Essays on Tourism

Management Case Study; the Midwestern Medical Group Journey

Introduction. According to Plsek, P. E., & Wilson, T. (2001), management is a collection of ideas setting forth the general rules on how to manage a firm, business or organization addressing how managers and supervisors should relate their knowledge of the enterprise to the achievement of goals and motivation of employees to perform to the highest standard. In the delivery of health services, the following management theories and can be applied as given by The Midwestern Medical Group’s Integration Journey. Models employed by MMG's management included: Selling MMG to an outside party, maintain status quo, with MMG as on ...

The Everyman Play is a morality play that became popular after the Corpus Christi Plays were banned in the 15th century. The play was written by an unknown author, but many Historians believe that the author was probably a priest or monk as they were the people who usually wrote religious and moral dramas. It is also likely that the play is a conglomeration of numerous authors due to several rewrites throughout history. The play was originally written in Middle English. The play uses allegory to look at “Everyman” who is the representation of mankind. The play looks at ...

I learned how to read before going to school because I was interested in reading books. Before I learned how to read, I looked at the alphabet and memorized the letters. Later on, I got so interested in reading that I practiced it whenever possible. My grandmother was the person who helped me with pronunciation and with understanding the words. She also helped me to learn how to write and this all happened in pre-school. I was a curious child who wanted to be capable to be amused at all times and reading seemed like fun. It was like ...

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Dear Mesdames/Gentlemen,

I am writing to you in order to present my initiatives for Better Horizons Credit Union members and clients. These ideas are to promote our organization, gain more loyalty and create a positive and sustainable authority. The first initiative is to organize a promotional trip for credit union members. The actual plan is to handle a cruise trip to The Bahamas. The main aim is to promote Better Horizons, create a positive image among credit union members and encourage them to think over credit ...

A Key Theme from “The Epic of Gilgamesh”, “Lila” and “Holy Bible”

The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. It is often considered as one of the most ponderable works of literature. The literary history of the poem begins with five Sumerian poems about “Gilgamesh”, who was a king of Uruk. Then, these above-indicated separate stories were used as a major source material for a combined epic. The principal character was two-thirds god and one-third man. He built prodigious and dignified temple towers, which surrounded his city with high walls. Although he was physically immensely strong and beautiful as well as very prudent mentally, but as a ...

a. Indicate which passage you have chosen and summarize it in no more than 3 sentences. The passage that has been chose for analysis is Luke 4:14-30. This passage describes Jesus' return to Galilee. During this time he begins to preach to the community, and gives them the prophecy that had been spoken to him. The people become angry with him, although impressed by his wisdom. He then leaves town by parting the crowd and walking through. b. Introduce the reader to your argument. Within the passage, the people of the community at first seem to see him in ...

Introduction

Price discrimination is a strategy usually followed by a monopolist or even oligopolist where different consumers are charged different prices. Price discrimination can take three major forms, first degree price discrimination, second degree price discrimination and third degree price discrimination. In this paper we demonstrate how third degree price discrimination is practiced by the Airlines. We begin with a brief description of third degree price discrimination in the next section. In section III we discuss the methodology and data source of our research. In section IV we present the outcome of our research. Section V concludes the study.

Concept of Third Degree Price Discrimination

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History of dengue

Dengue is described by the World Health Organization (n.d.) as a fast emerging pandemic viral disease with worldwide prevalence. The viral disease was initially traced to the epidemics in Java and in Egypt in 1779. Some literatures trace back the virus and its vectorsto the Chin Dynasty. It was hypothesized that the disease occured in the Western hemisphere in the midddle of the 17th century and believed to originate from tropical America. However, some researchers would point out that the accounts of dengue outbreaks were traced back during the 18th and 19th century in Southeast Asia.The dengue outbreaks in ...

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Abstract Every speech is embellished by metaphoric expression, despite its context, content, and tone. In different fields the application of metaphors may vary, yet still they are applied regardless the situation consciously or unconsciously. In the speech of adults, metaphoric expressions play pivotal role serving as the instruments of persuasion, simplification, and demonstration. There is less evidence that explain the utilization of metaphors by children. Some scholars insist that children use metaphoric expressions unconsciously, while the other researchers imply that they implement the metaphors due to their symbolic perception of the environment. There is certain inconsistency in the results ...

Technology has indeed evolved over the years and continues to influence every facet of our lives. The advent of new technology has been a powerful force in molding the way humans interact as well as how society operates in general. Most people will think of technology as a combination of complex high tech machines such as computers but that is only one part of it. Furthermore, changes to way of life due to technological changes can be mild or drastic depending on how society receives it. For instance, the use of personal and business email has significantly reduced the ...

The satirical novel Gulliver's Travels is a unique piece of work as it was written not to entertain the readers. This novel was a kind of an indictment of the society and it was highly popular among scientists, politicians, philosophers - those people who were accused by the writer (“Critical Essays Swift's Satire in Gulliver's Travels”). The tone of the Swift’s novel changes from outright derision to mild wit and, generally, the whole book is penetrated with ridicule. The writer used satire as the main weapon against flaws of society he lived in and flaws of humanity in ...

The lecture over chapter 8 went over different ways to control organizational input and output in a variety of ways. Managers can assess how well a control system works by setting target goals, watching the results of a particular control system, evaluate those results, and use several different feedback methods to gather information about how successful their control strategies are. Feed forward control allows managers to have information on potential problems before they occur, so that they can take preemptive measures to avoid any issues. Concurrent control gives managers quick feedback on how efficiently input is becoming output, and ...

Introduction: According to Thaden and Alyssa (2008), “human error is the main cause of flight accidents in complex systems. Therefore since errors are inevitable in the commercial airline industry, it is doubtful to assure safety on the air.” On the other hand, Mangla and Haress (2011) claim that - “air travel is the safest mode in the history of aviation.” Whose statement is reliable between them? In aviation, it is true that human error leads to accidents in the sky, but it is also true that for every accident that happens on the air, the airline company reviews their ...

The Olympic Games are very popular today; thus, many countries do their best in order to get a chance to host it. There are both positive and negative impacts of the Olympics on the host country. In the following essay, I would like to discuss the statement that the Winter Olympic Games is a good investment for the hosting country. In my opinion, there are different factors that prove the benefits of hosting the Olympic Games, which are economic and cultural advantages. In fact, it was found that although countries should invest a lot of money into new buildings ...

Application Assignment

Introduction

Still, everything is hardly so nice, because the task for this essay exactly is to ponder over you run your own tourism company. Its narrow specialization is to provide the visitors with apartments and other dwelling spaces. The right to be place where I would like to settle my small organization goes to Montenegro (or Crna Gora as is said among the people who reside within this locality). You may have asked yourself why I wanted to choose this certain one. So, the answer is more than just clear. This is because this small territory on the place ...

Natural resources

Switzerland: limited mineral resources. No coal, small amount of iron and manganese deposits. Building stones (granite, limestone), timber, salt are only appropriate for commercial usage. Waterpower – main natural resource (hundres of glaciers). 11% of land – agricultural usage, 30% - covered by forest.

Barbados: gas, petroleum, fish.

Similarities: Both of countries don’t possess a lot of natural resources. The countries’ sizes are small (Barbados is much smaller). Both of countries have recreational resources and attractive for tourists.

Differences: Mainly mountainous landscape in Switzerland, more plains in Barbados.

Population Switzerland: population – 8 066 224, 3 966 991 males (49.2%), 4 099 233 females (50.8%), 8976 births (2016), 8213 deaths (2016), 1215 net migration (2016), ...

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Introduction: The importance of the topic. Purpose, method and scope of the paper. A detailed outline of the topics to be covered in the final paper is described below:

Abstract: A self-contained short summary.

Chapter 1: Introduction Section 1.1: Background: Facts about Mars and about earlier missions.

Section 1.2: Goals and Objectives: Statement of goals and objectives

Chapter 2 : Mission Overview Section 2.1: Land site selection and Gale Crater: Criteria of selection and geological characteristics of gale Crater and Mount Sharp. Section 2.2: Technical Details: Details of science payload, spacecraft, rover, communication system, and rocket. Section 2.3: Mission Timeline: Shows the timeline of events from prelaunch.

Chapter 3 : Mission Detail

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“Desperate Passage” is an exciting yet at the same time disheartening book written by the acclaimed author Ethan Rarick. The author has a vast wealth of experience in writing, having authored books and articles on politics, crime, business and other spheres of life. The book was originally published in 2008 by the Oxford University Press. With three hundred and four pages, it is a fast-paced historical, non-fiction that retells a story of the donners, reeds and other parties in their torturous journey to the west. The book is a fascinating read that explores the themes of survival and endurance ...

The article tries to explore why the Neo-Europeans failed to thrive in the areas like china, Japan, Middle East and Africa. It explains that the tropical diseases and the heat in these areas made it impossible for the Europeans to permanently settle. The article also indicates that few of the European women were interested in going to Asia. It further explains that the crops of the Europeans did poorly in most part of Africa since the diseases in Africa killed most of the plants planted by the Europeans. The climatic condition in most of the torrid zones led to ...

JetBlue Airways is a new airline company in the United States that is noted for its low-fare and efficient service. The company was founded by David Neeleman in 1999 and is now one of the major airlines that operate in the United States (Gittell, & O'Reilly, 2001, p.1). One of the key factors of JetBlue Airway’s success is its aggressiveness towards expansion. The company, for instance, added 10 new planes every year as part of its expansion plan as well as adding new routes and domestic markets. Accordingly, the company wishes to achieve rapid growth “while building a value-based, ...

Casino industry is considered to be one of the most profitable industries in the world. Its impact on the national economies is crucial. Theoretical studies within this sphere show us that the casino gambling entities provide their governments with quite significant benefits such as high level of taxes paid, infrastructure development by the cost of casinos and increased level of tourists to places where such enterprises are located. But in most publications little attention is paid to the problem of defining the specific impact of casino gambling as a part of hotel enterprises. That is why our main goal ...

What passengers want from airline service:

A survey of airline passengers have revealed what services they expect from the airlines. Let us discuss them below: Passengers have shown preference for more legroom and many of them alos want their seats to be roomier. Airline travelers are averse to fee hike for the amenities provided by the airlines. Passengers have revealed that they would show preference for the airline which provides them with Wi-Fi facility in the flight. Since fees for checked In baggage is increasing with time most of the airline passengers carry on their baggage to avoid the checked in baggage fees. This has ...

Sustainable management in the hospitality industry is not a new concept. In the past, the industry has been focusing on the importance of sustainability. This supports hotel development and its operations. Moreover, environmental, socio-economic, and cultural impacts of the industry have been emphasized. Sustainable development denotes concepts that currently spin around every industry globally. In the past, the hotel industry had a spectacular environmental impact especially through power and water usage, consumption of durable goods, waste generation-solid, as well as liquid wastes. Energy is consumed during HVAC operations, general lighting, fuel, or normal power requirements. Water is similarly utilized ...

According to Peggy Holmen, the large group methods are the best way to accomplish rapid changes. The methods that Peggy suggests are the Large Group Scenario planning or one of the two 1) The two stage model (Search Conference and Participative Design Workshop) or 2) Unique Designs. Large Group Scenario Planning (LGSP) is specifically used for planning long-term strategy while the future of the industry is significantly uncertain. Tourism industry faces similar situation where the future is uncertain due to various global factors. A tourism company can use the LGSP for identifying the critical uncertainties and achieve strategic planning. ...

Before Sunset

A city is a natural habitation for people in the 21st century. People are born, they study, work and die in cities. A place, wherein people spend most of their time should be both multi-functional and convenient. Thus, city planning is of outmost importance for people to live in a comfortable and friendly environment. There have been numerous attempts to improve urban planning and to create a dream city. Some of such attempts remained to be theoretical developments only, while others were realized, for example, such utopian projects as Howard’s Garden Cities of Tomorrow or Le Corbusier’s ...

It is widely known that to obtain the necessary medical care for certain population groups is problematic. This applies especially to the elderly and to the people living below the poverty line. Since such people are often unable to afford the paid medical treatment, they have to rely only on the state aid. And such instruments in need are the government programs Medicaid and Medicare. Although these programs are quite different, they are both controlled by the division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Together they performed a great help for the certain groups of people ...

When two unique cultures meet, there is bound to be a clash. The novel “Ceremony” examines this dispute and the impact it has on the day to day lives of those that adhere to the two cultures. It seeks to bridge the understanding of the white's culture often seen as the modern one and that of the Native Americans which in the eyes of the whites is backward. Silko, the author, shows the interaction between the two through the life of Tayo. Tayo embodies the meeting of the two cultures through his mixed origins. The novel is also on ...

Film Analysis Paper # 1 (Before Sunset)

The meeting of Celine and Jesse has taken place after 9 years, since their romantic walks through Vienna, and they seem to be complete strangers. Each has his own life, he possesses favorite books and the family, where the laughter is not heard; she has a friend, in which she is not sure. They met, complained to each other, remembered last meeting and talked a lot. Both became older, both are passionate about some particular things in life. They do not live in misery and are alive and well. While watching the movie, it is easy to see the ...

Mindset is a set of qualities of a person that accounts for his/her decisions, answers, and actions in a certain situation. Those who have growth kind of mindset believe in developing. Hard work and dedication can solve all their problems. This kind of mindset opens the door to a beautiful journey to self-improvement, personal growth, and new knowledge (Carol S. Dweck, 2006). I can’t tell exactly which kind of mindset suits me best. I’m ready to improve myself, I enjoy working on a difficult task, but I’m afraid of showing my weak points. I consider that ...

Outsourcing involves the subcontracting of operations and processes that could normally be performed in-house by another company or even country. Tecnovate was operating as a captive Business Operations facility for ebookers until ebookers was acquired by Cendant in 2004. In 2005, Tecnovate was doing extremely well. The outsourcing that was initially aimed at cutting down costs had become a highway to growth. Consequently, under the leadership of Myron Ferro, Tecnovate felt that it was ready to take up further functions by lending itself to outsourcing not just its operations but its processes too (Yadav, 2006). Ferro, the director of ...

Introduction

In the early 20th century, there were hopes for a new, modern and developed era. With the development of industry, machinery and shipbuilding, people were waiting for something better and convenient for their life. Passenger liners to the "New world" were built together with people's hope for a new life. When the new liner appears, moreover with a reputation of being unsinkable, it is impossible that there would be such an unfair end.

"Unsinkable" Titanic – the ship that defied the higher powers, the miracle of shipbuilding and the largest ship of its time. The builders and owners of the ...

Espada stresses the value of hope in life. From close analysis of the poem one can see that it is placed in context with the election of a new president of the United States of America. This candidate is peculiar in certain way. The president is the first African American to hold such a prestigious position since independence. Furthermore Espada pays homage to yet another peculiar figure called Frederick Douglas. From what can be inferred from the text is that Douglas was also an African American, though he lived many years before Obama was born. These are two icons ...

Sustainable Tourism: the Importance of Destination Tourism Indicators

Question 1 Tourism lifecycle is a concept proposed by geographer Richard Butler in “Canadian Geographer” journal in 1980. According to Butler, any touristic destination has its own lifecycle. It starts from a moment when a place is unknown to tourists and stays aside of touristic routes. Then mostly due to a word of mouth popularity of the destinations starts growing, local residents become involved in the process of hosting guests and corresponding infrastructure appears (hotels, transport, catering etc.). At certain moment local tourism infrastructure becomes developed at maximum level, at which it can host peak number of tourists. And ...

In modern world the number of issues the company should deal with is dramatically increasing. Some main threats of the previous years are replaced by more significant ones. To remain competitive the organization should pay attention to all the decisions made on different levels. The company is also exposed to new types of risks. It means that the organization should use new approaches to manage both external and internal operations. The main requirement to the behavior of the firm is to be as flexible as possible. New strategies need to be defined in accordance with environmental issues and up-to-date ...

Abstract

With the increased competition in the airline industry, especially in the low fare segment, Ryanair, the initiator if this segment in Europe, is faced with various pressures, coming from its competitors, external environment or industry trends. While the company has the resources to manage the challenges of the 21st century, which tops with the necessity to become a global brand, it also requires a sound strategy. This report starts with analysing the internal and external environment of Ryanair, in order to identify the strategic directions that it can pursue in its globalization approach and it further proposes a global ...

The Philippines is famous for its emerald rice fields, smoldering volcanoes, wildlife, and mega cities. Located on a land distant from the mainland Southeast Asia, it holds great historical features and rich in cultural and spiritual. Catholicism is the main religion of the area, and resulted from the Spanish rulership. The Spanish culture remains in the country as evident in the festivals, architecture, and churches. The country’s economy is steadily growing as well as the tourism and agriculture. It gains a lot of revenue from tourism due to its beaches and islands, which act as the main tourist ...

The autobiography of Catalina de Erauso is very attractive for scholars, who investigate such aspects as identity, authorship, sexuality and gender; the most important aspect can be considered masculinity of this character. She had desire to become a man for receiving the status in society, which was dominant by males, and the possibility to show her identity. The transformation of Erauso’s conduct into masculine manners, sometimes in violent form, was necessary for persuasion and becoming powerful, successful and accepted at the times of colonial Spain. Her destination, attitude and deeds have made this person exciting and extraordinary in ...

Druk Air-Royal Bhutan Airlines

Durk Air Corporation Limited, founded in 1981 and commenced operations in 1983 as Druk Air-Royal Bhutan Airlines is the national flag carrier of Bhutan. This case study will focus on the SWOT analysis of the airline, segmentation, opportunities to increase the business and finally the recommendations for the CEO of the airline.

SWOT Analysis

The airline enjoyed the status of being the sole airline operating out of Bhutan till 2010, when the market was opened for private participation. The major strengths of the airline include its image as the national carrier, superior service compared to its sole competitor-Bhutan Airlines, its image ...

“Abandon all hope, ye who enter here" (Canto 3). A truly scary and miserable place to be in. Exactly with this scripture begins Dante's journey towards the depth of Hell and ever farther. His way of finding out the truth about the human soul, the journey to learn the nature of sin, the nature of happiness, and the way to God. Genuine morality is bestowed upon Dante as he travels the dark realm of Hell and the nature of which will he explore. First of all, morality resides on the set of rules and instructions on how to behave ...

Out of three parts of Dante’s Divine Comedy, the first part – Inferno is by far the most understandable and reasonable. Dante uses Hell to show and educate the readers his vision of morality. As an artistic technique, he depicts his own travel over the depths of Hell. He is led by Vergil, who explains all about those who are in Hell and what happens to them according to their sins. This, indeed, is a very powerful method to deliver the main idea to the reader, especially concerning that most of the readers perceive the poem literally but not ...

Richard C. Morais’ 2010 novel The Hundred-Foot Journey chronicles the tensions and relationships between the owners and purveyors of an Indian restaurant and a classic French restaurant that reside one hundred feet from one another in the fictional city of Lumiere in France. While the surface-level story revolves around the reconciliation of two groups of restaurant owners and chefs, there are greater themes of cultural pluralism, acceptance and the unifying power of food to be found within the novel. Bridging the gap between the typically entrenched worlds of upper-class French food culture and the lower-class Southeast Asian food culture ...

Everyman

“Everyman” is considered to be a morality play of the late 15th century. It is an allegorical play which brings up a point of Christian salvation and what human must do to accomplish it. The premise of the play is that the good as well as evil deeds of a person’s life will be tallied by God after death. It is a storyline of the life of Everyman, who represents by personal example all mankind. Firstly, the Messenger reads a prologue and conveys the audience to pay their attention to the motives and purposes of the play, which ...

The JDA software will simplify the merchandise planner’s job through delivering supply solutions that span an end-to-end customer journey. JDA Software creates category management solutions that are realized when collaboration with retailers is used to create assortments for executing store management. This is done through consumer-driven insights at the micro and macro market level. The software also has an intelligent fulfillment solution that supports iterative planning and executions, resulting in reduced inventory costs, better customer service, and more agile operations. Additionally, JDA provides a manufacturing plan solution that addresses supply chain complexities through demand planning, inventory optimization, supply ...

Analysis of the Economic Impact of 2016 RIO OLYMPICS

The 2016 Olympic event is to be held in Rio in Brazil. This will be the first time for such an event to be held in the countries of South America. Brazil beat Tokyo Madrid and Chicago to win this chance. The Olympic will involve a line of activities ranging from athletics, gymnastics, ball games and other field events. To achieve all these within the stipulated span, the country has set up different venues for each set of events. The beach volleyball shall be held at Copacabana beach; the aquatics games at Peodoro while Barra will be the central ...

The Branding and Logos

Introduction The Restaurant is based next to Heathrow Airport in Central London. Many people in the big city of London embrace the advent of this new restaurant in the central town. Most of the Logo design is adopted for ease of clients to have a clear view of what is expected by the prospective customers. The plan is aimed at controlling the influx of clients who are either from arrivals at the Heathrow airport or the general staff working in the domain (Adamson et al. 28). The branding by the Jim & Jay is clearly showcased in the Logo model ...

Groups of partners and alliances

The partnership groups taking part in emergency management can be categorized into three, which are, social groups, economic groups, and governmental or political groups. They are equally essential as far as emergency involvements are concerned, but each one of them tends to vary from the others as far as priorities are concerned (Brennan, 2012). Social groups, for instance, have three emergency systems namely; the family system, Community response teams, and the private sector groups. Individuals are, in this groupings the building block for units of emergency management, thus, their importance should never be underestimated. One person can inspire the ...

Our Professor took us to the excursion to the New York Public Library on Tuesday. This is the most beautiful place I have ever been to. I cannot help holding my emotions from this trip and want to share my impressions. The New York Public Library is an American storeroom with the best collection of the books over the whole world. It was opened in 1985 in New York City. It contains nearly 53 million of items, and everyone can find something for him or herself. The size of the building is also astonishing with the countless number of ...

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Relaxation versus activities- This affects the programs as they become concentrated when during holidays and leaves when the tourists are exempted from work. They prefer the holidays for unwinding from the torturous working period that have exhausting effect. Hotel activities and calendar are hence affected to suit them. In modern times, they come not majorly to relax, but want a number of activities line up. This is not necessarily during holiday. Hotels have therefore to shift. Familiarities versus novelty- Most of first timer international travellers engage seek to familiarize themselves with a number of things. However, common trends do ...

Environment Analysis of Spirit Airlines

Introduction The aviation industry remains to be one of the fastest growing business in many countries. Air travel is a central key in fostering globalization, as it helps promote the growth of many other industries. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive environmental analysis of Spirit Airlines, Inc which is an ultra low-cost air carrier based in the Florida, and carries passengers on flights within the United States as well as in key cities of Latin America. It is interesting to note that despite several controversies ranging from contentious advertising campaigns, discrimination and poor customer service among others, the ...

Domino’s Pizza in a New Market

History Domino’s Pizza, being the largest pizza franchised chain in the United States, shares the same history with Pizza hut, which is its rival. It was started by two brothers, Tom and James Monaghan in the nineteen sixties through borrowed equity. They bought a Michigan Pizzeria and named it Dominick’s and ran it jointly. Later on James sold his shares to raise money for a second hand car. As a result, Tom revitalized the company’s image including changing its name to Domino’s Pizza. The company had grown to more than 200 franchise businesses in the ...

In Majid Majidi’s “Children of Heaven”, released in 1997, Ali and Zahra lead viewers through the old streets of Tehran, in an adventure to solve the problem of a lost pair of shoes. For western viewers, the film offers the perfect opportunity to become acquainted with the Iranian culture and the Oriental atmosphere of the old streets which pervades many of the scenes is fascinating. The filmmakers create a realistic picture of the Iranian capital and identify both the most beautiful, and the most disturbing aspects of urban life in this country. As the film progresses, the viewers ...

Civil wars and domestic conflicts tend to have devastating effects on a country. Wars negatively affect a country’s political, economic, and social sectors. The Syrian civil war, which started in 2011, is stated as one of the worst conflicts of the modern times. The fighting, which started as revolutionary protests but escalated into civil war, has affected both Syria and countries neighboring Syria. The conflict has resulted in one of the greatest humanitarian crises experienced in modern times with the death toll reaching up to 250000 people. Other than the high death toll and displacement rates, the Syrian ...

Introduction

Sociology is a social science that seeks to create the impetus for the utilization of objective standards and views for the review and analysis of concepts and ideas. This include the use of empirically proven methods and theories to examine and critique ideas and pointers. Several approaches and methods are used for the evaluation and analysis of different cultures. The purpose of this paper is to utilize the etic (outsider’s) and emic (insider’s) approach of cultural analysis to evaluate the African-American subculture of the United States of America.

Emic Perspective of the African-American Culture

The emic perspective is to provide an insider’s ...

The Airline Deregulation Act is a United States federal law which was enacted in 1978 to remove the control the government had over fare, the routes and entry of new airlines. This left the passenger airlines exposed to the forces of the market in the airline industry. The Civil Aeronautics Board which was responsible for controlling entry, exit, the pricing of the airline services and addressing the consumer issues was phased out. This meant that the passenger airlines were only limited to competing only for food, the quality of the cabin crew and the frequency available. This caused a ...

People of Renaissance had a fully-fledged and multi-faceted life and attained a high degree of perfection at the same time in different areas of knowledge and art. The aim of this paper is to review the life of one of Italy’s Renaissance men, Benvenuto Cellini and a review of his early work. The best prime years of his work as an artist were the years in which he sculpted the colossal bronze statue of Perseus. According to ancient Greek mythology, Perseus was the son of Zeus, Lord of the Olympian gods, who was attracted by the beauty of ...

“Two kinds” is a short story authored by Amy Tan. Tan creates the romantic concept of cultural origins and touches on lost ethnic essence to reconfigure and radically undercut notion of ethnic essence. The story is about a mother and daughter who abandon their culture to embrace the American Dream in the hope that anyone in America can succeed. At the root of the story is protagonist’s interpersonal dissonance brought about by the phenomenon of mass immigration. Tan manages to bring out clearly deception of complexities in mother-daughter relationships but focusing on disruptive distance between mothers originating from ...

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Dear Mr. Jameson: It was a great honor for me to meet you last month. As you gave me an assignment for your business cruise to the Bahamas, I am ready to share my ideas with you. I suggest you to invite to your cruise the credit union members in order to discuss financial planning workshops. I propose to conduct 5 days cruise on a board ship to the Bahamas. The appropriate date for the cruise will be June 1-5, 2016. We will dedicate two afternoons of ...

Managing Tourism Organization

Introduction Cunard Cruise Line is a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & Plc which is established in 1840 and operated by Carnival UK. The Cunard Cruise Line is a leading cruise line which is providing luxurious and high end quality products to its customers across the globe. The Cunard Cruise Line has recently formulated its marketing strategy which is not aligned with the corporate objectives and mission of the company that is providing luxurious travelling services. The current marketing strategy of the company focuses on providing luxury vacations and destinations; however, the Company also aims to serve the middle class segment ...

Introduction

A brief history of space travel In many ways the todays advances in space travel came into fruition by accident. During World War II the Nazi’s create and implement rockets as weapons against the British. These rockets flew over 3,500 miles per hour and had an arch of 60 miles high. (A Brief History, n.d). Following WWII, the Soviet Union began creating their own missile program (A Brief History, n.d). By 1957 the Soviet Union had launched Sputnik 1, the first satellite into space. They followed this up four years later by having Russian Lieutenant Yuri Gagarin ...

Is There Connection Between Poverty and National Parks?

For many years the scientists have been involved in the debates about the connection between poverty and the creation of national parks in the area. Those scientists who believe that there is a strong connection between the raise of poverty and creation of protected natural areas say that such situation prevents agricultural development and leads to natural resources depletion. At the same time, their opponents think that national parks increase the revenue from tourism and facilitate employment. Recent research has proved that creation of national parks in the area promotes eradication of poverty. Most of the countries are developing ...