Purpose of the report The vacation industry in British Virgin Island (BVI) is developed into a profitable‚ but highly competitive market. One of the major players is the West Indies Yacht Club Resort (WIYCR)‚ operates successfully since its inception in late 1980s. However‚ recently some problems became alarming‚ seriously affect the operating performance of the resort. Investigation is needed. I‚ Patrick Dowd‚ am honor to be the investigator. The purpose of this report is to discuss the problems
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A brief Destruction of the Indies Bartolome’ De Las Casas stated that "those who have traveled to this part of the world pretending to be Christians have uprooted these pitiful peoples and wiped them from the face of the earth (Las Casas‚ 12). After reading the horrific accounts of what has occurred to those long suffering‚ undeserving people of the Indies that "are with out without malice or guile‚ and are utterly faithful and obedient both to their own native lords and to the Spainards in whose
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Upon reading the devastation of the Indies‚ it is apparent that many ailments of prejudice existed in those times of newly discovered lands and territories unchartered to the Europeans. Those of racism towards an unfamiliar people‚ a sense of Heathenism assumed upon the Native American civilization‚ and the brutal savagery demonstrated against the peaceful Native American Indians of this "new world." In the brief account from a sympathetic eyewitness‚ we see these horrible prejudices manifested
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West Indies Yacht Club Resort: When Cultures Collide Introduction The West Indies Yacht Club Resort (WIYCR)‚ located in the British Virgin Islands (BVIs)‚ has been successfully operated from 1980. However‚ WIYCR has been experiencing operational difficulties in high competitive market during the recent years. Some problems become alarming‚ seriously influence on the operating performance of the resort. In this report‚ it will identify the critical issue in WIYCR‚ and analyze what reasons cause
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MGMT Case Study West Indies Yacht Club Resort: When Cultures Collide Task 1 Problem | Causes | Remedial Measures | High expatriate turnover | * Cultural shock: poor communication with the local staff; money not as the motivator for the local * High workload low job satisfaction‚ e.g. writing memo instead of demonstration in the US * Government’s regulation: not fire the local staff‚ restricted no. of work permits for expatriate | * Better communication * Personality fit (high
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American Literature Massacre in the Indies Thesis: The brutal awakening portrayed by de Las Casas in his account allows us to see what really happened in the Indies and prove why Columbus and other explorers aren’t the heroes their cut out to be. Intro: The discovery of the “New World” is portrayed as a wonderful time by almost all Americans on Columbus Day each and every year. If people knew the true story about what really happened as accounted by Bartolome de Las Casas then there would be
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Matthew Arnold critical commentary West London raises multiple literary observations. These include the type of language used‚ the structure of the poem and the use of poetic techniques‚ such as imagery. The first striking feature is the rhyming structure that follows the criteria of an Italian sonnet‚ with a slight variant in the last tercet. This can be seen as Arnold attempting to tweak the model to emphasise the final three lines. This ending can be interpreted as the heightened and emotionally
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The Romantic Phenomenon with Human Reformation- CRITICAL APPRECIATION OF THE POEM ‘ODE TO THE WEST WIND’‚ WRITTEN BY PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY- (After having a straight answer‚ as referred to many links‚ this time I thought let the introductory mode be something different before to start of the same eternal truth of the answer-decorum.) “Make me thy lyre‚ ev’n as the forest is: What if my leaves are falling like its own! The tumult of thy mighty harmonies Will take from both a deep
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document entitled “Bartolomé de las Casas‚ from Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies.” Bartolomé de las Casas‚ who spent most of his time in the New World protecting the native people that lived there‚ authored the document in 1542. The main reason for the writing of the document was to portray the devastation of the crimes made by Spaniards against the Indians who inhabited the islands of the Indies. The author wrote this document as an objective account of how the Spaniards‚ upon their
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because of the copious amounts of lumber‚ cotton‚ and coal. Bartelomé de Las Casas‚ a Dominican friar‚ went to the new world as a bishop where he witnessed the poor treatment of the Native people. This lead him to publish the Apologetic History of the Indies where he argued against the corruption of the Native Americans innocence and of their lands by the Spanish colonists. Casas’ main arguments for why Native Americans
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