When alicia and jordan dined at formia ristorante, a contemporary italian restaurant in new jersey, they both enjoyed formia's coy, smart and embracing atmosphere. formia creates this atmosphere with a single large dining room that measures 20 by 60 feet and contains 14 roomy tables. ceiling fans slowly swirl as candlelight dances across the tables that are attentively cared for by servers. vertical pink and white florid patterns emerge from old wainscoting. finally, formia's two-page menu offers guests a range of pasta, chicken, veal, and seafood entrees, in addition to nightly specials that are handwritten and presented on large index cards. alicia and jordan experienced the element of formia ristorante's services marketing mix.

New team of management has taken over. as a result, organizational changes from a country-club style leadership where everyone does whatever they want has changed to a more mechanistic, structured, top-down management style. what ethical issues should the employees consider and how should they go about addressing these?

The food services division of cedar river amusement park inc. is studying the amount families who visit the amusement park spend per day on food and drink. a sample of 40 families who visited the park yesterday revealed they spent the following amounts: see worksheet 1 for data and answer the following questions: a. organize the data into a frequency distribution, using seven classes and 15 as the lower limit of the first class. what class interval did you select? b. what percent of families spent less than $45? c. what percent of families spent $55 or more? d. how many families spent from $65 to 74.99?

Skathy lee berggren, a professor of oral communication at cornell university, indicates “a lot of my students re­ally [only] scratch the surface with the type of research they’re doing.” according to andy guess, at inside higher ed, “just because students walk in the door as ‘digital natives’, doesn’t mean they’re equipped to handle the heavy lifting of digital databases and proprietary search engines that comprise the bulk of modern, online re­search techniques.” students erroneously think a google search is research. as you read through the reasons that should stimulate your interest in studying research methods or evaluate the nine factors that guarantee good research, what actions do you propose to narrow the gap between students’ research competence and what’s required of a modern college graduate about to become a manage