Business organizations nowadays may have the money and the resources to succeed but their people may not be ready to work professionally. It doesn't matter how many office buildings and production facilities the organization has, without proper Human Resource management, the business will fail. This is most relevant in the hospitality sector which is a labor intensive industry, highly reliant on well-trained employees. Different trainings, seminars and workshops are very popular in all businesses fields. Business organizations, such as hotels, are investing money in their personnel. It needs ...

Purpose -The purpose of the study is to analyze frameworks barriers and enablers of Lean construction implementation in the Lebanese industry. Design/methodology/approach —A mixed approach in the form of a Delphi group with a prepared interview guide and a questionnaire were used to achieve the research objectives using an exploratory case study. Findings - The framework used in company X is a conceptual and implementation framework The process is internal, and emphasizes on the bottom- up approach using the last planner system as a Lean tool. It consists of preparing a Lean team, focusing ...

Purpose - This research attempts to analyze the impact of demographical factors and credit cardholder's criteria of clients on their credit card spending to investigate how the total spending affects accumulation of loyalty points of cardholders to after the introduction of a loyalty program. Design/methodology/approach - This study relies on a sample of 477 credit cardholders active on the bank's loyalty program over a period of 2 years. This research is deductive and quantitative in nature, and it tests 15 hypotheses linking the demographical factors and cardholders' characteristics to ...

The explosive growth of wireless as a communication medium offering exciting new business opportunities and demanding that wireless become a new channel of the marketing Communication mix. A study of the technology of the interactive television will be interesting because it helps researchers to understand the contribution of a new information technology for doing business. The aim of this thesis is to gain a better understanding of how companies use interactive television in doing business. I will study the advantages and disadvantages of the interactive television and recommend its implementation ...

"Olive Oil" Where does it come from? What is its origin, history, benefits, potential growth etc...? All of these are questions asked and answered within the thesis. We are mainly here to discuss such a topic not only to explain to people about olive oil and give them information or extra data. We are here to expand a small family business, to improve it and try lunching it internationally. In addition, this thesis is to give our small family business all the data needed for expanding such business and will be kept as a reference that must be helping in the near future. More than that, this ...

Purpose – This research aims to explore the impact of fashion leaders on followers’ shopping frequency in Keserwan, Lebanon. This thesis will study the relationship between celebrity influencers, fashion influencers, in-store fashion employees, demographics and followers’ shopping frequency. The purpose is to have those findings become helpful for Lebanese fashion retailers within knowing how to be able to know what items will sell more than others and how to manage inventory as well as reduce loss of profit. Design/methodology/approach – Employing a deductive approach, this study presents one ...

Purpose -- This research attempts to study the effects of adopting job rotation on nurses at three main hospitals located at North Lebanon since those members are frequently subject to job rotation. Design/methodology/approach – A positivist epistemology and a deductive reasoning approach were adopted. A questionnaire was developed and distributed manually, 106 responses were received. A linear regression and correlation analysis were performed using SPSS program. Findings – The quantitative findings of this research showed that the adoption of job rotation at the hospitals in search enhances ...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and describe the role that perfume packaging plays in consumer behavior and how it affects the Lebanese consumer’s choice of perfume. The objective is to detail factors affecting perfume choice and describe the influence of packaging on this process. For that, secondary and primary data is collected and analyzed in order to elaborate and test the hypotheses. Design/methodology/approach – A deductive quantitative research was conducted using a questionnaire distributed online and answered by Lebanese perfume buyers. The data obtained from 307 ...

The study purpose is to assess students’ satisfaction on services provided by higher education institutions (HEIs) and consequently their loyalty towards the institution. The research design followed a quantitative approach where a questionnaire was developed based on a seven-point Likert scale. Data was collected from 297 students at Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU) in Lebanon. The results elucidated that the affective component positively and strongly influences students’ satisfaction. Variables related to physical facilities did not outstand in the results so we were not able to conclude ...