International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Employee Turnover in the Hospitality Industry Using Herzberg's Two-Factor Motivation-Hygiene Theory - Bettye L. Holston-Okae and Richard Mushi (2018) - The Impact of Motivation on Employee Turnover in the Hotel Industry
Text commentary - 3 pages - Micro-economy, job-unemployment
Employee turnover in the hospitality sector is one of the issues influencing the organization's effectiveness and ensuring financial stability. However, the importance of motivation compared to other determinants regarding team member retention becomes more pronounced. A driven workforce...
An overview of Kinetic Engineering Ltd & the Indian two wheeler industry
Case study - 28 pages - Business strategy
The Britannica Encyclopedia describes a motorcycle as a bicycle or tricycle propelled by an internal-combustion engine (or, less often, by an electric engine). The motors on mini bikes, scooters, and mopeds, or motorized velocipedes, are usually air-cooled and range from 25 to 250 cubic cm (1.5...
Engineering fundamentals and problem solving
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Engineering Consultancy- My desire and goal is to acquire specialized knowledge in mechanical Engineering through research and further education, the knowledge will enable me to give engineering advice or provide services in the field. I take this as a possible career path...
Opportunities and Limitations in targeting the Grey Segment: Example of the French Tourist Industry
Dissertation - 40 pages - Theories and economic notions
Purpose - To improve the knowledge base concerning the growing senior population. Objectives - Assess the potentiality of the senior tourism market in France, by understanding their behavior and expectations. We also tried to analyze the attitudes of seniors towards advertising and Internet....
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...
Analysis of the funds and cash flow in the electronics industry in India
Thesis - 26 pages - Finance
Electronics with its wide and varied applications have attained the status of an all pervasive industry today. The world electronics scene has undergone profound and breathe taking changes, it has penetrated every field in consumer and capital goods. From fan regulators to airplane...
An introduction to the hotel industry: An investigation of the departments
Thesis - 36 pages - Business strategy
To most people, the hospitality industry consists only of hotels and restaurants. However, the Oxford English Dictionary defines hospitality as the 'reception and entertainment of guests, visitors or strangers with liberality and goodwill'. Therefore, the hospitality...
Entrepreneurship and the Indian retail industry
Thesis - 26 pages - Business strategy
In India the retail industry is large, and it will continue to grow. The industry has a huge appetite for investments and is already seeing a lot of action on that front. A large number of global retailers are eyeing to get a share of the Indian retail pie. This report aims to aid...
A study on export performance, challenges and prospects of IT industry in India
Tutorials/exercises - 32 pages - Economy general
My dissertation titled “A study on Export Performance, Challenges and Prospects of Information Technology Industry in India” mainly deals with exporting performance Information Technology industry in India. It also deals with various problems faced by the IT...
The moral issues of gene therapy and genetic engineering
Thesis - 5 pages - Medical studies
The purpose of this essay is to thoroughly discuss the principles as well as the advantages versus the moral issues of gene therapy and genetic engineering. Multiple aspects of biotechnology centered on the topic of gene therapy will be analyzed and elaborated on. Particularly, gene...
Chocolate industry in India
Dissertation - 49 pages - Business strategy
Chocolates began during the times of the Mayas and the Aztecs when they beat cocoa into a pulp and made bitter frothy chocolate out of it. They first became popular in Europe in a highly unrefined form. Then the Hershey Food Company was the first to bring out chocolates in the currently popular...
Engineering culture: Fact or fiction?
Thesis - 4 pages - Management
In order to effectively manage an engineering organization, one must first fully understand its culture. To get an inside view of engineering cultures, we interviewed members of engineering organizations, Apple Inc., Engineers Without Borders, and Gerecht Lab. The effects of...
Native American identities and adaptations: Identity vs. adaptation: Manoomin and the biotech industry
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In the migration story of the Anishinaabeg, prophets told the tribe to follow a shell in the sky from near the Pacific Ocean to a land “where the food grows on the water [LaDuke 2007].” There, the Anishinaabeg, named Ojibwe or Chippewa by whites, found manoomin, which the whites named...
An overview of the organic semiconductor industry
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
In the late 1970s, three researchers published a groundbreaking paper on the discovery that certain classes of plastics were capable of being modified to enable them to function as a poorly conducting metal. So groundbreaking and significant was the discovery that in 2000 the Nobel Prize for...
Post-Doctoral proposal Possible strategies to improve network asset management within the electricity distribution industry
Essay - 7 pages - Computer science
This Post-doctoral proposal suggests further work that could be done in the future and offers some personal comments, based on the research done, on possible strategies to improve network asset management within the electricity distribution industry. It is hoped that this granted study...
Impact of loyalty programs on consumer purchase behavior in the UK food retail industry
Essay - 6 pages - Services marketing
According to Huddlestone (2004), to survive in today's competitive food market, food retailers must develop and maintain a loyal customer base. This study explores the impact of loyalty programs on the customer purchasing behavior in the United Kingdom food retail industry. It will...
Petroleum industry and modelling under uncertainty
Essay - 6 pages - Mathematics
In the current paper, we present how the proposed Monte Carlo simulation algorithm can be used in the context of production optimization in the oil and gas industry. Petroleum refining begins with the distillation, or fractionation, of crude oils into separate hydrocarbon groups. The...
Polythene industry of Europe
Essay - 38 pages - Business strategy
Polythene is one of the most widely used materials today. It has permeated practically every aspect and walk of life. From the positive to the negative its always there, the positive being some of the products made from it that uphold essential functions in various industries and the negative...
Indian pharmaceutical industry
Market study - 9 pages - Business strategy
The Indian Pharmaceuticals sector has come a long way, being almost non-existent during 1970, to a prominent provider of health care products, meeting almost 95% of country's pharmaceutical needs. London research company Global Insight estimates that India's share of the global generics market...
Compromises related to an aircraft design and manufacturing project - Boeing
Case study - 1 pages - Management
Companies must consider associated trade-offs when designing and manufacturing aircraft, including; cost, time, and quality. For a company, it is essential to consider trade-offs, as it is usually not possible to optimize all three at the same time. In other words, prioritizing one or two factors...
The impact of Foreign Direct Investment on the retail industry in India
Dissertation - 102 pages - Finance
Retailing is the largest private industry in India and second largest employer after agriculture. Retailers not only provide consumers with a wide variety of products, but also a wide range of complementary services such as assurance of products delivery which can lead to more informed...
The mobile phone industry focusing on innovations
Market study - 11 pages - ICT marketing
Since the launch of public cellular mobile communication in late 1970s the mobile phone industry has shown radical changes and an increasing structural complexity creating new opportunities and new challenges both for infrastructure and service providers and for costumers. In the beginning...
Global business context, car industry
Sectorial analysis - 6 pages - Management
The car industry has witnessed major changes over the years, thanks to the growing number of external forces that changed the decades-old practices of manufacturing. This paper analyses the important forces in the last two decades that have had a major impact on the car manufacturing...
Pharmaceutical industry analysis and merck's strategic assessement
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
The pharmaceutical industry is characterized by a harsh competition between large companies, biotech start-ups and generics, long and risky R&D processes, increasing government regulations and strong purchaser pressures. Merck & Co Inc. is one of the biggest players in this...
Neuromarketing: is looking into the consumer's brain morally justifiable?
Essay - 11 pages - Marketing theories
In 2004, a study conducted at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, demonstrated that certain brand attributes and messages can shape personal preferences through their effect on the human brain. Using the famous Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi rivalry as a basis for their research, they scanned...
Evolution of success in the Japanese automotive industry
Essay - 8 pages - Management
“The work of helping Toyota grow and of helping Toyota's people realize their ambitions has for me been a kind of mission. Yet I also realize that a corporation is just one part of society, that Japan is just one society in the world, and that the pursuit of only Toyota's interests would be...
Learning and improvement approach in traditional construction management models
Text commentary - 2 pages - Management
The documents studied in this paper can be provided on request. Both articles analysed in this paper are linked to the engineering manufacturing area, particularly in construction, and more specifically to the acknowledgment that there is a lack of learning and improvement approach in...
An overview of the Indian four wheeler industry in relevance to Maruti Udyog limited (MUL)
Thesis - 14 pages - Business strategy
The automobile revolutionary era in India started with the commencement of foreign collaborated establishments like Maruti Suzuki, Daewoo, Ford, Opel, Hyundai, etc. the old concept of Fiat and Ambassador which prevailed in India for about half a century is now virtually wiped off. The revolution...
Global business context, car industry - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 6 pages - Management
The car industry has witnessed major changes over the years, thanks to the growing number of external forces that changed the decades-old practices of manufacturing. This paper analyses the important forces in the last two decades that have had a major impact on the car manufacturing...
Pharmaceutical industry analysis and merck's strategic assessement - publié le 29/09/2010
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
The pharmaceutical industry is characterized by a harsh competition between large companies, biotech start-ups and generics, long and risky R&D processes, increasing government regulations and strong purchaser pressures. Merck & Co Inc. is one of the biggest players in this...
