Essays on Tourism Literature Reviews

The report prepared by the analysts of Goldman Sachs (2005) on the biotechnology firms has closely studied the alliances and has published a long list of such alliances, which suggested that there were quite a large number of alliances in this sector.... ... ... ... The rate of voluntary agreement and inter-organizational alliances between the firm related to the services, technologies, co-creation of products, sharing and exchange has increased since the 1980s and has accelerated in many industries....

From the paper "Gold by Nathan Lewis" it is clear that the well-documented approach of the book is really interesting and this is quite appealing to the readers that, even in this age of cyber communication, Lewis looks back towards the old world of gold.... ... ... ... In 'The Bretton Woods Gold Standard' (Chapter 10) Lewis shows a clear picture of the Great Depression in America, which has ever been one of the most discussed topics for the eminent economists across the globe....

Change is a critical aspect of any organization that intends to remain competitive.... However, researchers have identified that about 66 percent of all change initiatives fail for various reasons.... This paper seeks to present the reasons behind the major high failures of organizational changes....

The author state that a Company's productivity is directly proportional to the degree of satisfaction and job involvement of its employees.... Job involvement is the degree to which the total job situation is perceived to be the major source of satisfaction and interest in an individual's life.... ....

An author of the following review attempts to analyze two instances of Chinese cinema, particularly the movies "The Banquet (Ye Yan)" directed by Xiao gang Feng and "The Road Home" by Zhang Yimou.... The writer also discusses the issue of government control and how it affects filmmaking in China....

The following document presents an argumentative review of the book titled "The War against the Jews".... The Book tries to analyze the Holocaust by looking first at the history of German anti-Semitism from its start, through its 19th-century rebirth, to its deliberately planned policy under Hitler....

The following paper under the title 'Social Context of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot' gives detailed information about the most enigmatic of all Samuel Beckett's plays which opened to a house of the lukewarm audience, when it was first staged in the 1950s.... ... ... ... Though Beckett himself dissuaded people from reading meanings into his work and thereby 'complicating' something 'simple', theatre-goers cannot but rummage through his play in search of meaning....

This literature review "A Qualitative Analysis of Why Women Don't Watch Women's Sport" presents a qualitative analysis of the dissertation presented by Farrell, who used social constructivism and critical theory for her interpretation, noting that many other approaches are equally viable....

The paper 'Effective Communication' explains why effective communication throughout an organization is critical to its success using Max Weber case study on management to support discussion.... The report describes specific reasons for effective communication in respect to success of an organization....

This book review "Virginia Woolf's Mrs.... Dalloway" discusses Virginia Woolf's fourth novel, which is perhaps her first novel to reveal her mastery of the craft of novel writing.... Set on a single day, the novel interweaves several narrative perspectives.... ... ... ... Pitting the world of the sane and the insane side by side, and assessing the futility of conventionality in addressing life's choices in a world that has no meaning, Woolf's 'modernist' novel imaginatively examines the superficial conventionality of post-War English society, exploring the ordinary mind on an ordinary day....

The paper 'The Taxation of Household Savings - Potential Winners and Losers of Such a Move' is a cognitive example of a finance & accounting literature review.... The current system of taxation of household savings is the standard income tax treatment of savings, which entails the taxation of the household savings as well as the returns on the savings....

The paper 'Downfall of a Man' gives detailed information about Americans who are more commonly recognized as self-righteous, confident and have a strong sense of superiority by the non-Americans; But Philip Roth has shown that side of a true American which is often not brought into the lime light....

This literature review "Successful Information System Projects" presents information that has become a central part of any organization.... This applies to all sorts of organizations ranging from a government institution, private profit-driven institutions as well as nonprofit organizations or NGOs....

This work called "Necessary Targets: A Story of Women and War" describes the book by Eve Ensler and its remarkable and bold idea of speaking out for the voiceless.... The author outlines that the weak is a noble step, it should not be used to exploit them as has been done by others.... ... ... ... The author also reminds the world of the necessity of intervening in serious situations such as the suffering of women and their children in refugee camps because of ethnic wars as it occurred in Bosnia....

This paper "Gender Dynamics In College" discusses the issue of gender that has been existent in different contexts in society.... As far as the education sector is concerned, gender issues have also come into play.... For a very long time, the male gender has been the dominant one in different sectors....

The author of this movie review "Enabling a Motivated Workforce" provides an overview of the HR activities.... According to the text, the film chosen for the current study is the Pursuit of Happiness.... This film revolves around a salesman named Chris Gardener, who tries to sell bone-density scanners....

The paper "Analysis of How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie" states that one must mean what they say about others.... Without feelings, mere words cannot make others believe that you are true at what you are saying.... Many people have the ability to sense that the other person is lying....

This literature review "EU as a Civilian Power" presents the European Union, as a military power that should remain as a military and not revert to being a civilian power due to the amount of authority that being militarized has brought to it.... ... ... ... There is also the economic power that has come with militarization through influencing standards of quality and regulations, which have been adopted the world over....

The review 'Gender Difference in Certain Aspects of Cultural Assimilation' explains how gender differences affect the marriage of immigrants, their approaches to the upbringing of children, the formation of "ethnic enclaves" in the process of their cultural assimilation in America.... ... ... ... As the development of and communication between countries increase rapidly, cultural diversity has become a trend spreading in entire America, especially in the U....

The author of the following review "Capitalism and Freedom" states that the analyzed work is based on the discussion of economic capitalism's function in the liberal society, was originally published by the University of Chicago Press in 1962.... .... ... ... Economic freedom and competitive capitalism are described as necessary conditions towards achieving political freedom....

From the paper "Benjamin Harrison by Charles Calhoun" it is clear that leaders must always be vigilant, especially those seeking higher offices such as the presidency.... One of the biggest problems that Harrison faced was his oblivion to domestic matters.... ... ... ... Two of the major burning issues of the politics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries were monetarism and tariff reform....

The paper 'The Concept of Work Centrality in Japan and Australia' is an intriguing variant of the literature review on human resources.... The paper 'The Concept of Work Centrality in Japan and Australia' is an intriguing variant of the literature review on human resources....

This paper ''An Arabic Science History'' presents a review of three books on Arabic science history depending on their content and context.... This book will go a long way to show how important they are in recording this crucial part of history.... .... ... ... In the review their works will be highlighted and authors discussed....

The paper "Walled States, Waning Sovereignty by Wendy Brown " discusses that indexing, resembling, and contributing to the production and reproduction of race in many different ways, a critical task as one of accounting for stolid endurance of the national idea.... .... ... ... Ward, Silberman and Till (2012) note that the world has been experiencing a strange and unprecedented increase in wall building since the fall of Germany's Berlin Wall....

The paper "The Savage Wars of Peace" discusses that most people, all over the world, want to live in peace.... They want to raise families, make a secure living, and lead productive lives without conflict, either with their closest neighbors or enemies across the seas.... .... ... ... Boot summarizes his position on the subject with a profound quote that has a great deal of significance to this discussion....

The paper "Problems Associated With and Solutions to Employee Burnout in Modern Multinationals" is a wonderful example of a literature review on human resources.... This issue may arise in different companies starting from a small company to a big one or multinationals.... Employee burnout generally causes due to increased level....

The paper "Industrialization in China" is a perfect example of a literature review on macro and microeconomics.... The paper "Industrialization in China" is a perfect example of a literature review on macro and microeconomics.... Although China has overcome many obstacles to become the world's second-largest economy, it still has a long way to go in attaining the level of industrial success attained by other developed economies....

The paper "Organization and Communication in a Business Setting" is a perfect example of a report on management.... Communication is an integral part of all organizations irrespective of their size.... In any organization, business practices are formed by deep-seated cultural practices towards work, authority, loyalty, and communication....

The paper 'Human Exceptionalism' aims at describing the human exceptions and discussing their main consequences on both animals and humans alike.... After the brief background, what follows is the conceptualization of the main term.... Next is the discussion of the various consequences of human exceptionalism....

This literature review "Finite Elements Applications" demonstrates that finite element method or analysis is used in different fields of engineering to achieve better simulations and estimations.... These simulations help organizations to reduce errors and improve accuracy in their systems....

The paper 'Relevance of Bureaucratic Principles in Organizations and Openness as a Key Trait of the Firms' is an earnest example of human resources literature review.... Organizational behaviour is the study that helps to understand how the individuals and groups behave within the organization and to evaluate the rationale behind their reactions to various organizational structures and attributes such as the flow of communications, extent of....

The paper 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' reviews Dale Carnegie's book.... Its author shares his personal experience related to how to handle situations and people in our day-to-day life.... This book is a great tool for management since it assists in dealing with people in a better way....

This book review "Settling the Canadian - American West" discusses the books, 'Settling the Canadian - American West, 1890-1915' and 'Regions Apart' which have many differences.... The books differ in context, perception, vision, style, and way of their presentation.... ... ... ... Yet both the books help in developing a clear and in-depth insight regarding the history of Canada and its formation as a nation....

This review "HBO's The Newsroom and its Critics" is dedicated to the newsroom, one of the American TV series.... This television series depicts a series of events that happen behind the scenes in newsrooms and the creator uses the fictional Atlantic Cable News channel to reveal some of these events....

The paper "Globalization of Gross Domestic Product and Business Cycle" discusses that GDP seems to be the most significant variable that drives country factors in all areas save for the United States, the U.... .... where industrial production appears to be the most influential.... ... ... ... Different scholars have conceptualized the phenomenon of globalization....

This literature review "Speaking and Listening and Cognitive Perspectives" focuses on the acquisition of language which has been divided into two parts.... First language acquisition is acquired naturally and guides the acquisition of a second language because of the basic language processes....

Industrial revolution is a factor of more industries emerging because of increased power of innovation driven by technological advancement.... Every technology that is brought forward increases the potential for nations and individual to put up more industries that produces products to cater for increasing market demands globally....

Book Review: Dust Bowl, USA: Depression America and the Ecological Imagination, 1929-1941 by Brad Lookingbill During the 1930s, the American Midwest region witnessed one of its most acute agricultural droughts in the history of the nation.... But this tragic event does not get as much attention as it deserves in history textbooks....

Summary: Gods of Management Introduction The book named Gods of Management was authored by Charles Handy and this book concentrates on providing insight regarding different kinds of management styles (Handy, 1995).... ... ... ... Through this book, Handy provides its audience with insight regarding four different cultures and how people within these cultures operate....

Institution Instructor Date Plunkitt of Tammany Hall review Riordon William pursued personal conviction to have a collection of the ‘very plain talks' as presented by Plunkitt George Washington concerning real practical politics (Riordon, 2-17).... ... ... ... This led to the writing of the book ‘Plunkitt of Tammany hall' that is a collection of the most spoken about talks of the ex-senator as they were presented in newspapers....

This review discusses the experimenting process of expansion around the markets of the world of companies.... The review analyses how cultural factors affect the international marketing strategy, how a market leader can best defend its market position.... ... ... ... As developed by Collis (1991), core competence is one of the factors to control (p....

In the paper 'Rethinking the Apotheosis of Jazz' the author analyzes critiques and ultimately rejects the popular narrative of Jazz as a singularly heroic, nationalistic, American, and black art form.... He is quick to apologize for the conclusions he draws.... ... ... ... The author states that in Ken Burns' documentary Jazz are intended to serve an important good of including the history of African-Americans and blacks themselves as a positive, constitutive force of American national identity....

Family on Film Art reflects life and its various complications and complexities.... Every form of art, including film, should attempt to represent life in its reality which consists of positive aspects as well as negative aspects.... In the modern world, where life is characterized by stress and tension, true art should reflect how individuals deal with stress in their day-to-day life....

15 Apr.... 2011.... The Fugitive Review: The Fugitive is a nice action movie that covers 2 hrs 7 min.... Andrew Davis has directed the movie and the stars include Harrison Ford who plays the character of Dr.... ... ... ... Richard Kimble, Tommy Lee Jones who plays Deputy Samuel Gerard, and Sela Ward who plays Helen....

McCann, Maize and Grace One of the most notable works on the social history of maize in Africa, James McCann's Maize and Grace: Africa's Encounter with a New World Crop, 1500-2000 deals with how maize has become the continent's most important source of food as a result of the intolerant environment and rapidly changing weather patterns in the continent....

Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Critical book review of American Indian Nations from Termination to Restoration, 1953-2006 Book Summary In “American Indian Nations from Termination to Restoration, 1953-2006”, Roberta Ulrich narrates about termination and restoration of Native American tribes by the USA government....

Some teens want to explore the world not wanted to be prevented and cautioned of the dangers outside.... Some teens are hard to discipline, stubborn, argumentative, and swayed by peer pressure.... This essay tries to prove that parents are the best people to save their teens from peer pressure.... ...

The paper "The Critical Analysis of The Blind-Side Movie" discusses that Sandra Bullock was spot-on.... She carries herself very effortlessly, chic and dramatic the way her role required.... It was good to see her do something out of the box other than her usual romantic comedies.... ... ... ... While I loved the theme of the movie, it had some shortcomings too....

The paper "Jewish Culture and Society under the Christian Roman Empire" explores the first among the three oldest religions that believe in one God practiced by the Jews.... Judaism derives all its teachings from the first five books of the Holy Bible by Moses also referred to as the Torah books....

The author of the paper "Deja Vu Movie by Tony Scott" discusses that through the use of particular production techniques and settings, film producers are able to create a mood that pervades their film and helps to inform the viewer regarding the major issues being addressed.... ... ... ... Through the use of camera movement, film style, actor choice, and soundtrack, directors are able to create different effects that subtly enhance our movie-watching experience as well as work to underline the main ideas that the director is trying to portray....