Hotel Radisson Blu - Colónia

Dissertação de Mestrado, Direção e Gestão Hoteleira, Escola Superior de Gestão, Hotelaria e Turismo, Universidade do Algarve, 2016

Internship in revenue management at Pestana

Dissertação de Mestrado, Economia do Turismo e Desenvolvimento Regional, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Algarve, 2016

Ações de fidelização do cliente no Hotel Villa Batalha

Nos dias de hoje e face às exigências do mercado e concorrentes, existe uma maior necessidade de diferenciação, é importante que cada empresa se adapte aos seus clientes e não imite as estratégias da concorrência, pois cada empresa é única. Os clientes não procuram apenas um produto, pretendem um atendimento personalizado de acordo com as suas necessidades. Atualmente, muitas empresas recorrem ao Marketing Relacional, que é uma mais-valia que as permite ser únicas em relação à concorrência. Com o Marketing Relacional surge a ferramenta CRM, uma das ferramentas que melhor se adapta quando o objetivo é desenvolver um relacionamento sustentável e duradouro com os clientes. A identificação de ações de fidelização é também algo muito importante para as empresas que procuram posicionar-se e diferenciar-se melhor que os seus concorrentes, gerando mais lucros e, também uma melhor satisfação aos seus clientes. Estas são essenciais para o bom desempenho de uma organização, é através destas ações que uma empresa utiliza mais adequadamente os seus recursos, minimizando os problemas e maximizando as oportunidades que surgirão. Estas têm uma importante função entre as empresas e os clientes, os concorrentes e os stakholders, ou seja, focam explicitamente a vantagem competitiva e a vantagem de clientes em longo prazo. Ainda que adaptado a uma empresa em evolução, as ações que irão ser propostas no relatório são possíveis de ser concretizadas, mas terá de se ter em conta o meio ambiente, economia e crescimento de mercado. Pelo facto do hotel não constituir nenhum modelo de implementação de ações de CRM específico, este relatório de estágio pode ser considerado uma mais-valia e um avanço no crescimento a longo prazo da mesma, permitindo assim um relacionamento duradouro entre o hotel e o cliente.

HEAT MANAGEMENT IN THE PUMPING INFRASTRUCTURE AREA OF AN ESTERHAZY MINE

Heat management in mines is a growing issue as mines expand physically in size and depth and as the infrastructure grows that is required to maintain them. Heat management is a concern as it relates to the health and safety of the workers as set by the regulations of governing bodies as well as the heat sensitive equipment that may be found throughout the mine workings. In order to reduce the exposure of working in hot environments there are engineering and management systems that can monitor and control the environmental conditions within the mine. The successful implementation of these methods can manage the downtime caused by heat stress environments, which can increase overall production. This thesis introduces an approach to monitoring and data based heat management. A case study is presented with an in depth approach to data collection. Data was collected for a period of up to and over one year. Continuous monitoring was conducted by equipment that was developed both commercially and within the mine site. The monitoring instrumentation was used to assess the environmental conditions found within the study area. Analysis of the data allowed for an engineering assessment of viable options in order to control and manage the environment heat stress. An option is developed and presented which allows for the greatest impact on the heat stress conditions within the case study area and is economically viable for the mine site.

Best practice principles for management of children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) : results of a scoping review

Background. Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a prevalent health condition that is frequently unrecognized despite the substantial evidence that has accumulated regarding how it affects children’s health, education and skills.Most literature focuses on measurement of impairment and description of intervention approaches for individual children; little is known about the principles that should guide best practice and service delivery for children with DCD as a population. The purpose of this study was to identify these principles. Methods. A scoping review was used to ‘map’ the information available to inform intervention and service delivery. Scholarly and grey literature written in English was identified in six databases, using a combination of keywords (e.g. guidelines, management, models and DCD); a ‘snow-balling’ technique was also used in Canada and the UK to access clinical protocols used in publicly funded health care systems. Over 500 documents were screened: 31 met inclusion criteria as they outlined practice principles for children with DCD as a population. Data regarding best practices were independently extracted by two reviewers and then compared with achieve consistency and consensus. Results. Two over-arching themes emerged, with five principles: (1) Organizing services to efficiently meet the comprehensive needs of children (e.g. Increasing awareness of DCD and coordination; Implementing clearly defined pathways; Using a graduated/staged approach); (2) Working collaboratively to offer evidence-based services (e.g. Integration of child and family views; Evidence-based interventions fostering function, participation and prevention). Conclusion Numerous documents support each of the principles, reflecting agreement across studies about recommended organization of services.While these principles may apply to many populations of children with disabilities, this review highlights how essential these principles are in DCD. Researchers, managers, clinicians, community partners and families are encouraged to work together in designing, implementing and evaluating interventions that reflect these principles.

Health information management : What business are we in?

Developments in information technology will drive the change in records management; however, it should be the health information managers who drive the information management change. The role of health information management will be challenged to use information technology to broker a range of requests for information from a variety of users, including he alth consumers. The purposes of this paper are to conceptualise the role of health information management in the context of a technologically driven and managed health care environment, and to demonstrat e how this framework has been used to review and develop the undergraduate program in health information management at the Queensland University of Technology.