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UNINA9910450886803321 |
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Sayers Philip <1945, > |
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Managing sport and leisure facilities : a guide to competitive tendering / / Philip Sayers |
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[United Kingdom] : , : Spon Press, , 1991 |
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1-135-82882-2 |
1-280-10596-8 |
9786610105960 |
0-585-45692-5 |
0-203-47399-X |
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1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Sports facilities - Great Britain - Management |
Leisure industry - Great Britain - Management |
Contracts for work and labor - Great Britain |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Managing Sport and Leisure Facilities A guide to competitive tendering; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Background to leisuremanagement; Early developments; Leisure revolutions; Market differentiation; Rise or fall; The political dimension; The Local Government Act 1988; Summary; Addendum: The 1988 Act. Amended; Chapter 2 Client contractpreparations; Compulsory competitive tendering; The contract documentation; Legal formalities; Customer care formalities; Inviting tenderers; Summary; Addendum: Contractor appraisals; Chapter 3 The financial basis; Income; Leisure gain? |
Building maintenanceThe bid; Profit or loss; Insurance; Summary; Addendum: Income options; Chapter 4 Business planning and tendering; Income projections; Forward planning; Company review; Preparing the bid; Staff costs; Compiling the bid; Determining income; Client permissions; Tender submission; Summary; Addendum: |
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Management data; Chapter 5 Recreation contractors-tender experiences; Crossland Leisure; An analysis of documents; City Centre Leisure; Circa Leisure plc; Summary; Addendum: Client control; Chapter 6 Delegation and contract management; Technical and recreational delegation |
Delegation and motivationOperating to a budget; Financial delegation; Organization and structure; Financial responsibility; Incentives; Year on year comparisons; Business strategy; Summary; Addendum: Defaults, penalties and control; Chapter 7 Hotels: the leisureexperience; A Role Model; Local authority hotels; The Harperley Hotel; Hotel management principles; The Great Western Royal Hotel; Summary; Addendum: Service standards in hotels; Chapter 8 Catering andsubcontracting; Subcontracting; Arranging subcontracts; Catering as a subcontract; Catering management; Trading reports; Profit or loss |
SummaryAddendum: Catering controls; Chapter 9 Performance indicators; The basis for performance indicators; General business indicators; Client indicators; Client and contractor measurements; Contractor indicators; Contract performance; Summary; Addendum: Performance indicators; Chapter 10 Management buyouts; Basic principles; Qualifying conditions; The Westminster 'buyout'; The Rochford 'buyout'; The Audit Commission; Summary; Addendum: The advice of the Audit Commission; Chapter 11 Quality assurance; Quality control; Quality assurance; Key elements; Implementation; Quality circles; Summary |
Addendum: Quality assurance guidelinesChapter 12 Promotions andMarketing; Advertizing; Under new management; Sponsorship; Customer assessments; Questionnaires; Contract monitoring; Targeted marketing; Delegation; Marketing; Summary; Addendum: Target groups; Chapter 13 Conclusions; Civic Leisure; Competitive management; A summary of management; The way forward; Who benefits?; Appendix A Outline contractdocuments; Appendix B Preparing specifications; Appendix C Government directives; Appendix D Customer satisfactionsurveys; Appendix E Acknowledgements andreferences; Index |
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Concise and thoroughly detailed Managing Sport and Leisure Facilities is a clean operating guide to leisure management by contract, providing expert advice for both contractor and client. The author includes extracts from the relevant legislation and tender documents, and shows you how to submit a winning tender. He provides guidance on how to carry out customer surveys and also covers special items such as operating leisure facilities in hotels and sub-contracting catering services. |
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UNINA9910791330003321 |
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Autore |
Straus Jane |
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The blue book of grammar and punctuation : an easy-to-use guide with clear rules, real-world examples, and reproducible quizzes / / Jane Straus, Lester Kaufman, authors ; edited with new material by Tom Stern |
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San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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[Eleventh edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (226 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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English language - Grammar |
English language - Punctuation |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Introduction; Chapter 1 Grammar; Finding Nouns, Verbs, and Subjects; Definitions; Noun; Verb; Subject; Subject-Verb Agreement; Singular vs. plural verbs; Finding subjects before phrases beginning with of; With or, either/or, and neither/nor; Two singular subjects; One singular and one plural subject; With such portions as percent, fraction, part, etc.; With here or there; With distances, periods of time, sums of money, etc.; With collective nouns; The subjunctive mood; Clauses and Phrases; Definitions |
ClauseIndependent clause; Dependent clause; Phrase; Pronouns; Definition: Pronoun; Subject pronouns; As the subject of the sentence; Renaming the subject; When who refers to a personal pronoun; Object pronouns; Subject and verb agreement with who, that, and which; Who vs. Whom; He/him method; Common whom pitfall; Whoever vs. Whomever; Who, That, Which; Who, that, and which with people, groups, and things; That with essential clauses; Which with nonessential clauses; When which can be used with essential clauses; Adjectives and Adverbs; Definitions; Adjective; Adverb; When to add -ly |
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Sense verbs: taste, smell, look, feel, etc.Good vs. well; Well as an adjective when referring to health; Comparisons, such as -er vs. -est and more vs. most; This, that, these, and those; Prepositions; Definition: preposition; Ending a sentence with a preposition; As, as if, as though, the way; Of vs. have; Different from vs. different than; In vs. into; Effective Writing; Overuse of there is, there are, it is, it was, etc.; Double negatives; Parallel construction; Dangling modifiers; Misplaced modifiers; Fragments; Chapter 2 Punctuation; Periods; With complete sentences |
With abbreviations at the end of a sentenceReplacing periods with question marks and exclamation points; Commas; To separate three or more items; To separate adjectives; With two independent clauses; Run-on sentences or comma splices; Joined by connectors such as and, or, but, etc.; When the subject does not appear in front of the second verb; With introductory words; To set off interrupting expressions; With names; With dates; With city and state; With Jr. and Sr.; With degrees and titles; Starting a sentence with a dependent clause vs. an independent clause |
With nonessential words, clauses, and phrasesWith quotations; To introduce or interrupt quotations; Following quotations; To separate statements from questions; To separate contrasting parts of a sentence; With certain introductory words; When followed by a series of items; When the series of items ends with etc.; Semicolons; To replace a period in two closely linked sentences; With such words as namely, however, therefore, etc., when they; introduce a complete sentence; With sufficiently identified noun; To avoid confusion where commas already exist; With sentences that have multiple clauses |
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A revised and updated new edition of the bestselling workbook and grammar guide The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is a concise, entertaining workbook and guide to English grammar, punctuation, and usage. This user-friendly resource includes simple explanations of grammar, punctuation, and usage; scores of helpful examples; dozens of reproducible worksheets; and pre- and post-tests to help teach grammar to students of all ages. Appropriate for virtually any age range, this authoritative guide makes learning English grammar and usage simple and fun. This updated Elevent |
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UNINA9910830034103321 |
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Autore |
Best John <1970-> |
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Titolo |
Breaking digital gridlock : improving your bank's digital future by making technology changes now / / John Best ; foreword by Brett King |
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Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2018 |
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©2018 |
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1-119-42199-3 |
1-119-42192-6 |
1-119-42190-X |
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[1st edition] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 pages) |
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Banks and banking - Technological innovations |
Banks and banking - Information technology |
Bank management |
Information technology - Management |
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Date of publication from resource description page. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Strategic technology strategy for smaller financial institutions Breaking Digital Gridlock empowers credit unions and community banks to make the shift to digital—even without a seven-figure consulting budget. From leadership, to technology, to security, and more, this book provides effective, real-world strategies for taking the leap without tearing your organization apart. With an emphasis on maintaining the culture, services, and features you have carefully crafted for your customers over the years, these strategies allow you to make your organization more resistant to digital disruption by adopting key technologies at key points in their evolution. Expert advice grounded in practicality shows how FinTech partnerships and strategic technology acquisition can foster new growth with minimal disruption, and how project management can be restructured to most effectively implement any digital solution and how to implement and leverage analytics. Specific implementation advice coupled with expert approaches offer the ability to modernize in an efficient, organized, financially-sound |
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manner. The companion website features a digital readiness assessment that helps clarify the breadth and scope of the change, and serves as a progress check every step of the way. Access to digital assets helps smooth the path to implementation, and a reader forum facilitates the exchange of ideas, experiences, and advice. Identify revolutionary versus evolutionary technology opportunities Empower employee innovation, and stop managing all risk out of good ideas Understand blockchain, machine learning, cloud computing, and other technologies Forge strategic partnerships that will drive growth and success amidst technological upheaval It is widely accepted that digital is the future of banking, but knowing is not the same as doing . If your organization has been riding the fence for too long amidst uncertainty and budget constraints, Breaking Digital Gridlock provides the solutions, strategies, and knowledge you need to begin moving forward. |
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