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Hospitality Is Shown Good And Bad Odysseus
1,260 wordsA story centered on homecoming and traveling, The Odyssey by Homer, set in Ancient Greece, has key themes, which include hospitality and the treatment of travelers and strangers. These reoccurring themes are depicted often as Odysseus and Telemakhos show up at the doorsteps of his various hosts, and these themes prove how inhospitable the suitors are. The difference between good and bad is clearly drawn in the Odyssey, good people are hospitable, they hope for Odysseus' return, and are kind to O...
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Mergers And Acquisitions Hospitality Industry
2,748 wordsAnalysis of Hotel-Online Internet News Service The need to balance a company's strategy and structure with changes in the external environment is obvious in any industry. However, in fast changing industries such as the Hospitality Industry, this need is even more important. Hospitality operators have to keep track of changes in the mentality of customers, changes in the attitude of government agencies and legislators towards the industry, changes in economic and technological issues, and strate...
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Strategic Alliances Vast Majority
2,721 words... airlines. This rapidly changing industry forces operators to keep track of the merger and acquisition game. One never knows when the person in charge of operating the company is going to change. The vast majority of space dedicated to this area of management involved the description of financial transactions and strategies of hospitality companies. Comments on credit ratings, dividend announcements, public stock offerings, stock splits, credit line increases and loan petitions abounded. Alth...
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Odysseus And His Men Good And Bad
1,535 wordsThroughout the book, The Odyssey, Homer uses a variety of settings to explore the theme of hospitality. Hospitality in the ancient world was very important. A visitor to a palace, would receive immediate hospitality, as the host can only presume they might be a God. Hospitality in The Odyssey included being bathed, rubbed with oils by beautiful maids, dressed in cloaks or tunics, feed lavish foods and appetizing wines. The host did not dare to ask any questions until the guest was fully satisfie...
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Better Hospitality Employee Performance
1,122 wordsPay-for-Performance is the basis for developing individual systems of rewarding in hospitality businesses. It is natural, that in small hospitality businesses such systems will be easier to implement, than in large hotels and casinos; but it should also be understood that for the small business to become large, there is no other way than to implement PFP-based plans for employees. Thus, in the light of all above-said and looking through the perspective of further performance improvements in the ...
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Pay For Performance In Hospitality Part 1
1,834 wordsPay for Performance in Hospitality Management Introduction It has been a long talk, as for the effectiveness of the Pay-for-Performance (PFP) programs for the hospitality service entities. It may be assumed, that PFP is one of the most effective presently used systems of reward in any sphere of business, not only hospitality, but this work will look at both pros and cons of using PFP, as it appears that not always PFP can serve as the best means of motivating employees. With hospitality business...
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Pay For Performance In Hospitality Part 2
1,869 words... profitability. II. Pros and cons of PFP programs in hospitality management There exists an opinion, that 'no scientific study has ever found a long-term enhancement of the quality of work as a result of any reward system. Bribes and threats can get you a short-term effect, but that's it. (Hendrie, 2006) Is it true speaking about hospitality management, and what threats and mines can this system bring in itself if not properly applied? It is not argued that performance is one of the most impo...
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Ability To Create Hospitality Industry
1,836 words... essential to believe that what we do is great; otherwise our activity is doomed to failure. Summary of the key leadership features Summarizing the core features of Jobs's unless as leader are the following: innovation; trust in success; striving for perfectionism; ability to create small team of top talents; brand fanaticism; radical customer devotion; 'killing products' bringing 'killing profits'; ability to express the ideas to the team for their realization; transforming self-interests in...
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Good Or Bad Odysseus And His Men
1,246 wordsHospitality in Homer s Odyssey is a central theme of the epic poem. Throughout the story, we are given scenarios in which hospitality, both on the part of the guest and the host, plays a key role in the events that transpire immediately afterward. This tradition, evident in Greek mythology and custom, serves many purposes as the epic unravels. Through exploration of these scenes, we will discover things about Greek customs, character differences, and the role of the gods in determining how futur...
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