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Introduction and Rationale The tourism industry is one of the world’s largest and fastest growing industries. The industry is growing fast courtesy of globalization and advanced technology among other factors. The Greek tourism is therefore part of the world’s larger tourism industry that is rapidly growing. The industry contributes a large portion to the Greek economy. For instance, the inbound tourism industry that involves traveling and staying in places outside their usual environment plays a vital role in the Greek economy. The industry contributes to the Greek economy through various ways such as provision of employment and tourism revenues among other ways. Various tourist attractions in Greece are distributed in various cities and islands. The Crete Island is one of the major islands of Greece that has numerous tourist attractions and hosts many tourists throughout the year. The island is populous and is well known for its tourist attractions such as the sub tropical climate that is characterized by archeological sites that attract tourists. Other tourist attractions include attractive beaches that are used for surfing, canal and waterway system, nightlife and the closeness of the island to the hinterland. These tourist attractions are important in attracting tourists from both within Greece and outside Greece to the island. The revenue from tourism is important for the State Economy and the larger Greece GDP (Tourism Forecasting Committee 2006, p. 45). In spite of the revenue collected from tourist attractions found in the Crete Island, the attractions are not well exploited in order to reap maximum benefits. This report examines the Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) strategies that could be used to maximize the benefits from tourism in the Crete Island of Greece. The report outlines the IMC strategies and marketing strategies that could sell tourism to a new domestic target market, given that it is the highest tourism revenue earner for the island and the country. The Greek Tourism Industry The tourism industry in Greece has been growing over time. According to Instinct and Reason (2006, p. 113), the number of tourists fell by 1% in 2003. However, the number increased in 2004 to 4.77 and in to 5.45 in 2008. The Greek tourism industry grew in 2009 due to the weaknesses of the Greek Dollar that increased the level of competitiveness of the industry compared to other world tourist destinations such as UK, Australia and New Zealand. Price competitiveness of the industry was affected by the Greek recession Dollar in 2010 and 2011 leading to reduced performance of the industry. In addition, the global economic recession affected the tourism negatively in the same period because firms operating in the industry reduced their costs. According to Porter (1998), one quarter of the tourists arriving in Greece is businesspersons that travel for business reasons while the rest are leisure travelers. As the strength of the Greek currency begun to wane towards the end of 2011, tourism activities in the country and specifically the Crete Island began to improve. The forecast tourist rivals for the c
Research question and research method In this study, the research question will be: among males and females, who are the main customers in a fast-food restaurant? In an attempt to answer this question, the researcher will use the observational method. This will be done during lunch hour when the fast-food restaurant is likely to receive many customers. Research type This study can be best described as inductive research. This is because the study begins with observation of the eating patterns among the different genders. From the observations, a tentative hypothesis shall then be formulated leading to a generalized theory. Therefore, since the study will start from the specific observation to generalization, it qualifies to be inductive research. Sampling method This study employed a purposive sampling technique. This was critical because of the specificity of the study. The study was to observe the gender that formed the majority of the customer base in respect to fast foods. In this case, it was important to select a predetermined restaurant that specializes in fast foods for the purpose of the study. Operationalization of variables The two variables that will be studied include fast foods and gender. In this respect, fast foods will be the independent variable whereas gender will be the dependent variable. In operationalizing the gender variable, the study will take note of the number of people based on gender that comes to the restaurant and order for fast foods. Therefore, the number of females and males that order for fast foods shall be noted down to establish the gender that forms the largest share of the market base for fast foods. The study will take note of those who take their food within the restaurant premise, as opposed to those who took take-a ways. This is because the researcher could not ascertain the actual consumers of the fast foods purchased by those who opted not to take their meal within the restaurant premise. Reactive effect During the study, I did not encounter any aspect of the reactive effect. This can be attributed to the fact I sat at the furthest corner in the restaurant where I was not joined by any other person. I chose this table as it provided me with a good view of those coming to the restaurant. The form of participant observation In this study, I used covert participation. This is because I sat at my table and ordered food just like any other customer. I ate as I took my notes, and other customers did not realize that they were subjects of my study. Ethical issue The ethical issue that was present in my study is that I did not have consent from the participants in my study
Introduction: The Time for the Change Has Come Culture is something that is never stable – floating together with time, sometimes keeping in pace with the latter, sometimes overrunning it, and sometimes lingering somewhere in the past, it follows the specific, unpredictable pattern. Turning steady even for a moment is unnatural to culture in general and art in particular – once stopped, they cease to exist. Because of the considerable pause in the art development in the Victorian period, Pevsner assumes that such artists as Morris, Gropius, etc. were called to put an end to the period of cultural “stagnation” of the Victorian England; however, according to the existing evidence, such ideas were considered as highly controversal ones by a number of critics. It must b
Introduction Nowadays, the taxi industry has been considerably improved and varied. There are many interesting options on how to satisfy customers, offer appropriate services, and gain a number of financial and organizational benefits. Though there may be certain challenges and mistakes in a decision-making process, taxi companies try to solve the problems in a short period of time and make sure employees and customers are satisfied with the conditions offered. Uber is one of the well-known taxi companies around the whole globe. Its services can be offered in a number of the American cities, as well as in the European cities such as Rome, Minsk, Lisbon, Turin, etc. Uber is the company that offers a good work for drivers and high-quality services for passengers. However, like any developing or developed company, Uber can be under a threat of some financial instabilities or organizational challenges. The current paper aims at analyzing Uber’s current and potential future business issues, the factors that define the success of the company or may challenge it in different countries. In fact, the analysis of the Uber’s financial perspectives is a good chance to understand different aspects of the international market and define the most appropriate solutions. Current Business Issues Uber is a young company. It was founded in 2009 by the Americans, Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp ( About Uber , 2015). However, during the last five years, the company has survived a number of conflicts, discussions, and evaluations. The current business issues are based on the experience gained from 2009 till today. Being introduced as a private taxi company, Uber expanded its services from a city to a city. In 2012, Uber became an international company and offered its services for the citizens of Paris. Nowadays, Uber is available to people in 58 countries of different continents. The citizens of more than 300 cities worldwide are able to use the Uber’s services any time they need. The company is valued at about $50 billion (Higson, 2015). These indicators may tell a lot about the current situation of the company and make some predictions about its possible development. On the one hand, it is evident that customers are satisfied with the possibilities to have more convenient as the company’s founders can open new departments in different parts of the world. On the other hand, the information that can be found online proves that Uber faces a lot of challenges with other international and local taxi companies (Cheok, 2015). For example, French and Russian representatives admitted that Uber could not offer its services to the citizens without appropriate licenses. In Germany, Belgium, and Spain, Uber has to solve many legal problems (Cheok, 2015). The Taiwan government identified the services of Uber as illegal. In fact, the current business affairs of the company under consideration are not as good and satisfactory as they ar
Introduction An essential element of delivering high-quality care to patients is composing a plan of care, in which suggestions are made as per the way to organize the patient’s treatment and nursing care provided to him or her based on specific patient details. The patient in the presented case is a 74-year-old Asian female initially admitted with complaints about occipital pain. The current diagnosis is encephalopathy, but it needs to be further specified, for which purpose additional tests are required. To design an adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner (AGPCNP) plan of care, it is necessary to recommend appropriate interventions, to explore potential and actual considerations from the perspectives of ethics, law, and culture, and to describe the pursued outcomes and the ways in which the outcomes will be evaluated. Interventions Intervention suggested in the framework of the AGPCNP plan of care will primarily include further diagnostic testing, scheduling, evaluation of the patient’s mental status, injury protection, and education. First of all, the diagnosis needs to be specified because different kinds of encephalopathy will require different interventions later in the treatment progress. Concerning scheduling, it is important to maintain the patient’s circadian rhythms (Baird, 2015). This can be achieved by keeping appropriate lighting in the patient’s physical setting and encouraging the patient to engage in correlated daily activities. Concerning the evaluation of the patient’s mental status, Baird (2015) suggests tracking such changes as tendencies to display childish behaviors, demonstration of intellectual impairment, or slurred speech. Also, the author recommends administering handwriting tests, in which deteriorations of the disease can be exposed. Further, it is important to ensure patient safety and prevent injuries. These efforts should be aimed not only at modifying the physical environment in a way that minimizes risks of falls and other incidents that may cause injuries but also at engaging the patient in risk management. Latimer, Chaboyer, and Gillespie (2014) suggest encouraging patients to be proactive in terms of injury prevention and act as initiators of preventive measures that may be recommended by nursing care providers. However, to achieve such proactive attitudes, it is primarily necessary to provide appropriate education to the patient. Education should be continuous and focused on the specific aspects of the diagnosed condition. Also, it is important that the role of evaluation should not be overlooked; the patient will be asked to repeat information gained from the educational materials back to the nurse practitioner acting as the educator. Potential and Actual Considerations Potential and actual considerations can be related to ethical, legal, and cultural aspects of care. Ethical considerations primarily include complying with nursing ethics principles; specifically, nonmaleficence and autonomy (Cherry & Jacob, 2016). It should be ensured that the proposed interventions do not harm
Introduction It is important for beginning teachers to focus on the Teaching Performance Expectations (TPEs) associated with six specific Domains because these TPEs can be discussed as criteria and measurements of developing professional skills and knowledge. In this context, it is significant to conduct the self-assessment of personal success in achieving the TPEs and to analyze the results in order to formulate specific goals for further professional growth and progress. Making Subject Matter Comprehensible to Students Having assessed acquired pedagogical skills in providing instruction related to the specific subject matter, I have found that I am good at demonstrating the knowledge of the subject matter because I carefully work on all topics. Furthermore, I have rather developed skills in using the appropriate materials in order to make the subject matter and instruction accessible and understandable. Thus, I can propose effective instructions to students while utilizing suitable instructional strategies. I focus on developing my skills in teaching students with disabilities because of the necessity to provide effective directives and activities to them. However, I am not sure about my successes regarding the organization of the curriculum depending on the needs of the class because it is one of the most important tasks of a proficient teacher (Churchill, Mulholland, and Capello 22). Goal: To demonstrate success in organizing the curriculum after planning and conducting at least two lessons that are focused on the interrelation of ideas and topics within certain subject matter areas. Assessing Student Learning Monitoring, assessment, and interpretation of students’ results in learning are extremely important procedures. However, in spite of the fact that I demonstrate developed skills in following the principle of confidentiality, formulating and communicating learning goals, and selecting different types of tests for students with disabilities, I am not sure regarding the development of my skills in using multiple sources of information for the continuous monitoring of students’ learning. I work to develop my skills in understanding all the measurement principles and using multiple sources of information for formulating instructions for a certain group of students, but I cannot state that I act as a professional in the field. At the current stage, I work to involve students in the process of assessing their learning and to refer to all the information in order to decide on the effectiveness of assessments and instructions. Goal: To provide an effective assessment of students’ progress in learning while collecting the extensive database of different assessment tools. Engaging and Supporting Students in Learning I am oriented to supporting students in their learning activities, that is why I demonstra
Freedom of speech is amongst the major human freedoms, provided by the Constitution of the United States. Nevertheless, with the existing diversity policy, the spread of humanism, and the recognition of racism, discrimination and prejudice and social issues to be eradicated, it is possible to assume that public speaking should be restricted in the institutions, which contribute to the cognitive and moral development of individuals and whose permissive attitude towards the controversial organizations might thus result in the deterioration of their reputation because of the development of distorted social rules in the campus members (Foner, 1989). The present paper is designed to discuss the appropriateness of Ku Klux Klan’s or another controversial organization’s participation in campus life. The first argument in favor of the removal of all restrictions of controversial organization’s speech in a college is the aforementioned freedom of expression. Individuals are entitled to deliver information about their views to the public, and nobody could be deprived of such opportunity (Jones, 1998). This juridical logic can, however, be defeated by the statement that a citizen’s freedom end at the beginning of the freedom of another person (Foner, 1989; Watson, 1965). This means the person is free to discuss non-abusive views which do not offend the dignity of another person or social group. In this sense, the Ku Klux Klan as well as several other controversial formations, has been implementing particularly aggressive racist policy (Dray, 2002) and allegedly involved in several hate crimes, so minority students are likely to feel humiliated only by the official presence of such organization on the college territory. Radical political organizations are also unsafe, due to their scandalous reputations and the possible attempts to establish a terror regime or terror atmosphere in the country. This argument is often refuted by the citizens with more libertarian views, who put forth the statement that such public speeches are not aimed at abusing students’ freedom but only at the provision of clear and precise alternative information about international and domestic affairs and distinct interpretation of this information. On the other hand, it needs to be noted
Abstract Various organizations use different business excellence models to increase their efficiency and productivity. Some of the models include the ISO 9001 applications and the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) model. In this report, the focus has been put on the EFQM Excellence Model and its role in ensuring efficiency as well as the success of Qatar Telecom Company. This model has been instrumental in improving the company’s performance. The paper is divided into sections, which include the introduction that brings out the idea of the project. The main idea in focus is the role of the EFQM model in improving Qatar Telecom. The paper will also highlight the findings from the analysis of the Qatar Telecom company and the use of the mentioned model in improving the company’s performance and productivity. Recommendations have been given at the end and if fully implemented, the company will thrive in its delivery of services to its customers. Introduction The EFQM model has been reviewed to suit the current global environment. It is quite instrumental in ensuring that the organization does not just depend on the rigid organizational structure, but it enhances its agility hence enabling it to a suit in the current world. The objective of this paper is to focus on the model and its role in ensuring improved performance for Qatar Telecom hence enabling the company to compete at the global level. There are new challenges on the global front where an organization is expected to use its limited resources to compete against other global brands. The model’s framework is aimed at assessing the performance of the company by identifying its strengths and areas that need to be improved. The model focuses on the existing tools, procedures, and processes to align them and eliminate duplicates. It is quite significant in introducing a new way of thinking that encourages reflection and stimulate improvement. It intends to identify the action points that are important for the desired results to be achieved, those that need to be strengthened as well as those that should be made redundant (Kanji 50-55). Methodology The methodology used in this case study is the use of secondary sources with information on Qatar Telecom Company as well as the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM). They have information from books, journals, articles as well as online sources. Company Background Qatar Telecom is a well-known telecommunications company that provides both the wireline and wireless telecommunication services within the country and beyond. The company provides telephone services at a local and international national level. It also provides internet and cable TV services to abo
Texas health department is organized in hierarchical departments where the seniors are at the top, and the juniors follow. Each section is assigned different functions to ensure they are meant. The Commissioner of Public Health (DSHS) is the senior-most head, and the other department members follow, and they have to adhere to the rule of the high-ranking (Buxbaum et al., 2020). The figure below shows the general structure of the Texas department of health. Services offered The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) in Texas is in charge of prevention of diseases, EMS (Emergency Medical Services), health practitioner certification, and infant mortality credentials. DSHS also provides two unique programs for parents of children with disabilities or additional medical needs. Furthermore, it aids in the avoidance of the prevalence of chronic diseases, as well as laboratory analysis. The department also assists in designing and implementing facilities on subjects from asbestos to mobile food vendors to youth camps. Functions and resources The department operates state-run medical centers such as clinics, community hospitals, and healthcare institutions. The Texas DSHS has also been reorganized to emphasize public wellness to inhibit and formulate health extortions. Their role is to promote and guard the health of the public and the wellbeing of the environment in which people live, gain knowledge, operate, praise, and play games. There are few resources ready to aid in funding the state ministry of health. In Texas, the agency takes a higher portion of a person’s earnings than any other state. Because of the administration’s increased taxes, the nation ranks inadequately in medical services. Values and mission To improve Texans’ health, personal security, and wellbeing by focusing on essential public health operations and improving the quality of work of public resources. The agency’s goal is to inspire with a scientific and data-driven perception. The organization also intends to provide other practitioners to make a service plan that will achieve the client’s needs and work in community engagement, systems, and collaborations by establishing and allocating resources. Comparing and contrasting Texas compare with states like Kenya in terms of resources. Kenya faces the same challenge of inadequate funds in its health department. Texas also contrasts in its organizational structure since, despite Kenya having the senior-most head, the juniors do not have to adhere to the instruction given by the high ranking. There i