nd nd 2 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH (2 ICBER 2011) PROCEEDING WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A MANAGER: THE CASE OF MALAYSIAN FIVESTAR RESORT HOTELS Rozila Ahmad (rozila@uum.edu.my) Noor Azimin Zainol (azimin@uum.edu.my) Universiti Utara Malaysia Sintok‚ 06010 Kedah ABSTRACT This article investigates the requirement for managerial posts in five-star resort hotels in Malaysia. Despite the growth of hotel industry in Malaysia‚ academic literature especially qualitative
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construct plans from physical assumptions about a business and its environment. Finally we look at some of the problems created when plans function as both goal statements and projections of what is most likely to happen in the future. PEDAGOGY This chapter focuses on "how to do it." That is‚ how to really build a financial plan from a series of physical and economic assumptions. This is an important distinction of this text. Most books talk about planning‚ but actually teach only the overly
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What forces and events affected national unity and growth? The nation was both strengthened and weakened by different forces. Some of the forces that strengthened the nation were the Industrial Revolution fueling economic growth‚ the American System encouraging economic self-sufficiency‚ improving transportation and communication by linking cities and regions‚ and the United States expanding and defining borders. Some of the forces that weakened the nation were new industry and inventions leading
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Sam Houston and the American Southwest by Randolph B. Campbell The first half of the nineteenth century was a time of emergence‚ change‚ and uncertainty in the American Southwest. Randolph B. Campbell celebrates this historical time period in his novel‚ Sam Houston and the American Southwest‚ as well as the life and times of the southwest’s hero himself‚ Sam Houston. Sam Houston‚ more than any other individual‚ provided indispensable guidance to southwestern expansion in the United States. Within
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JULY 2013 VALID BEGINNING : 5:00 PM TODAY UNTIL 5:00 PM TOMORROW SYNOPSIS: AT 4:00 PM TODAY‚ TROPICAL STORM “JOLINA” WAS ESTIMATED BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA AT 530 KM WEST OF SUBIC‚ ZAMBALES (15.3ºN‚ 114.9ºE) WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 65 KPH NEAR THE CENTER AND GUSTINESS OF UP TO 80 KPH. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWEST AT 11 KPH. MEANWHILE‚ THE LOW PRESSURE AREA (LPA) WAS ESTIMATED AT 130 KM NORTHEAST OF VIRAC‚ CATANDUANES (14.6ºN‚ 125.4ºE). FORECAST: MIMAROPA AND THE PROVINCES OF BATANGAS
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The Hopi Tribe of the American Southwest By Tim Gola Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Professor Holly Ricker February 22‚ 2010 The Hopi Indians are a Native American tribe from the American southwest and now reside on a 1.5 million acre Hopi reservation in northern Arizona. The Hopi or the "Hopituh Shi-nu-mu" meaning "The Peaceful People" or the "Peaceful Little Ones” are very peaceful and spiritual tribe whose reservation lies somewhat
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1970s as a means to understand the interworking’s of the brain and how this would aid in education. This paper will review the advantages of brain-compatible learning environments by first discussing what brain-based learning consist of‚ the relationship between the brain and student learning‚ the advantages of brain-compatible learning environments‚ how these environments can be implemented‚ brain-compatible teaching methods and how we can measure the success of brain-based learning. “Brain-based
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alike have been struggling to define the most cost-effective methods to running a company. A large portion of the success of a company can be attributed to the leadership style of a given leader and how they apply a particular leadership style to motivate their employees. It is common knowledge‚ that an employee with a high level of motivation will produce a higher economic benefit to the profit of the company. The intent of this writing is to explore what the Path-Goal theory is‚ how it relates to
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evidence that even the most accomplished people need around ten years of hard work before becoming world-class‚ a pattern so well established researchers call it the ten-year rule. What about Bobby Fischer‚ who became a chess grandmaster at 16? Turns out the rule holds: He’d had nine years of intensive study. And as John Horn of the University of Southern California and Hiromi Masunaga of California State University observe‚ "The ten-year rule represents a very rough estimate‚ and most researchers regard
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Kirsten Schmidt English IV Mrs. Kiesling 9/29/14 What it Takes to be a Man Shockingly‚ in today’s society‚ about fifty percent of marriages end in divorce. Is this because it is becoming impossible to find guys who are truly‚ real men? The guys of the 21st century all seem to be extremely conceded and cocky. If something doesn’t go their way‚ trust me‚ you will know about it. Although real men aren’t expected to be your warriors and superheroes like they were in the eighteen hundredths
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