...Our Airline WestJet Airline was founded in 1996 by Clive Beddoe and a team of people with the same thinking. WestJet airlines were started with the philosophy that just because you pay less doesn’t mean you should get less. Clive Beddoe and team started their journey with three aircraft fly to five destinations and 220 friendly WestJetters — a journey that would help them become a company of more than 8,800 passionate WestJetters flying one of the youngest fleets of Boeing 737 Next-Generation aircraft to more than 80 destinations in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. Culture “Owners Care” is what WestJet Airlines says in their ads. WestJet entire corporate culture has been built around caring for their customers, by providing a great customer service experience. This resulted them to claim top spot in Waterstones' study of Canada's 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures for four years, WestJet was inducted into its Hall of Fame in 2010. In 2011 WestJet was designated as a J.D. Power Customer Service Champion (one of two companies in Canada and the only airline to make the list), ranked 3rd in Aon Hewitt's best employers in Canada and was chosen as the Canadian airline with the best flight attendants by flightnetwork.com. On top of this WestJet was chosen as Canada's preferred airline. mission To enrich the lives of everyone in WestJet's world by providing safe, friendly and affordable air travel. vision By 2016, WestJet will be one of the five most successful...
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...The Central Problem of Economics Needs and Wants Needs are the things we can’t survive without. They are necessities of life e.g. food, clothing, shelter, water, basic wealth and basic education. Wants are the things we desire to have or own but we can survive without them e.g. cell phones, TVs, oars, radios, entertainment etc. Our want are unlimited and we never seem to be satisfied with what we have. It is people’s wants rather than their needs we provide the motive for economic activity. The economic resources that are available to satisfy our wants are limited. These resources are called factors of production which are : Land (Natural Resources) Land refer to natural resources over which people have power of disposal and of which may be used to yield income/money e.g. farming and building land, forests, mineral deposits, air, seas, oceans, vegetation, fisheries. The reward for land is rent. Labour Labour is human effort – physical or mental which is directed to the product of goods and services. Reward for labour is wages/salary. Capital Is money and all man-made assets used in the production of goods and services e.g. money, machinery, factories, delivery vans etc. Reward for capital is interest. Enterprise Land, labour and capital on their own will not produce anything. There must be a person or people who will organise the 3 factors of production so that production can take place. Whoever takes these decisions and consequent risks is known as the entrepreneur...
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...MNGT 370 Michael Pienkowski WestJet Case Analysis 6/9/2015 WestJet Case Analysis WestJet Airlines is a fairly new airline based out of Canada that started out small, but soon distinguished itself from other airlines by the way that they operated. Starting in 1994, they quickly found their niche market as a discount airliner by only flying to certain areas of Canada. Clive Beddoe, a founder of WestJet, discovered a demand for short distance flights to certain parts of Canada that many larger airlines were not willing to offer since short distance flights were not cost effective for them. WestJet grew slowly and developed their own style of operation that included a lack of a union as well as a “Fun” corporate structure. Their employees were also some of the highest paid workers in their fields. These are the just some of the reasons why WestJet believes that they are so successful. The problem in the WestJet case is that the reasons that allowed them to thrive and become so successful in the past, might be the same reason that their growth will slow down in the future. Their culture of being “fun” and success in their niche market has allowed them to grow into a larger airline that is very effective...
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...ESTORE AT SHELL CANADA LIMITED Questions for discussion Analyze the case state facts of the case, identify issues, look at alternative solutions and recommend a solution or a set of solutions. Give rationale for solutions. Some issues you may want to consider: How to proceed with eSTore in order to align this initiative with business objectives? How to cost effectively address the needs of the agricultural segment using information technology as increasingly become price sensitive? How to cost effectively address (using information technology) the growing “transactor” class of customer that is dominating many segments of Shell’s fuels and lubricants division. 1. Why do you think Shell Canada is experiencing low use of its eStore? 2. Shell determined that simply measuring the number of accounts created or the number of log-ins was an inadequate measure of success of the system. How would you assess the success or failure of this system? What data would you draw upon? 3. What are some of the unique challenges faced by large organizations when embarking on innovative technology – based projects? What did Shell do to address these challenges? What else could Shell have done? 4. What differences are evidenced in the case between the development and deployment of customer facing applications versus employee facing applications? How did the type of application affect the use of eStore? 5. In the context of the experience at...
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...Anatolia – An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research 1. Introduction *Email: lee.chew-ging@nottingham.edu.my ISSN 1303-2917 print/ISSN 2156-6909 online q 2012 Taylor & Francis http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2012.701596 http://www.tandfonline.com Anatolia – An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research 349 350 C.G. Lee Anatolia – An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research 351 352 C.G. Lee Table 1. The results of ADF and KPSS tests. Variable Level EX IM GDP TOU *,** and *** Statistically significant at the 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively. t-Statistic and LM-statistic are reported for ADF and KPSS tests, respectively. The brackets beside t-statistic indicate the number of lagged first differences of ADF selected based on the Schwarz information criterion. The brackets beside LM-statistic indicate the choice of bandwidth parameter in the Bartlett-kernel-based sum-ofcovariances estimator selected based on Newey –West data-based automatic bandwidth parameter methods. suggest that TOU is stationary at level but non-stationary at first difference. This type of property is impossible to occur. The results of KPSS test suggest that TOU is stationary at level and first difference. Therefore, it is concluded that TOU is stationary. To investigate for a cointegrating relationship between these variables, the bounds test within the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) framework and...
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...“The New Literacy” is an article by Clive Thompson addressing people’s concerns about technology affecting the younger generations’ ability to write. The author used several different rhetorical strategies, such as statistics, credible sources and definitions in an attempt to persuade those who are skeptical about technology improving students writing. (thesis?) The first strategy that Thompson used was quoting a credible source, and in this case that source is Andrea Lunsford. “Lunsford is a professor of writing and rhetoric at Stanford University,” wrote Thompson, “Where she has organized a mammoth project called The Stanford Study of Writing to scrutinize college students’ prose.” This citation from the report shows that there is actual research going into whether or not technology does more good than harm in students writing, as well as showing that the author did his research on this topic....
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...Kenny G signed with Arista Records as a solo artist in 1982, after label president Clive Davis heard his rendition of ABBA's "Dancing Queen".[10] He has released many solo albums and collaborated with various artists including Andrea Bocelli, Whitney Houston,[12] Peabo Bryson, Aaron Neville, Toni Braxton, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince,[13] Natalie Cole,[14] Steve Miller,[15] Weezer, Dudley Moore, Lee Ritenour, The Rippingtons, Michael Bolton, Celine Dion, Frank Sinatra, Smokey Robinson, Bebel Gilberto, George Benson, Chante Moore and Aretha Franklin.[12] Influenced by the likes of saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr.,[8] his own albums are usually classified as smooth jazz. He received success quite early on, with both G Force and Gravity, his second and third studio albums respectively, achieving platinum status in the United States. These sales were topped by his fourth studio album, Duotones, which sold over 5 million copies in the U.S. alone. His sixth studio album, Breathless, became the number one best selling instrumental album ever, with over 15 million copies sold, of which 12 million were in the U.S. He broke another record when his first holiday album, Miracles, sold over 13 million copies, making it the most successful Christmas album to date.[11]...
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...Meritocracy is the holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability. Pablo Picasso once stated, “Action is the foundational key of to all success.” In other words, he was explaining that meritocratic actions lead to success. Clive Crook, the author of the article “A Matter of Degrees,” used his writing to discuss various arguments about education. He constructed a brief case relating to the correlation between family finances and the ability for this generation of students to attend college affordably (Crook 28). I strongly disagree with Crook’s beliefs about the United States and its declining meritocracy. While concluding an argument about whether or not the percentage of students attending college immediately out of...
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...Windows Is Shutting Down It seems technology advances more and more everyday, things that once were used daily are now a dusty relic in your grandparents attic. Computers have revolutionized the way we write, communicate and solve problems. The poem “Windows is shutting down” by Clive James, shows us a glimpse of a world that has completely abandoned grammar because computers do it for us now. The central purpose seems to revolve around the idea that if we aren't careful in our efforts to preserve english, we might but all forget it entirely because machines will do it for us. Windows is shutting down says a lot about the direction our society is moving and how at its most medial level is dangerous to humanity and the way we communicate. As a society we're starting to rely more and more on technology and more specifically computers, to help us write. While writing we must follow proper etiquette to help the reader understand what we're trying to get across. The author notes the transition between the days of hand printing and now with electronic writing by saying “Windows is shutting down, and grammar are on their last leg” (1). This quote specifically illustrates a unique element...
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...By the early 18th century, the British East India Company had a strong presence in India with the three main stations of Fort St. George in Madras, Fort William in Calcutta and Bombay Castle in western India. These stations were independent presidencies governed by a President and a Council, appointed by the Court of Directors in England. The British adopted a policy of allying themselves with various princes and Nawabs, promising security against usurpers and rebels. The Nawabs often gave them concessions in return for the security. By then, all rivalry had ceased between the British East India Company and the Dutch or Portuguese. The French had also established an East India Company under Louis XIV and had two important stations in India – Chandernagar in Bengal and Pondicherry on the Carnatic coast, both governed by the presidency of Pondicherry. The French were a late comer in India trade, but they quickly established themselves in India and were poised to overtake Britain for control.[2][3] The Carnatic Wars The War of the Austrian Succession marked the beginning of the power struggle between Britain and France and of European military ascendancy and political intervention in the Indian subcontinent. In September 1746, Mahé de La Bourdonnais landed off Madras with a naval squadron and laid siege to the port city. The defences of Madras were weak and the garrison sustained a bombardment of three days before surrendering. The terms of the surrender agreed by Bourdonnais provided...
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...The Man without a Memory Psych/575 January 27, 2013 The Man without a Memory Remembering is what a person understands; understanding is only what the person pay’s attention to, and individuals only pay attention to what they want to (Keeley, 1997). Memory brings so much to our lives; whether it's’ contributions are positive or negative. Our memories write, underwrite, and re-tell our lives’ journeys. But what happens when this very luxury or curse is robbed from us? What happens when what is recalled and remembered is chosen for us? After viewing Clive’s story in ‘The Man Without A Memory,’ we are reminded not to take the things we remember, choose to remember, and choose to forget for granted. Within this paper, the relationship between learning something and remembering it is described. The specific area of Clive’s brain that was damaged is revealed; Clive’s loss of memory for most things except his memory for his wife and the piano are explained. Memories we would miss the most are described, and how emotions are linked to memories are examined. Relationship between Learning and Remembering To explain the relationship between learning and remembering, I would start with learning information such as preparing for a test. The student can remember the material for the test, but does not retain the information after the test to remember the knowledge. If the student learns the information for the test, but then retains the material, the student will remember what...
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...authorized in order to carry out the representation. Here, the lawyer showed Sandy one of Clive’s scores, and asked her opinion of its musical quality, without Clive’s informed consent. This disclosure to Sandy is not in furtherance of carrying out the lawyers’ representation of Clive, but instead it is for the layer’s own benefit. This is a violation of attorney client privilege between Clive and his lawyer, which could a disadvantage against...
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...sympathize with the other characters that give him his sense of humanity. However, in Vincenzo Natali’s Splice (2009), the victory does not lie with the most human characters, but rather with the dehumanizing corporation, which threatens to recreate all of humanity in its likeness. Natali argues that the creation of Dren (Delphine Chanéac) represents the future of humanity in the sense that humans are becoming creatures with equal parts human and technological – a shift that threatens to change society’s perception of what is “human”. Splice is in many ways a modern retelling of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus – a point highlighted by Natali’s choice to name the protagonists Clive and Elsa; a direct homage to the stars of James Whale’s The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Colin Clive and Elsa Lanchester. In the...
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...A Man Without a Memory There is a relationship between learning something and remember it. Clive Wearing do not have this relationship because he suffered a serious infection called encephalitis causing him severe brain damage in several regions of his brain and totally destroyed the hippocampus, which important role is memory formation. In the video “A Man Without a Memory-Clive Wearing”, it talks about how his life and family was affected by him not remembering. This paper will let readers know what specific region of Clive’s brain was damaged which resulted in this memory loss and will also explain how his loss of memory for most things despite his lasting memory for the piano and his wife. This paper will also gives our personal opinion on if we were Clive, what memories would we miss the most and explain how emotions links to memories while given examples to support our answer. Relationship between Learning Something and Remembering It To define the relationship between learning something and remembering it, you must first determine what learning is. Learning is acquiring, constructing, or developing new knowledge or skills. In Bloom's taxonomy of learning, the cognitive domain consists of knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation (Terry, 2009). With this being said, knowledge (to know something) is to be able to recall the information. Comprehension is to understand the meaning of something. Application is being able to use a concept...
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...Management and Technology 18 August 2015 I have an issue with Director Breck Eisner’s adaptation of Clive Cussler’s book Sahara. In most of Clive Cussler’s books, the opening of the book sets up the story later on, the beginning story is usually a major part of the plot development. Those who have read his books understand this omission, it was largely left out and replaced with the director’s backstory. In the original movie the story of Kitty Mannock, a pilot who crashes into the desert during a record attempt in 1931 sets up the book, and later in the book when two of the characters come upon the crash, it makes sense, in the movie however they just find the plane, use the plane and the story is never told, something those who like Clive Cussler’s books enjoy immensely. Overall, I enjoyed both the movie and the book, though there were issues those who are Clive Cussler fans would catch right away, it was exciting to see one of the books come to life on the big screen. I have been a Clive Cussler fan for years, though this will probably be the only one to become a movie I was not completely disappointed. I enjoyed the movie, plenty of excitement, plot changes, drama, civil war history references and a little morality thrown in the plot. Being a little critical as a Clive Cussler fan, I saw things in the movie others might not, things I know the main character would or would not do, but overall it was a decent adaptation...
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