List and describe five impediments to local participation in tourism planning.
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Prepare a comprehensive and thumbnail brief of each of the following opinions:
United States v. Kovel
Brown v. Hammond
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What are the differences between entrepreneurial, intrapreneurial and formulated marketing? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? Explain how having strong competitors can benefit a company.
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Which of the following statements is/are TRUE about a Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)?
Group of answer choices
Federal law requires the franchisor to give a potential franchisee an FDD.
The purpose of the FDD is to guarantee that the franchisor’s business model is sound.
A franchisee can bring suit under federal law against a franchisor who has failed to provide an FDD prior to purchase of the franchise.
A and B only
A, B and C
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list and briefly describe the 5 major promotion mix tools
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Consider the following terms from chapter 7, 8 and 9. Select three of the items and briefly describe in your terms and give a practical example:
1. Service Bluepring
2. Poka Yoke
3. Yield Management
4. Time Fence
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why half of the decisions made within organizations fail?
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In the (very common) case where you as a leader cannot affect the right organizational levers to meet your employee’s motivational drivers, how do you best convey that to your employee without looking like you’re hiding behind the organization’s policies?
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Given the following information concerning jobs awaiting processing at a single work center, what is the processing sequence using the critical ratio (CR) rule?
| JOB | Processing time at this operation
(hrs) at this operation (hrs.) |
Processing time remaining at other operations (hrs.) |
Final due date ( hrs.) |
| D | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| A | 8 | 6 | 38 |
| O | 6 | 10 | 24 |
| I | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| N | 5 | 14 | 32 |
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Much has been said about the concept of “continuous improvement” and TQM. Please answer the following sub-questions:
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1) An incentive plan employing a kicker is in use. Below standard performance the worker is guaranteed a rate of $6 per hour and above standard performance the worker is paid $9.20 per hour. A job is studied and a rate of 0.036 hours per piece is set. What is the direct labor cost per piece at the following efficiencies?
a. 50 percent?
b. 80 percent?
c. 98 percent?
d. 105 percent?
e. 150 percent?
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What is the difference between minimum total cost and short-range profit maximization policies in system design?
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In that regard, you have been asked to join in as a consultant for a company with global divisions in Brazil and Russia. Based on cultural differences in those countries, assess two cyber security threats and offer two strategic recommendations on how to defend against the threats.
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