California State University‚ Northridge‚ California‚ USA Abstract Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship of job attitudes to personality traits in a hospitality setting. Design/methodology/approach – The author uses a questionnaire at two hotel chains in the western US to ascertain the variables. Employees that are surveyed are all non-management personnel. Findings – The author finds that job attitudes‚ specifically‚ organizational commitment and job satisfaction
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Most people think that the world faces an overpopulation problem. But Phillip Longman argues otherwise in his book The Empty Cradle. He warns instead of a global baby bust. World population growth has fallen 40 percent since the late 1960s. The human population is expected to peak at nine billion by 2070‚ and many countries will see their population shrink long before that. Japan will have 49 retirees per 100 workers as early as 2005. Falling birthrates mainly account for these declines. Several
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Product Costing Glossary: Cost object is anything for which cost data are desired- including products‚ customers‚ jobs‚ and organizational subunits. Cost driver is factor that affects the costs associated with an activity. Product costs include all costs involved in acquiring or making a product. Period costs are all the costs that are not product costs. Fixed cost is a cost that remains constant‚ in total‚ regardless of changes in the level of activity. Fixed costs are not affected by changes
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Discuss the two approaches: Suffragette and Suffragists. Which do you consider the most effective? Women’s suffrage in the United Kingdom was a national movement that began in 1872. Since the 1860s‚ women had been campaigning for the right to vote. Although women had made gains in areas such as education‚ real change could only come through by having a say in parliament. In the course of this movement‚ two parties were formed to fight for the rights of women: the Suffragettes and the Suffragists
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Do it wrong. Cartoonists‚ writers‚ musicians‚ actors‚ filmmakers‚ we all get the same questions. And we all have boring‚ stock answers like ‘draw every day’ or ‘practice a lot’. Sometimes it’s because we don’t know what we did right. But the real reason is that every bit of advice we give you has an expiration date. The world of art is always changing. The things people like‚ the way those things are distributed and sold is always changing. By the time you put in all that practice to get
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With reference to a conflict over the use of a local resource that you studies‚ discuss the extent to which all interest groups involved can be satisfied with its outcome (40 marks) Introduction: Definition of a conflict Disagreement caused by the actual or perceived opposition of needs‚ values‚ and interests between people. Examples of local resources Land‚ water‚ objects… Briefly explain why some interest groups can be satisfied with the development Gives jobs (economics)‚ makes country look
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Guild Date: September 26‚ 2014 Re: You Can’t Take It With You‚ But You Still Want More Memo Introduction The suffix –aholic indicates that the person this term is being used to describe is one who feels compulsively the need to do something or is addicted to something‚ and workaholics are on the rise. Workaholism is associated with overearning‚ the tendency to forgo leisure and work beyond one’s needs‚ and recently research has been studying the question‚ do people overearn? This research was published
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are many new inventions in today’s society. Some people do not like some new inventions because they may make people’s lives more troublesome. However‚ inventions‚ such as smart phones‚ are very useful. Some features that make smart phones useful are the internet‚ the GPS‚ and the camera they have built in. They are not just simply phones that make calls any more. They can do so much more than that. The internet on smartphones are very useful. Every year the internet gets better and better. It is
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Business Key Points of the chapter Strategy – is the actions managers take to attain the goals of the business (usually to maximize value for the shareholders/stakeholders). Value Chain – The operations of the firm compose the value chain which are the series of value creating activities that occur to create value. These actions include sales‚ production‚ IT‚ accounting etc. These activities are divided into support and primary activities. Primary Activities – Design‚ creation and delivery
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Do you think all of the characters in ‘Of Mice and Men’ are prejudged? (25 Marks) In ‘Of Mice and Men’ most of the characters are subjected to discrimination and prejudice. The prejudice can be seen most in the characters Lennie Small‚ Crooks and Curley’s Wife. Curley’s Wife was a subject of Prejudice because she was a woman. During the 1930’s a woman’s place was to be at home raising a family‚ also women were seen as second class citizens and property of their husbands. Before we meet Curley’s
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