Language and Literature. She is interested in teaching and researching in English and Chinese and cross-culture communication. In her article ‘Constructivism-Application in Oral English Teaching to Non-English Majors’ the author has a look at current

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    Name: Before class Activity Fill in your answers to this section‚ print off the page and turn it in prior to the start of class. Case Incident 2: Siemens’ Simple Structure - Not. 1. What do Kleinfeld’s efforts at Siemens tell you about the difficulties of restructuring organizations?  People do not like to change‚ the really don’t like uncertainty‚ and anyone coming in to change things will be quickly disliked by the employees. 2. Why do you think Löscher’s

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    Drawing on debates in leisure and sport theory‚ using current sport‚ leisure and culture examples‚ critically discuss the impact of Globalisation and Post Modernity. Modern day football is one of the most popular pastimes across the globe. Billions of people watch and play it every year and can be a very important part of peoples lives. Fans can spend hundreds of pounds a year on travelling across countries and continents to watch their team play. Football is one of the most powerful cultures

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    Labor-Leisure Model in the Everyday Life I like many other college students am not currently seeking work in the labor force. As a student athlete playing golf I am constantly juggling my time between my studies as a senior Economics major‚ and maximizing my golfing potential and chasing my ultimate dream of becoming a professional golfer. Throughout this paper I will explain how I maximize my utility in different circumstances using the labor-leisure model. As I am not actively looking for

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    INTRODUCTION: FX Leisure Fitness centre is a large leisure complex in the outskirts of Birmingham. It is a part of an expanding chain of leisure centres in England. The centre opened 3 years ago but the performance in customer number‚ centre utilisation and profits has fallen short of projected targets. A new General Manager has set about addressing the business’s downturn. One of his decisions was to create a new post of Marketing Manager in which I have been appointed. The centre

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