CONTEMPORARY LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES IN HOSPITALITY ORGANIZATIONS IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY AND CHANGE

Traditional approaches to leadership in the hospitality industry are becoming less and less effective in engaging, empowering and energizing its workforce of today, especially when taking into account the growing complexity of the contemporary world and its associated political, cultural, economic and environmental dimensions. As the importance of hiring a highly motivated and educated workforce becomes paramount in creating a competitive organization, it is imperative that hospitality providers implement the best leadership styles in order to boost employee satisfaction and retention. Addressing a dearth of information in the literature, the purpose of this paper is to provide exploratory research regarding the most effective leadership approaches employed by front-line managers in hotels operating in volatile environments; those hotels, for example, that are located in highly seasonal locations. Front-line employees at ten Dubrovnik, Croatia hotels, hotels operating in a highly seasonal environment, were surveyed as to the leadership styles of their respective employers and their accompanying levels of overall job satisfaction. Additionally, distinct demographic profiles associated with observed leadership styles were identified. The results indicate that managers use a combination of transformational and transactional leadership. Contradicting some previous studies, seasonal workers were not found to be less satisfied than full-time workers, were not more satisfied in a Transactional versus transformational environment, and did not express higher levels of job satisfaction as associated with length of employment. The results of this study offer an insight into how to form and foster a strong hospitality corporate culture that is ready to offer new value in volatile environments

STUDENT LEADERSHIP, CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND PERSONAL SUCCESS PROFILES

The main goal of this empirical research was to define those predominant leadership characteristics and behaviours found among all four generations of undergraduates at RIT Croatia\u27s Dubrovnik campus. The basic research question was: What is the empirical basis for classifying students into homogeneous groups? The first part of the questionnaire was based on The Big Five Model of Personality characteristics, but the principal research method was the leadership characteristics, career development, and personal success questionnaire created by applying inductive research methodologies to 100 Croatian leaders’ interviews. In order to answer the research question, four cluster analyses were conducted. The null hypothesis that there is not a correlation between leadership characteristics among an undergraduate population and demographic variables (number of siblings, place of growing up - city, small place, and large city) was accepted. Based on The Big Five Model of Personality the first cluster analysis generated threehomogenous groups of students. The basis for the second cluster analysis was leadership characteristics of RIT Croatia students. The third cluster analysis depended on what represents confirmation of personal success. The final, fourth, cluster analysis was based on the subjective dimension of career development expectation. All four cluster analyses produced three distinct clusters

Career Development and Personal Success Profile of Students - Followers and Students - Potential Future Leaders: The Case of RIT Croatia

This study examines the differences among students in terms of self-reported leadership characteristics. It was conducted among all three programs and four generations of undergraduates at RIT Croatia. The goal of this study is to determine the differences among students who report being more and less leadership prone (Potential Future Leaders and Followers, respectively) with regard to demographic characteristics, reported self reliance socialization pattern, college level and program choice, career focus attainment and development, and reported attitudes regarding the importance of specific personality traits in leadership, the importance of specific career development factors and success indicators. Research showed that generation and college program are not related to student reported leadership proneness, suggesting that college education’s impact on leadership traits is not significant. Only one socio-demographic factor considered was significantly different between clusters; namely, the respondents who had moved once were significantly more represented in the Potential Future Leaders cluster, suggesting that study-abroad programs might play a role in leadership development. In terms of ranking career development factors, success indicators, the importance of emotional stability and openness to experience as a specific leadership trait, Potential Future Leaders reported higher scores in comparison with Followers cluster, potentially resulting from their forwardlooking, goal-oriented attitude

Student Leadership, Career Development, and Personal Success Profiles

The main goal of this empirical research was to define those predominant leadership characteristics and behaviours found among all four generations of undergraduates at RIT Croatia\u27s Dubrovnik campus. The basic research question was: What is the empirical basis for classifying students into homogeneous groups? The first part of the questionnaire was based on The Big Five Model of Personality characteristics, but the principal research method was the leadership characteristics, career development, and personal success questionnaire created by applying inductive research methodologies to 100 Croatian leaders’ interviews. In order to answer the research question, four cluster analyses were conducted. The null hypothesis that there is not a correlation between leadership characteristics among an undergraduate population and demographic variables (number of siblings, place of growing up - city, small place, and large city) was accepted. Based on The Big Five Model of Personality the first cluster analysis generated threehomogenous groups of students. The basis for the second cluster analysis was leadership characteristics of RIT Croatia students. The third cluster analysis depended on what represents confirmation of personal success. The final, fourth, cluster analysis was based on the subjective dimension of career development expectation. All four cluster analyses produced three distinct clusters

Taiaho Observatory: An Automated Future Optical Communications Ground Station

Free Space Optical Communications (FSOC) is the next revolution in high-bandwidth satellite-to-earth data transmission. The critical challenge facing the widespread, commercial adoption of FSOC is requirement of a cloud-free line of sight (CFLOS) between the spaceborne asset and the optical ground station (OGS). One solution to this problem is the use of multiple OGSs in a geographically distributed network. Such networks include the European Optical Nucleus Network (EONN) and the Australasian Optical Ground Station Network (AOGSN). To transition from research to commercialization will necessitate an increase in the number of OGSs and their continuous operation. Automation will play a critical role in enabling 24/7 link availability by reducing the number of required operators per OGS. OGS automation will consist of several discrete control loops including: network-wide astronomical seeing comparisons; assessment of local atmospheric conditions to permit operation; short term cloud cover prediction over the satellite pass; calibration of the pointing model; and tracking the asset pass. Fully automated ground stations would enable near-seamless switching between OGS nodes during a pass, further increasing the link time. The work begun at Taiaho is focused on a single-node automation; weather monitoring, cloud predictions, and pass tracking. These goals are achievable through a combination of modern hardware and software, including a state-of-the-art weather and atmospheric turbulence monitoring station (ISM, Miratlas SAS), a direct-drive telescope mount with integrated pointing model (L350, Planewave Instruments Inc.), and a custom software framework linking these with a command-and-control suite

Towards a Digital Twin of a Complex Maritime Site for Multi-Objective Optimization

Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Devonport is a complex maritime site in Plymouth, United Kingdom (UK). Using digital twin technology, the authors will model and simulate the physical entity of the dockyard to optimize for a set of critical priorities. Digital twins are virtual representations of a physical entity, such as a vehicle. They can fully model a complex environment, accurately modelling individual layers within the entity, with each layer accessing data required from other layers. This results in an accurate simulation so that when changes are made in one layer of the model, the impact across the other layers may be observed. An end-user could interact with this digital twin to understand how changing input parameters would affect the measured outputs, allowing the end-users to simulate different options and compare the simulated outcomes before deciding a course of action. If the digital twin is of higher fidelity, the simulated outcomes would be more accurate and demonstrate potentially unintended effects allowing for a more comprehensive overview for the decision-maker. From this digital twin, a decision-maker can manually identify the best parameters to simulate the outcomes through the digital twin. However, using multi-objective optimization can reduce this process so that the twin can create the inputs, monitor the outcomes, and repeatedly try to produce a specific number of outcomes to choose from. These outcomes would be based on a few priorities initially set, and the optimizer would change inputs to enhance each of these priorities. At HMNB Devonport, three main priorities have been identified: cost reduction, time efficiency and carbon neutrality

The Grizzly, October 10, 2019

Si, se Puede! Speaker Series Debuts • Charles Rafferty Reads his Brief and Humorous Poems • Highlights from the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report • Meet this Year\u27s Lantern Editor • A Fresh New Look for the Ursinus Website • Opinions: Shane Dawson: YouTube\u27s Savior or Sinner?; More Like Saturday Night Dead, am I Right? • Alumni Give Bears Strengthhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1591/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, February 13, 2020

Ursinus Celebrates Founders\u27 Day • New Changes to UCSG • UC Job, Internship and Networking Fair • UCARE Introduces Integrate for Good • Meet Korean Culture Club Heart & Seoul • Opinions: The Fall of the House of The Bachelor ; Uncut Gems Turns 2010s Anxiety into Great Cinema • Lydia Konstanzer is Really Good at Basketball • A Critical Clinch for Ursinus Men\u27s Basketballhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1598/thumbnail.jp

Acetaminophen Combinations Protect Against Iron-Induced Cardiac Damage in Gerbils

This study tested if acetaminophen, N-methyl-D-glucamine dithiocarbamate (NMGDTC), deferoxamine, and combinations of these agents reduce excess iron content, prevent iron-induced pathology, reduce cardiac arrhythmias, and reduce mortality in iron-overloaded gerbils. Eight groups of 16 gerbils received iron dextran injections (ferric hydroxide dextran complex, 120 mg/kg, ip) or saline solution (controls) twice/wk for 8 wk. The 8 groups were treated every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with one of the following: saline control, acetaminophen, 150 mg/kg, ip), acetaminophen (150 mg/kg, po), deferoxamine, 83 mg/kg, ip), NMGDTC (200 mg/kg, ip), or combinations of acetaminophen (75 mg/kg) with deferoxamine (42 mg/kg, each ip, separately) or acetaminophen (75 mg/kg) with NMGDTC (100 mg/kg, each ip, separately). The treatments were given 4 hr after each iron injection on days when both iron administration and treatment occurred during iron overloading (8 wk) and were continued 4 wk thereafter. Echocardiography (ECHO) was used to evaluate iron-induced cardiac changes and detect arrhythmias. Acetaminophen and NMGDTC, or combinations thereof, reduced cardiac and hepatic excess iron content as measured by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES). Acetaminophen was effective whether administered po or ip. Acetaminophen treatment had a positive inotropic effect on cardiac function. Acetaminophen-deferoxamine combination conferred equal cardioprotection as acetaminophen or deferoxamine alone, was equally able to remove hepatic iron, and was superior to either acetaminophen or deferoxamine in removing cardiac iron from iron-overloaded gerbils. Acetaminophen-NMGDTC combination was also effective in removing cardiac and hepatic iron and protecting against iron-induced cardiac damage. ECHO evaluation of iron-overloaded, untreated gerbils demonstrated a high incidence of cardiac arrhythmias, usually PVCs (10/16 = 63%), and mortality prior to completion of the experiment (4/16 = 25%). All treatments except deferoxamine, alone, reduced the incidence of cardiac arrhythmias and deaths. All treatments reduced iron-induced increases in hepatic and cardiac weights. This study demonstrates injection alternates that are equally or more effective than deferoxamine injections and shows oral acetaminophen to be effective in treatment of iron-overload and associated cardiac complications

The Grizzly, October 28, 1996

Alice Parker Conducts College Choir • A Question on Diversity • Security Flash • New Curriculum for Comm. Arts • Opinions: More on the Gun Control Debate; The Debates of Nothingness; How Open Are You? Voting for Dole in \u2796; I\u27m Voting for Dennis Miller • Letters from Ireland • University of Pennsylvania Anthropologist to Speak on Maya and Aztecs • Spotlight: Karl Yergey • Plugging-In to the Benefits of E-mail • Looking for a few Good Dangerous Minds: Education Club Re-activates • Field Hockey Drops One To American • Women\u27s Soccer Nets First Conference Win • Volleyball Loses Two • Men\u27s Soccer Defeats Dickinson 2-0 • Kings Point Trips Up Ursinushttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1389/thumbnail.jp