...Wed 27 March 2013 * 17.40 - Arrive to Heathrow Airport Terminal4 (H.T 4> Green Park (Piccadilly line: Navy blue) > Canary Wharf (Jubilee line: Grey)) * 18.40 – London and Check-in * 19.00 – Dinner * 21.00 – Go to Big Ben and London eye (Canary Wharf > Westminster (Jubilee line: Grey – Total 19mins)) * 22.00 – Arrive to hotel Thu 28 March 2013 * 8.00 – Out from the hotel (Take time around 40 mins to King Cross) (Canary Wharf > London Bridge (Jubilee line: Grey) > King Cross (Northern line: Black – Total 40mins)) * 9.00 – Arrive to London King Cross Station * 9.15 – Heading to Cambridge * 10.03 – Arrive * 10.10 – Punting at Cambridge * 12.00 – Having Lunch * 13.00 – Walk around University of Cambridge * 15.50 – Go to train station * 16.15 – Go back to London King Cross Station * 17.06 – Arrive to London King Cross * 17.10 – Take a photo at King Cross 9 ¾ Station * 18.30 – Dinner at Assa (Soho) (Tube => Tottenham Court Road) * 20.00 – Dessert at MAGNUM CAFE (Tube => Shepherd’s Bush (Central line: Red)) * 22.00 – Arrive to hotel (Shepherd’s Bush > Bond Street (Red) > Canary Wharf (Grey)) Fri 29 March 2013 * 9.45 – Out from hotel * 10.30 –Walk around Buckingham Palace (Optional: St’ James’s Palace) (Tube => Canary Wharf > Westminster (Grey) > Victoria station (Green/Yellow) - Total 28mins) * 11.15 - Looking the Queen’ Guard at Buckingham Palace ...
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...1. Introduction The report consists of reflective statement of my personal skills and qualities, identified and included in the CV. Based on SWOT analysis of my skill base in relation to the responsibilities of the job role targeted; the report aims to draw valid conclusions of the suitability for job role. 2. Company and job role targeted I am aiming to get a placement as Buyer’s Admin Assistant with ASOS.com as it is a fastest growing global online fashion and beauty retailer, offering over 50,000 branded and own label product lines across womenswear, menswear, footwear, accessories, jewellery and beauty; constantly striving to drive business forward and be at the cutting edge of fashion, life and talent. The role encompasses both creative and analytical and commercial aspects, as The mission statement of the company is to ‘lead the fashion revolution’, company’s culture values : constant growth, improvement and development; strong collaboration between team, makes Asos the perfect employer for me as I have strong professional interest in Fashion, which keeps me constantly motivated and eager to learn. Asos contributes greatly to investing in employee’s development, persistently pushing personal limits, giving access to training courses and development days. ASOS has websites targeting the UK, USA, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Australia and also ships to over 190 other countries from its central distribution centre in the UK. After getting experience...
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...BOWEN op yo CARIN-ISABEL KNOOP Four Seasons Goes to Paris: “53 Properties, 24 Countries, 1 Philosophy” Europe is different from North America, and Paris is very different. I did not say difficult. I said different. — A senior Four Seasons manager In 2002, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts was arguably the world’s leading operator of luxury hotels, managing 53 properties in 24 countries and delivering what observers called “consistently exceptional service.” For Four Seasons, that meant providing high-quality, truly personalized service to enable guests to maximize the value of their time, however the guest defined doing so. No tC In 1999, Four Seasons opened the Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris (hereafter, “F. S. George V”), its first French property, by renovating and operating the Hotel George V, a historic Parisian landmark. Doing so was, according to John Young, executive vice president, human resources, “one of our great challenges and triumphs.” Young mused on what Four Seasons had learned from opening a hotel in France, wondering what lessons would be applicable to other openings given the firm’s growth plans, which suggested that new opportunities would be largely outside North America. (Exhibit 1 illustrates property locations in 2002.) Performance Do Four Seasons generally operated (as opposed to owned) midsized luxury hotels and resorts. From 1996 through 2000 (inclusive), Four Seasons revenues increased at a compound rate of...
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...MODULE 1 MODERN REALIA OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (UK) GEOGRAPHY OF THE UK UK is an abbreviation of “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland” (which is the political name of the country). The country is made up of four constituent parts – England, Scotland, Wales (Cymru in Welsh) and Northern Ireland (sometimes known as Ulster)∗. 1. Geographical position of the UK The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is situated on the British Isles – a large group of islands lying off the north-western coast of Europe and separated from the continent by the English Channel and the Strait of Dover in the south and the North Sea in the east. The British Isles consist of two large islands – Great Britain and Ireland – separated by the Irish Sea, and a lot of small islands, the main of which are the Isle of Wight in the English Channel, Anglesea and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea, the Hebrides – a group of islands off the north-western coast of Scotland, and two groups of islands lying to the north of Scotland: the Orkney Islands and the Shetland Islands**. The total area of the United Kingdom is 244 square kilometres. 2. State symbols of the UK 2.1. The flag of the UK The flag of the United Kingdom, known as the Union Jack*** is made up of three crosses. The upright red cross is the cross of St George, the patron saint of England. ...
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...Your Postgraduate Programme Learning Goals At the end of your programme of study you will have achieved the following goals: * Goal One: Be independent, reflective critical thinkers * Goal Two: Be culturally and ethically aware * Goal Three: Have developed leadership and management capability * Goal Four: Have developed and applied knowledge of international business and management theory * Goal Five: Have developed a range of research skills and project capabilities * Goal Six: (Specialist programmes only) Have developed specialist knowledge about the theory and practice of your programme of study All of the learning that takes place within modules is designed to enable you to achieve the above goals and your assessment tasks are mapped directly to these goals as outlined in each assessment brief. OUTLINE STUDY PLAN 2012/2013 | | Global Supply Chain Management MO0255 | S01 | Week | Lectures | Lecture Topic | Seminar | Recommended Reading | Directed study | 1 | Lecture 1 | Module Introduction | Making the groups of 4-5 studentsCase Study ReviewIntroduction to operation management (Operation Objectives in the Penang Mutiara Hotel) | Slack, N. (2010), sixth Edition, Chapter 2 | -Reading the TLP carefully-Reading stipulated chapters 1, 2 and 3 of the Slack, N. (2010). | | Lecture 2 | Introduction to Global Supply chain and management | | Slack, N. (2010), sixth Edition, Chapter 13 | -Evaluate the supply chain performance...
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...' Academy ol Management Executive, 2002, Vol. 16, No. 4 Four Seasons goes to Paris floger HalloweU, David Bowen, and Carin-Isabel Knoop Europe is different from North America, and Paris is very different. I did not say difficult. I said diffeient. —A senior Four Seasons manager Executive Summary Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts opened its first French property in 1999. This article presents that opening as a case study to illustrate a perspective on how a company with a strong and highly successful organizational culture might approach a new national culture when that cuhure is both distinct and intense, as is the case in France. Managers can henefit from the case by understanding this approach to organizational and national culture, which the authors believe represents a useful framework for global management. The article begins with a discussion of the linkage between corporate cuifure and competitive advantage for service organizafions. It then describes the corporate support structure and the philosophy that Four Seasons developed over two decades to support its international expansion and to manage the type of challenges its French property posed. Finally, it describes how the firm went about transforming that property into one of its crown jewels. The Linkage Between Service Culture and Competitive Advantage The enduring success of service organizations such as Southwest Airlines, The Walt Disney Company, Wal-Mart, and USAA (among others) is frequently ...
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...1.0 Context Analysis of British Airways In order to understand an organisations key market and communication drivers which will in turn influence how their brand is perceived by consumers, analysing the context of its current marketing communications instalments is essential (Fill, 2006). Fill highlights 4 key stages for context analysis: Customer, Business, Internal and External which are crucial in order to form a marketing communications plan. Context | Dimensions | The Customer -Brand Awareness, perceptions & attitudes-Segmentation criteria | British Airways is an added value airline with a leadership brand that charges a premium. They target an array of affluent citizens, consisting of predominantly ABC1’s, willing to pay extra for the ‘enhanced experiences’ that British Airways have to offer within their business – a commitment to consistently high standards of service (British Airways, 2010). The airline adheres to six main brand values: Safe and secure, Professional, Responsible, British, Warm and Thoughtful, designed to ‘refresh the brand’ as a whole as well as represent the upgraded experience offered to their customers (British Airways, 2010). British Airways target this set of customers for two reasons: high quality airline services are a popular lifestyle choice amongst these groups of people, especially those who travel often and appreciate luxurious comforts, and secondly because they have a higher disposable income so can afford to pay extra for the...
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...HMV Group plc Annual report and accounts 2010 Contents Overview 1 2 4 6 8 Introduction Strategic progress and future focus Market overview Chairman’s statement Business review The basics Inspirational brands HMV and Waterstone’s are renowned for their specialist appeal, offering the widest ranges of entertainment and books in their markets. Our stores and the people who work in them strive to be always passionate and inspirational about the products we sell, and provide great service and value for money to ensure that our customers get closer to the entertainment they love, or feel every word between the covers of a good book. We attract the most enthusiastic customers in our markets, with over 4 million loyalty card holders across both brands. Business and financial review: 18 Financial review Governance 24 Board of Directors 26 Corporate governance 30 Directors’ remuneration report 40 Corporate responsibility 46 Directors’ report 51 Independent auditor’s report to the members of HMV Group plc Financial statements 52 Consolidated income statement 54 Statements of comprehensive income 55 Balance sheets 57 Statements of changes in equity 59 Cash flow statements 60 Notes to the financial statements 103 Group financial record HMV In-store Online & digital Live HMV is evolving rapidly as an entertainment brand. Our market-leading retail businesses operate through 417 stores in the UK, Canada, Hong Kong and Singapore and transactional local territory websites...
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...500 extraordinary islands G R E E N L A N D Beaufort Sea Baffin Bay vi Da i tra sS t a nm De it Stra rk Hudson Bay Gulf of Alaska Vancouver Portland C A N A D A Calgary Winnipeg Newfoundland Quebec Minneapolis UNITED STATES San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Phoenix Dallas Ottawa Montreal ChicagoDetroitToronto Boston New York OF AMERICA Philadelphia Washington DC St. Louis Atlanta New Orleans Houston Monterrey NORTH AT L A N T I C OCEAN MEXICO Guadalajara Mexico City Gulf of Mexico Miami Havana CUBA GUATEMALA HONDURAS b e a n Sea EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA Managua BAHAMAS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JAMAICA San Juan HAITI BELIZE C a r PUERTO RICO ib TRINIDAD & Caracas N TOBAGO A COSTA RICA IA M PANAMA VENEZUELA UYANRINA H GU C U G Medellín A PAC I F I C OCEAN Galapagos Islands COLOMBIA ECUADOR Bogotá Cali S FR EN Belém Recife Lima BR A Z I L PERU La Paz Brasélia Salvador Belo Horizonte Rio de Janeiro ~ Sao Paulo BOLIVIA PARAGUAY CHILE Cordoba Santiago Pôrto Alegre URUGUAY Montevideo Buenos Aires ARGENTINA FALKLAND/MALVINAS ISLANDS South Georgia extraordinary islands 1st Edition 500 By Julie Duchaine, Holly Hughes, Alexis Lipsitz Flippin, and Sylvie Murphy Contents Chapter 1 Beachcomber Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Aquatic Playgrounds 2 Island Hopping the Turks & Caicos: Barefoot Luxury 12 Life’s a Beach 14 Unvarnished & Unspoiled 21 Sailing...
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...TOPIC 1: THE AMERINDIANS Week 1: THE ARAWAKS (Theme One) PAPER: CORE CONTENT----BAHAMIAN-WEST INDIAN HISTORY References: Bahamian History Bk.I by Bain, G. Macmillan,1983 2.Caribbean story Bk. I and II By Claypole, W Longman (new edition) 1987 3. Development to Decolonization by Greenwood R, Macmillan, 1987 4.Caribbean people Bk.I by Lennox Honeychurch. Nelson, 1979 The Migration of the Indians to the New World. It is believed that the people who Columbus saw when he came to the New World were nomadic hunters from central and East Asia who followed the buffalo and deer. When the herds moved, people moved after them because they were dependent on the animals for food. It is therefore suspected that the herds led the people out of Asia by the north-east, across the Bering Strait and into North America. They crossed the sea by an ice –bridge when it was frozen over during the last Ice-Age. They did not know that they were crossing water from one continent to another. Map 1 Amerindians migration from central Asia into North America. The Amerindians settled throughout North America and were the ancestors of the many Red Indian tribes we know today, as well as the Eskimos in the far north. In general, they were nomadic but some followed settled agricultural pursuits and developed civilizations of their own like the Mayas in South America (check internet reference for profile on this group, focus on...
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...2012 Adam J. Gould, CFA Adam.Gould@morganstanley.com US Equity Strategy The 2013 Playbook We are launching our 2013 US equity outlook today. We have been cautious on US equities for much of the last two years. Our concerns around US deficit / debt and the obvious borrowing from the future that occurs from unconventional policy, the European sovereign crisis, and slower growth in emerging markets generally remain, but the acuteness of these issues appears for now to be less sharp. Our 2013 year-end target calls for low-to-mid single digit upside (Exhibit 1) predicated on our view that 2014 corporate earnings are likely to modestly recover from our 2013 forecasted level, perhaps with profits troughing during the April 2013 earnings season. Our year-end 2013 S&P500 price target is 1434, and our bull and bear targets are 1733 and 1135 (Exhibit 1). Our EPS outlook for 2014 is $110.21, up from our 2013 forecast of $98.71, both well below consensus. Improving Michigan Confidence and tightening corporate spreads drive the relative improvement in our earnings outlook. Please see our Interactive Model: S&P500: 2013 Year-End Forecast, also published today, to play with key assumptions and change assumptions for EPS, S&P price-to-earnings multiples and the year-end price target. 3 Themes - China, Yield and Mega Cap Quality: We recommend increasing China exposure, as China-centric US equities have lagged (Exhibit 22) and are cheap (Exhibit 24) vs. US-centric equities. Our Global Economics...
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...В.А. Кухаренко ПРАКТИКУМ ПО ИНТЕРПРЕТАЦИИ ТЕКСТА Допущено Министерством просвещения СССР в качестве учебного пособия для студентов педагогических институтов по специальности № 2103 «Иностранные языки» МОСКВА «ПРОСВЕЩЕНИЕ» 1987 ББК 81.2 Англ К95 Рецензенты: кафедра английской филологии ЛГПИ им. А. И. Герцена; кандидат филологических наук, доцент МГПИИЯ им. Мориса Тореза О. Л. Каменская Кухаренко В. А. КЯ5 Практикум по интерпретации текста: Учеб. пособие для студентов пед. ин-тов по спец. № 2103 «Иностр. яз.».— Просвещение. 1987.—176 с. 4309000000—608 103(03)—87 Пособие предназначено для студентов старших курсов факультетов английского языка педагогических институтов. Оно написано в соответствии с программой по данному курсу и состоит из двух частей. Первая часть пособия включает 6 рассказов и образцы их интерпретации. Во второй части даны 16 рассказов, представляющих различные жанры короткой прозы писателей США, Великобритании, Австралии и Новой Зеландии, предназначенные для самостоятельной работы студентов. ББК 81.2Англ © Издательство сПросвещение», 1987 ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ Настоящее издание представляет собой практическое пособие по интерпретации текста. Оно предназначено для студентов факультетов английского языка педагогических институтов и написано в соответствии с Программой МП СССР по курсу языкознания. Цель пособия — научить студентов не только умению глубоко проникать в художественный...
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...Edition: 1.1 February 2002 Distance Education Course ML–302.5 Marine Terminal Operations Unit 1 Marine Terminals The three lessons in this unit will cover the topics of: • the role and function of marine terminals • terminal development • operational planning • civil engineering aspects of terminal design. Module B: Certificate in Maritime Logistics Diploma in Shipping Logistics—Jamaica Maritime Institute 1−1 Unit 1: Marine terminals Marine Terminal Operations Unit 1 ...........Activities and expectations Agenda To complete this unit, you will: • Read and study the text in this unit and any assigned passages in the Student Reader. • Apply the information by performing the Activities • Test yourself by doing the Practice Exercises and checking your answers. Resources There is no textbook for this course. All the information you require is in this Study Guide. In addition, your Student Manual lists some books that you may wish to read to expand your knowledge. Learning outcomes When you have completed this unit you will be able to: • • Explain some of the considerations in equipment selection. • Discuss the needs for storage areas. • Discuss safety and emergency response considerations. • 1−2 Describe the role and functions of marine terminals. List the broad categories of studies that are needed in planning a new terminal. Module B: Certificate in Maritime Logistics (Course...
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...UNIT ONE THE GIFT OF THE MAGI By O. Henry I. Introduction O. Henry, whose real name was William Sydney Porter (1867 – 1910), is famous chiefly for his short stories. These stories are usually set amid the poorer working – class life of the cities, the characters being ordinary simple people with their daily living to earn, a life which O.Henry knew well. But the stories are not mere realistic sketches. O. Henry had both the craftsmanship of a writer and the compassion of a man. As a writer he constructs a clever plot with an unforeseen and an unexpected climax suddenly released so that the reader is kept guessing till the last moment what the outcome is to be. As a man he saw the drab surrounding and narrow circumstances which he described, but he lit them with sympathy and humour. Though in most of his stories humour seems to be predominant, yet the sympathy is always there, so the humour is warmed and enriched by its humanity. The story that follows, however, is an example of the reverse process. There are more tears in it than laughter. Yet laughter is implied and one might say that because of it the tears are touched with a more tender compassion. II. Text One dollar and eighty – seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two and a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One...
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...This eBook has been published by: [pic] Publishing Date: 2004 ISBN# 1-59547-129-4 Please see my website for several e-books created for education, research and entertainment. Most eBooks are available in paperback. Specializing in rare, out-of-print books still in demand. Contact: sales@nuvisionpublications.com URL: http://www.nuvisionpublications.com The Age of Innocence By Edith Wharton (1920) Table of Contents Book I Chapter I. 5 Chapter II. 11 Chapter III. 16 Chapter IV. 22 Chapter V. 27 Chapter VI. 35 Chapter VII. 41 Chapter VIII. 47 Chapter IX. 54 Chapter X. 64 Chapter XI. 73 Chapter XII. 80 Chapter XIII. 91 Chapter XIV. 97 Chapter XV. 103 Chapter XVI. 112 Chapter XVII. 120 Chapter XVIII. 129 Book II Chapter XIX. 141 Chapter XX. 150 Chapter XXI. 160 Chapter XXII. 171 Chapter XXIII. 178 Chapter XXIV. 187 Chapter XXV. 192 Chapter XXVI. 200 Chapter XXVII. 210 Chapter XXVIII. 216 Chapter XXIX. 222 Chapter XXX. 229 Chapter XXXI. 238 Chapter XXXII. 249 Chapter XXXIII. 258 Chapter XXXIV. 271 Book I Chapter I. On a January evening of the early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the Academy of Music in New York. Though there was already talk of the erection, in remote metropolitan distances...
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