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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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 simplified percentage of sales approach. After reading this chapter‚ students
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the head of an organization you know well (please identify the organization!) suggesting how that organization could integrate some of Doug Hall’s ideas about creativity into his or her organization (assume that this person has read the Inc. article). Of course‚ you should consider and address the major barriers this person may have with these ideas. As always‚ but especially now‚ be creative! Dear Meg Whitman‚ are you ready to recycle the clunky‚ outdated HP laptop that awaited you on your first
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Personality: What makes you the way you are? - Science News - The Independent At some point in your life‚ you ’ve probably filled in a personality questionnaire ("Do you see yourself as....?")‚ and wondered as you ticked the boxes if there can really be any validity to such a simplistic way of assessing people. Surely the scores just reflect your mood on the day‚ or what you want the investigator to think. Surely everyone gives the same answer‚ which is "it depends". Or even if the scores measure
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various factors of the external and internal influence directly or indirectly to the organization The Internal Environment The internal environment of an organization refers to events‚ factors‚ people‚ systems‚ structures and conditions inside the organization that are generally under the control of the company. The company’s mission statement‚ organizational culture and style of leadership are factors typically associated with the internal environment of an organization. As such‚ it is the internal
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MANAGEMENT ------------------------------------------------- ASSIGNMENT ------------------------------------------------- OBJECTIVE: This assignment is intended to provide an opportunity to students to prepare an academic paper according to proper academic writing styles‚ to demonstrate an understanding on the subject matter – HRM‚ undertaken in this course. INSTRUCTIONS: * Students to submit a hardcopy of the assignment to the facilitator or the faculty administrator on the due
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For the exclusive use of J. CO www.hbr.org What Is Strategy? by Michael E. Porter Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 What Is Strategy? 21 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications Reprint 96608 This document is authorized for use only by James Co in Food and Agribusiness Strategic
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Organization Early in human existence people learned that their individual efforts often fell short of success. They found that they were unable to accomplish many tasks that require more than individual effort. Therefore the necessity of group activity was discovered relatively early in human existence. Group activity could be aimed at some higher‚ more complex set of goals and could thus bring greater benefits to all concerned. This quality of group activity must be counted as one of the chief
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Directional strategies‚ adaptive strategies‚ market entry strategies and competitive strategies are four types of strategies that make up the strategy formulation process. Directional strategies are broad statements that describe the mission‚ vision‚ values‚ and other strategies goals of the healthcare organization (Ginter‚ Duncan‚ & Swayne‚ 2013). Healthcare organizations utilize directional strategies to establish a framework for operational decisions and activities. A directional strategy helps the
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The organization‚ diction‚ and figurative language used‚ in "The Great Scarf of Birds"� prepares the reader for the speaker’s concluding response. The organization of the poem helps the reader to understand the importance of the event and prepares them for the speaker’s concluding response. The diction shows the reader that the event that is taking place is very important to the reader because of the vivid detail used by the author. The figurative language used in the poem helps to heighten the imagery
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