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Horizon House Restaurant, International Airport, Houston, Texas, Houston International Airport

Airline Menus

No abstract provided.

Breakfast Menu, Colonial Line, Colonial Line

Cruise Ship & Shipping Line Menus

Club breakfast and breakfast a la Carte. Cruise is between New York and New England. Date of cruise unknown.

T.S.S. Richelieu, Canada Steamship Lines, Saturday Dinner, Canada Steamship Lines

Cruise Ship & Shipping Line Menus

Farewell "Au Revoir" dinner. Exact date unknown. C.A. Bodinsuck, Captain. George Bourret, Chief Engineer. B.L. Johnston, Purser. C.E. Hanson, Chief Steward. Menu is in English and French.

Menu Aboard The Yankee Flagships Arrow Comet And Meteor, Colonial Line, Colonial Line

Cruise Ship & Shipping Line Menus

Dinner and A La Carte Menu. Date of cruise unknown.

Applying Lean Six Sigma At Nordson Efd, Kristen Harvey

Honors Theses - Providence Campus

Lean Six Sigma (LSS) gives a company a competitive advantage over its competitors. On average, LSS cuts down on unwanted waste and cost by 25% ("What Is Lean Six Sigma?"). Additionally, LSS allows businesses to move beyond fixing defects or perfecting their processes to focus on the quality of their products. It also fosters a continuous improvement culture within companies’ operations and administrative offices. LSS is a proven methodology used to reduce all types of waste in businesses. Although lean six sigma started in the manufacturing industry, it has been adapted for use across all industries, public and private ("Six …

Indian Millennials: Are Microchip Implants A More Secure Technology For Identification And Access Control?, Christine Perakslis, Katina Michael

Technology

No abstract provided.

Corporate Social Responsibility: Fallacies And Flaws, Christina Blundin

MBA Student Scholarship

Over time, the ideals of business and society have become discordant from one another. When exactly this occurred is not as important as the effects it has had. When society began asking more from business, it voiced its concerns over companies solely existing to create profits, as well as their lack of responsibility to society. Consequently, businesses were coerced into performing acts of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and philanthropy, to justify the profits they receive. However, in the pursuit of CSR, both business and society got short changed. They misconstrued the tenants of CSR. Each thought that it was the …

Using Skype As An Academic Tool: Lessons Learned, Martin Sivula

Technology

Several years ago I witnessed a graduate student speaking to person on his laptop screen. I asked, “who are you talking to?” He said to his wife in Turkey. I asked what software are you using? He said Skype, and it is free. Thus began my entry into the world of Skype. At first chance I downloaded Skype onto my personal computer. Since that time I have used Skype as a communication and instructional tool for academic purposes. Skype software allows communication (audio, video, and text) between and among various electronic devices (computers, mobile phones, smartphones, I pods, etc.) over …

Experiential Education And The Work Environment Abroad: Student Work Abroad Program, Mark Goudreau, Paul Zwolenski, Frank Duchala

College of Business Faculty Publications and Research

Johnson & Wales University College of Business provides students with curricula that incorporate both industry experience and classroom learning. One example of this complementary approach, known as the SWAP program, is predicated on the idea that students who participate in experiential learning activities develop an increased knowledge and understanding of organizational function, professional networking, management and leadership responsibilities, organizational and professional performance expectations and initiatives, and the ability to examine and analyze classroom learning in a real, not simulated, business environment.

Improving Business Performance Through Effectively Managing Employees, Ross E.L. Poquette

Academic Symposium of Undergraduate Scholarship

Businesses in today’s highly competitive environment need to be aware of the best methods for motivating, training, developing, and promoting a diverse environment in an organization. These methods will be examined in order to gain an understanding of what works well and how the ideal organization implements the methods.

The more motivated an employee is, the better he or she will perform. Therefore, it is essential for management to continuously motivate its workforce. Training and development also play an important role in overall performance. The more an employee is trained, the better he or she can complete tasks. Development decreases …

Red Lion Hotel Corporation, Yin-Chia Shao

MBA Student Scholarship

This paper is a strategy executing research project of Red Lion Hotels Corporation. The research content includes the nature of the business, environmental analysis, strategy position within the industry, competitive advantage, strategic history, evaluate strategy and a conclusion. The company grew from a focused differentiation strategy to a broad differentiation diversification. Examining the business environment analysis, the external environment has a moderately strong impact on the company and the internal environment has a moderately weak position. The inferior position is a disadvantage to the Red Lion Hotel Corporation's growth. In addition, compared the company with Choice International Hotels, Inc and …

A Study Of Outcomes-Oriented Student Reflection During Internship: The Integrated, Coordinated, And Reflection Based Model Of Learning And Experiential Education, James E. Griffin Jr, Gregory F. Lorenz, David Mitchell

University Office Publications

Student reflection in experiential education is recognized as a valuable tool in learning and development (Moon, 2006). InCoRe, an acronym for integration, coordination and reflection, is a model for reflective teaching and learning intended to encourage student reflection prior to, during, and after an internship experience. InCoRe operates through the strategic integration of experiential education within a program of study, the coordination of student advising between faculty and the administrators and staff members who manage and support experiential education and student-based reflection oriented toward fulfillment of student learning outcomes. The model employs several theoretical constructs including a derivative of Bruner’s …

Carnival Corporation & Plc, Ye Zhou

MBA Student Scholarship

Carnival Corporation & plc is a global cruise company and one of the largest vacation companies in the world. This paper researches the company by analyzing environmental factors, strategic position within the cruise industry and competitive advantages. After reviewing company's strategic history, this paper evaluates the effectiveness of the company's present strategies (Carnival Corporation and PLC, 2010b).

An Investigation Of A Methodology To Assess District Performance, Peter Simpson, Robert K. Gable, Stacey L. Kite

School Finance and Student Achievement

This study investigates a resource-based methodology to assess district performance as an indicator of student achievement on standardized assessments. The problem that this investigation addresses is that performance measurement and the associated decision-making is indeterminate. There is a lack of empirical research that relates decision-making about resource utilization to performance.

The study utilizes structuralism to assess the relationship between the independent variable of resource utilization and the dependent variable performance. Complex Adaptive System theory is used as a framework for Concept Mapping methodology. The study is grounded in theories from Complex Adaptive Systems and Microeconomics that state that performance is …

Utilization Of Robotics In Higher Education, John Drew, Michael Esposito, Dr. Christine Perakslis

Technology

The use of technology in the classroom has evolved from the most primitive to the widespread use of personal computers. One of the trends in technological advancements to enter the classroom is the use of robotics. The relationship between robotics and education spans many years. This paper details Papert’s Constructionism theory defining learning as being more effective when students are “constructing” or “doing” activities that are personally meaningful. Research includes assessment of experiences of this method of teaching Information Technology through robotics at such institutions as West Point, Reykjavik University and University of South Florida. Based on the experiences reported …

Sampling Concepts, Paul Boyd, Ph.D.

MBA Faculty Conference Papers & Journal Articles

The usefulness of any research is dependent upon how well the group studied represents the group about which decisions are to be made or conclusions drawn. That is, it depends upon how well the sample reflects relevant characteristics of the population. When it is possible to study every member of that group there is no problem, for on these occasions we can easily calculate the exact attribute (parameter) of interest for our population.

For example, if we were interested in determining the average number of gallons of gasoline sold to customers at our service station yesterday, we …

Pay Dirt! San Francisco: The Romance Of A Great City, Vigilante Publications, 1949, Maury B. Campbell, Ed.

Commemorative Menus

No abstract provided.

The Military Order Of The World Wars, New York Chapter, Waldorf Astoria, 1946, The Military Order Of The World Wars

Commemorative Menus

Seating arrangement booklet included.

Haarlem Philharmonic Society Of The City Of New York, Golden Anniversary Breakfast, Waldorf Astoria, 1941, Haarlem Philharmonic Society Of The City Of New York

Commemorative Menus

No abstract provided.

The Ice Terrace, Hotel New Yorker, New York World's Fair, 1939 (Marine Transportation Building), Hotel New Yorker

Commemorative Menus

This is one of six menus in this collection from the New York World's Fair, 1939.

Manhattan Room, Hotel New Yorker, New York World's Fair, 1939 (The Railroad Building), Hotel New Yorker

Commemorative Menus

This is one of six menus in this collection from the New York World's Fair, 1939.

Manhattan Room, Hotel New Yorker, New York World's Fair, 1939 (Aviation Building), Hotel New Yorker

Commemorative Menus

This is one of six menus in this collection from the New York World's Fair, 1939.

Manhattan Room, Hotel New Yorker, New York World's Fair, 1939 (Constitution Mall), Hotel New Yorker

Commemorative Menus

This is one of six menus in this collection from the New York World's Fair, 1939.

Great White Fleet, United Fruit Company Passenger Service, Tropical Dinner On Board The T.E.S. Talamanca, April 3, 1940, United Fruit Company

Cruise Ship & Shipping Line Menus

No abstract provided.

Great White Fleet, United Fruit Company, T.E.S. Talamanca, Dinner Menu, March 29, 1940, United Fruit Company

Cruise Ship & Shipping Line Menus

No abstract provided.

Great White Fleet, United Fruit Company Steamship Service, T.E.S. Talamanca, Dinner Menu, March 27, 1940, United Fruit Company

Cruise Ship & Shipping Line Menus

No abstract provided.

Great White Fleet, United Fruit Company, Get Together Dinner On Board The T.E.S. Talamanca, March 23, 1940, United Fruit Company

Cruise Ship & Shipping Line Menus

No abstract provided.

The British Pavilion, The British Buttery And Restaurant, New York World's Fair, 1939, The British Pavilion

Commemorative Menus

This is one of six menus in this collection from the New York World's Fair, 1939.

Railroad Exhibtion Building, New York World's Fair, 1939, Railroad Exhibition Building

Commemorative Menus

This is one of six menus in this collection from the New York World's Fair, 1939.

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, French Line, Gala Dinner, May 16, 1939, French Line

Cruise Ship & Shipping Line Menus

No abstract provided.