International Journal of Heritage, Tourism and Hospitality
It has always been the highest aim to focus on students and their needs, in all levels of educati... more It has always been the highest aim to focus on students and their needs, in all levels of education, giving them instant and true evaluation of their performance and helping them take corrective actions whenever needed. Academics need to focus basically on teaching and not the paper work involved. Students should feel that they are evaluated without bias, and kept informed along the course. This paper is an applied approach of using a free online educational platform as an example of a technological tool that can be implemented to help both students and academics. The global educational networks are used to allow a complete control over the digital class, where groups of students can be created easily. Students get to participate and share, while kept informed, and evaluated. The study is giving some examples of educational platforms around the world that can be useful for both academics and students. A field study is conducted, to collect feedback from students about the whole experience of using one of these educational platforms, advantages and disadvantages. The objective of this study is to explain the importance and the possibilities created by using this global educational network, by demonstrating the steps required to join a class, meanwhile giving a glimpse on how students felt about the whole experience. Real courses are being given using similar educational platforms, and results of the approach will be given according to the students' interaction during an entire course. The findings of this paper are very important as they represent the results of a true approach to help hospitality academics provide instant and better student evaluation along the courses, while allowing students to participate, be motivated to keep in touch with class activities at all times, and compete to perform better throughout the course.
This research aims to investigate the impact of corporate governance on organizational performanc... more This research aims to investigate the impact of corporate governance on organizational performance; taking in to consideration the moderating role of many governance barriers as well. Applying stratified random sampling technique; 92 five-star hotels in Egypt were selected as a representative sample. This research entailed general managers, executive managers, resident managers and other managerial positions in these hotels. A simple random sampling was also adopted in order to survey those respondents. The data collected from 77 respondents were analyzed through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using Smart PLS statistical program. Results clarify that implementing five principles of corporate governance has a positive impact on organizational performance namely; rapid adaptation, time to market, cost reduction, employee satisfaction and innovation. In addition, many corporate governance barriers were found to negatively moderate the relationship between corporate governance and o...
Teaching is an exciting adventure in which both the teacher and the students participate. The Tea... more Teaching is an exciting adventure in which both the teacher and the students participate. The Teaching Philosophy includes basic communication approaches; (a) Passion and Communication. (b) Fairness: to understand students as individuals and students. (c) Critical thinking: as lecturers should be challenged to try to deliver course materials in different ways and from different perspectives. (d) Humour and fun; Pleasing students by being approachable will make them more determined to excel in their assignments and lecturers will be inspired by their students. Communication in the teaching process help students attach concepts to their own lives, as students will apply what they learn in class to the world around them. The researcher happened to apply some approaches on random sample of Hotel-Department students, at the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, University of Alexandra. The importance of this study lies in the new trend of developing the education process nowadays, which will re...
International Journal of Heritage, Tourism, and Hospitality, 2017
Hospitality higher education has basically evolved to supply the industry with competent professi... more Hospitality higher education has basically evolved to supply the industry with competent professionals. Faculties of tourism and hotels in Egypt have tried to provide the market with candidates that match the market requirements and to enhance students by equipping them with adequate competencies that meet the market needs. Many graduates have changed their hospitality careers, others are still working in the tourism sector, sometimes in other areas than what they were specialized in. Some have found jobs that match their education, either locally, or abroad. There has always been this gap between the main three components affecting the hospitality market, represented in (a) academia, and the effectiveness of the taught material, compared to the real jobs in the market, (b) students or graduates, who may have to change their whole career, just to fit in a good job, and (c) stakeholders, fulfilling the criteria they are looking for, in quality candidates for future jobs. The objectiv...
... ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 4, Washington: DC, The George Washington University. Ng... more ... ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 4, Washington: DC, The George Washington University. Ngware, MW & Ndirangu, M. (2005). An improvement in instructional quality: Can evaluation of teaching effectiveness make a difference? Quality Assurance in Education, Vol. ...
... ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 4, Washington: DC, The George Washington University. Ng... more ... ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 4, Washington: DC, The George Washington University. Ngware, MW & Ndirangu, M. (2005). An improvement in instructional quality: Can evaluation of teaching effectiveness make a difference? Quality Assurance in Education, Vol. ...
An increasing range of competition is now held among hospitality organizations and the only way t... more An increasing range of competition is now held among hospitality organizations and the only way to maintain a stable or increasing market demand is through delivering quality services that exceeds or at least meets customers' expectations. The present study is an attempt to investigate the relationship between employees' positive and negative behaviors, customers' perception of service quality and overall customer satisfaction.
International Journal of Heritage, Tourism and Hospitality
It has always been the highest aim to focus on students and their needs, in all levels of educati... more It has always been the highest aim to focus on students and their needs, in all levels of education, giving them instant and true evaluation of their performance and helping them take corrective actions whenever needed. Academics need to focus basically on teaching and not the paper work involved. Students should feel that they are evaluated without bias, and kept informed along the course. This paper is an applied approach of using a free online educational platform as an example of a technological tool that can be implemented to help both students and academics. The global educational networks are used to allow a complete control over the digital class, where groups of students can be created easily. Students get to participate and share, while kept informed, and evaluated. The study is giving some examples of educational platforms around the world that can be useful for both academics and students. A field study is conducted, to collect feedback from students about the whole experience of using one of these educational platforms, advantages and disadvantages. The objective of this study is to explain the importance and the possibilities created by using this global educational network, by demonstrating the steps required to join a class, meanwhile giving a glimpse on how students felt about the whole experience. Real courses are being given using similar educational platforms, and results of the approach will be given according to the students' interaction during an entire course. The findings of this paper are very important as they represent the results of a true approach to help hospitality academics provide instant and better student evaluation along the courses, while allowing students to participate, be motivated to keep in touch with class activities at all times, and compete to perform better throughout the course.
This research aims to investigate the impact of corporate governance on organizational performanc... more This research aims to investigate the impact of corporate governance on organizational performance; taking in to consideration the moderating role of many governance barriers as well. Applying stratified random sampling technique; 92 five-star hotels in Egypt were selected as a representative sample. This research entailed general managers, executive managers, resident managers and other managerial positions in these hotels. A simple random sampling was also adopted in order to survey those respondents. The data collected from 77 respondents were analyzed through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using Smart PLS statistical program. Results clarify that implementing five principles of corporate governance has a positive impact on organizational performance namely; rapid adaptation, time to market, cost reduction, employee satisfaction and innovation. In addition, many corporate governance barriers were found to negatively moderate the relationship between corporate governance and o...
Teaching is an exciting adventure in which both the teacher and the students participate. The Tea... more Teaching is an exciting adventure in which both the teacher and the students participate. The Teaching Philosophy includes basic communication approaches; (a) Passion and Communication. (b) Fairness: to understand students as individuals and students. (c) Critical thinking: as lecturers should be challenged to try to deliver course materials in different ways and from different perspectives. (d) Humour and fun; Pleasing students by being approachable will make them more determined to excel in their assignments and lecturers will be inspired by their students. Communication in the teaching process help students attach concepts to their own lives, as students will apply what they learn in class to the world around them. The researcher happened to apply some approaches on random sample of Hotel-Department students, at the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, University of Alexandra. The importance of this study lies in the new trend of developing the education process nowadays, which will re...
International Journal of Heritage, Tourism, and Hospitality, 2017
Hospitality higher education has basically evolved to supply the industry with competent professi... more Hospitality higher education has basically evolved to supply the industry with competent professionals. Faculties of tourism and hotels in Egypt have tried to provide the market with candidates that match the market requirements and to enhance students by equipping them with adequate competencies that meet the market needs. Many graduates have changed their hospitality careers, others are still working in the tourism sector, sometimes in other areas than what they were specialized in. Some have found jobs that match their education, either locally, or abroad. There has always been this gap between the main three components affecting the hospitality market, represented in (a) academia, and the effectiveness of the taught material, compared to the real jobs in the market, (b) students or graduates, who may have to change their whole career, just to fit in a good job, and (c) stakeholders, fulfilling the criteria they are looking for, in quality candidates for future jobs. The objectiv...
... ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 4, Washington: DC, The George Washington University. Ng... more ... ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 4, Washington: DC, The George Washington University. Ngware, MW & Ndirangu, M. (2005). An improvement in instructional quality: Can evaluation of teaching effectiveness make a difference? Quality Assurance in Education, Vol. ...
... ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 4, Washington: DC, The George Washington University. Ng... more ... ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 4, Washington: DC, The George Washington University. Ngware, MW & Ndirangu, M. (2005). An improvement in instructional quality: Can evaluation of teaching effectiveness make a difference? Quality Assurance in Education, Vol. ...
An increasing range of competition is now held among hospitality organizations and the only way t... more An increasing range of competition is now held among hospitality organizations and the only way to maintain a stable or increasing market demand is through delivering quality services that exceeds or at least meets customers' expectations. The present study is an attempt to investigate the relationship between employees' positive and negative behaviors, customers' perception of service quality and overall customer satisfaction.
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