Employee retention in a company
Tutorials/exercises - 30 pages - Human resources
Human resource management (HRM) is the strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization's most valued assets - the people working there who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the business. It's an essential part of every...
Marketing of the hotel industry
Case study - 36 pages - Services marketing
The good times that began for the hotel industry, with the opening up of the economy at the start of the decade, seem to have ended. The industry has had its ups and downs and come a full circle in the last ten years. As with the broad economy (until this fiscal), the hotel industry has over the...
Royal Canin - Case study
Case study - 11 pages - Business strategy
Royal Canin is the history of dogs and cats loving and wondering. It's the history of a will to improve dog's and cat's nutrition to fit better with their needs and specific problems. In 1966, a French country vet, Jean Cathary, had decided to manufacture foods for dogs and cats, after...
All you wanted to know about recruitment and selection
Case study - 41 pages - Human resources
Recruitment has acquired immense importance in today's organizations. Organizations have realized the value of human capital and its role in their development. Recruitment is the first step in the process of acquiring and retaining human resources for an organization. In today's rapidly changing...
Hedley Bull's The Anarchical Society. London, Macmillan, 1977
Thesis - 6 pages - International relations
Bull's The Anarchical Society is a ground-breaking book that proposes novel, powerful concepts for reading today's world order as well as the order that prevailed in the world in 1977. Today more than ever, we need the idea of international society, even if it has to be revisited to fit...
Shotokan Karate and Leadership Characteristics: Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Competencies
Case study - 15 pages - Human resources
Karate as a martial art consists of various components that make it attractive to all age groups and all ability levels: it is a group activityproviding socialization skills, it teaches self-defense skills as well as self-awareness skills, it provides an exciting outlet to competitive...
Career management: Objectives
Case study - 17 pages - Management
To have an overview of my personality and to look for the best environment for my future career, these are the areas that I need to assess carefully before making my career plan. The eight factors above can be grouped into three main types: personality type, occupational interests, skill and...
Career management: Women and the Glass Ceiling
Thesis - 27 pages - Human resources
There has been an increase in the participation of women in the professional world today. They are becoming increasingly qualified and skilled. However, this increase in opportunity has not led them into illusions and they do not consider themselves lucky. They do not compare their situation to...
Royal canin - case study - published: 29/09/2010
Case study - 15 pages - Services marketing
Royal Canin symbolizes the love of pets, especially cats and dogs. It's the history of a will to improve dogs and cats nutrition to fit better with their needs and specific problems. It was founded in 1967 in a village of Gard, France, by the French veterinary surgeon Jean Cathary. The...
Essential departments in a hotel
Tutorials/exercises - 34 pages - Management
The past, present and the future of the hospitality industry are closely linked. Today's lodging and restaurants are the result of many centuries of social and cultural evolution. Comfortable and sanitary lodging was once considered the exclusive privilege of the wealthy. But with the rise...
Case study of Decathlon and the sector of the distribution of the articles of sport
Case study - 23 pages - Business strategy
In 1976, Michel Leclercq Roncq inaugurated a store selling sporting goods, and named it Decathlon. His challenge was to equip all athletes with the best kind of sporting utilities available at the best price. Today, Decathlon Group with about 3.4 billion euros in turnover in 2004, is present in...
Manix - environmental analysis: Objectives and strategy formulation
Essay - 6 pages - Ecology & environment
Manix is a brand belonging to Ansell, a company operating in three business segments (professional health care division, consumer health care gloves and occupational division for gloves and clothing worn for protection). Manix is developed in the consumer health care division, which also supplies...
Freud's Misinterpretation of Emotions
Thesis - 2 pages - Social sciences
In the early 20th century Freud asserted revolutionary ideas: he normalized sexuality, and he spoke openly about sexuality with women. Before Freud, women were not viewed as sexual beings; they were mothers, daughters, and wives, but most people did not, or would not, acknowledge that women...
Customer relationship management in banks
Thesis - 25 pages - Management
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is at the core of any customer-focused business strategy and includes the people, processes and technology questions associated with marketing, sales and service. Simply stated, CRM is about finding, getting and retaining customers. The aim of these systems...
Jane Eyre - Franco Zeffirelli (1996) - The issue of adaptation
Artwork commentary - 18 pages - Film studies
Zeffirelli had to combine several, sometimes contradictory constraints: he had to update the text, to maintain a specific filmic transcription of the novel, and to negotiate a delicate balance between recognising the influence of the source text and the need for a specific creativity in the...
"The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," book series; and why it has a deep connection with American teen girls
Book review - 5 pages - Literature
The "Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants," consists of four books. These books have solidified the series as a literary masterpiece that has been heralded as a great work for young people. It has been celebrated as a wonderful literary effort. The books evoke thoughts of serene and picturesque...
The public health environment in England: Focus on specific policies
Thesis - 6 pages - Social sciences
The nature of major causes of work-related ill health makes occupational health fit more closely than ever before into the public health agenda. The government has been quick to recognize the role of occupational health nurses in reaching the public health targets set in recent public health...
Prediction of annual down flow layer thickness in circulating fluidized beds
Thesis - 5 pages - Physics
he solids distribution in circulating fluidized beds (CFB) has been extensively studied because of its importance in design of CFB boilers and reactors. In circulating fluidized bed, normally, the upper region consists of a dilute core surrounded by a relatively dense annulus, with solids down...
Amid An Epidemic of School Shootings, Some Teachers Are Being Trained To Shoot Back
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Rhetoric is the art of improving the capability of the speakers or writers to convince and motivate the audience in a particular direction. There are three modes of persuasion that are used in rhetoric that is; ethos, pathos and logos. (Joyce & Robert 10) Ethos is achieved by the speaker or...
Principles, values and ethics in sports
Thesis - 14 pages - Sports
A Principle is a basic truth, law or policy. Principles are standards that define moral behavior. A principle in sport might be that the officials treat all equally on the field of play. Values are ideals that form the basis of actions and beliefs. Values in sport include enjoyment, quality of...
Examination of the "Vitality Approach", health model proposed by the Canadian government
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
Throughout recent decades, a number of health models and approaches have emerged, aiming to help individuals to live a healthier life. Models like the Vitality Approach, have attempting to provide a theoretical approach that cover a wide range of health and fitness aspects, including diet...
Design a Marketing Plan for the French 'fashion house' Caroll who are aiming to enter the growing 'middle market' in China
Dissertation - 12 pages - Services marketing
The following paper is dedicated to design a marketing plan for the French fashion house' Caroll in China. In the past decade this country has been going through large transformations which permits new entrants to respond to new needs, wants and demands. First of all, several figures seem...
Men and Social stereotypes
Case study - 7 pages - Educational studies
A stereotype is a belief that is common among people or particular groups of people. Stereotypes are based on some assumptions based on people's culture. This figure of the 18th century among the Dutch shows engraved pictures of the people of the World, showing the inhabitants of Asia, America...
Talent Management Strategy - Litech Video Games Company
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
The human resources office is the head control of talents in an organization, managing entrance, movement and exit (Trost, Plank 2014). The office should work towards achieving higher value (talent) for the corporations by using effective talent management strategies aimed at raising the business...
Cross-culture aspects of play and childhood development models
Thesis - 8 pages - Social sciences
Piaget (1962) described play as imitating and practicing behaviors, oftentimes associated with symbolic . Play happens through the assimilation of facts, events or behaviors, or through the distortion of reality, in order to put reality back together. Sometimes child play involves the...
Décathlon - Management strategy
Case study - 8 pages - Services marketing
In this study, I have tried to present an explanation of the development of DECATHLON SA Epinal. However, I did not have enough information to prepare a complete file, as I did not have access to an organization chart, or any data about it. Thus I have based the analysis on all the branches of...
Personal and Societal Alchemy in Early Daoist Scriptures
Essay - 5 pages - Humanities/philosophy
The principle of interconnectedness pervades the worldviews of the Daoist and Buddhist religions originating from India and China. It is fitting that the traditions themselves are historically and textually interconnected in a way that finds traditions intermingling by borrowing teachings and...
Cover letter for visitor services
Sample letter - 1 pages - Human resources
On the Museum of Science's Human Resources website, I learned of various employment opportunities in Visitor Services. I am very interested in these positions, and I believe I have the skills and expertise to excel at providing the best experience for guests. Particularly, I would love the...
Medea
Essay - 2 pages - Literature
When first comparing the play Medea and Aristotle's Poetics, many people feel that the lead character, Medea, breaks every requirement for being a tragic character. But when we take a step back and view Medea at a different angle, we see that she does actually fit every aspect of Aristotle's...
Beyond Sissies and Tomboys: Atypical Gender Deviance
Tutorials/exercises - 6 pages - Psychology
Gender roles shape how a person interacts with other members of their society. Young children learn gender roles from many sources, and are strongly influenced by their parents and family, peers, media presentations and daily interaction with other individuals. Gender becomes a critical component...