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The primary goal of the study was to identify key success factors for the management of wedding tourism in South Africa. This goal was achieved by firstly conducting a literature study to determine the key success factors of strategic management for special events as stated in books, articles and other sources. Secondly, wedding tourism was analysed to provide an overview of the wedding tourism industry and weddings as tourism products. Thirdly, the results of the empirical research were discussed followed by the conclusions and recommendations made with regard to further research. From the literature study, aspects regarding strategic management were discussed namely, the strategic management process, marketing for special events, human resource management, financial management and operational management. These aspects were included in the questionnaires for the empirical research. Two different questionnaires were developed, one for wedding planners and one for owners/managers of wedding venues in the Gauteng and North West provinces. The purpose of the questionnaires was to gather information on the key success factors for wedding tourism and to gain insight of the wedding tourism industry. Personal interviews were held with wedding planners and owners1 managers of wedding venues; questionnaires were also distributed via email. All the data was processed by the North-West University's Statistical Consultation Services. A confirmatory factor analysis was done to produce a small amount of factors. The following factors were identified: strategic planning; SWOT analysis, human resources, financial management, market segmentation, promotion and operational management. After analysing the data it was clear that operational services like ensuring high levels of hygiene, having a liquor license, accessibility, secure parking and that services must meet the needs of guests were considered extremely important aspects for a wedding venue. The following aspects were considered extremely important by wedding planners: services must meet the needs of guests, offer unique products and develop a checklist as control mechanism. Owners of wedding tourism products and wedding planners have to consider and apply the key success factors in order to grow the industry and create sustainable products. / Thesis (M.Com. (Tourism))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Flinders University, Dept. of English. / Typescript bound. Includes bibliographical references: (leaves 322-357) Also available electronically.

Este estudo consiste em apresentar aspectos da poesia de Mahmud Darwich e também em propor uma tradução, do árabe ao português brasileiro, de seu livro Ars (Bodas). Para tal, descrevemos a vida do autor, seu contexto histórico-cultural, sua linguagem e seu fazer poético, coletando as imagens e metáforas mais recorrentes na sua obra. / This study aims at presenting aspects of the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish. It also proposes a translation, from Arabic to Brazilian Portuguese, of his book Aras (Weddings). We describe the author\'s life, his historical and cultural context, his language and his poetry making, collecting images and recurring metaphors in his work.

A Wedding Ceremony is a composition of approximately 17 minutes in duration and is scored for horn in F, two trumpets in B-flat, trombone, two percussionists (timpani, roto toms, chimes, snare, triangle, suspended cymbal), 2-part boys choir, female soprano, and organ. The work consists of five parts of a mass, the Processional, Kyrie, Alleluia!, Hosanna!, and Recessional, with texted sections being taken from the Latin mass. The work is intended for a sacred wedding service of any denomination. The work was composed with the traditional aspects of the Latin mass in combination with a contemporary setting.

Bride Squad es un modelo de negocio que satisface las demandas del mercado de despedidas de solteras, otorgando productos innovadores que complementan las temáticas propuestas por evento. El problema que nos permite llevar a cabo este proyecto va más allá de la tendencia de consumo y la casi inexistente oferta de productos de calidad que puedan ser utilizados para la despedida de soltera de una gran amiga, hermana o hija. Decidimos investigar algunos componentes del mercado, como: el origen del problema, las preferencias del consumidor y la necesidad de incluir productos ajustados a las exigencias de este. Posteriormente, por medio de entrevistas y encuestas; adicionalmente a analizar fuentes secundarias; hemos podido validar la siguiente hipótesis: “Las personas que realizan una despedida de soltera no encuentran con facilidad una tienda que les brinde accesorios y prendas que vayan con sus gustos”. En este trabajo aportamos una extensa investigación sobre dicho mercado, tales como: tamaño de mercado, análisis externo e interno, experimentos de validación, y demás. Adicionalmente, hemos utilizado herramientas aplicadas de administración; tales como, el modelo de Canvas, matriz de flujogramas, diagramas de Gantt, FODA, matriz de Peyea, matrices EFE y EFI, entre otras. Finalmente, hicimos uso de herramientas financieras, las cuales, junto con el pronóstico de ventas estimado, nos permitió presentar el Estado de Resultados y Balance General. Con estos y el costo de capital, determinamos el VAN de nuestro modelo de negocio; así como, los ratios oportunos para afirmar con que nuestro modelo es económicamente viable y escalable. / Bride Squad is a business model that meets the demands of the bachelorette market, providing innovative products that complement the themes proposed by event. The problem that made us develop this project is the almost non-existent offer of quality products that can be used at a bachelorette party of a friend, sister or daughter. We decided to investigate some market components, such as: the origin of the problem, consumer preferences and the needs to include these in the market to solve the problems. Subsequently, through interviews and surveys and the analysis of secondary sources, we were able to validate the following hypothesis: "People who organize a bachelorette party cannot easily find a store that provides them with accessories and clothes that match their tastes". In this work we provide extensive research on this market, such as: market size, external and internal analysis, validation experiments, and so on. Additionally, we applied administration tools; such as, canvas model, flowchart matrix, Gantt diagrams, SWOT, Peyea matrix, EFE and IFE matrixes, among others. Finally, we made use of financial tools, which together with the estimated sales forecast, allowed us to present the Income Statement and Balance Sheet. With these and the cost of equity, we determine the NPV of our business model; as well as, the appropriate ratios to affirm that our model is economically viable and scalable. / Trabajo de investigación

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:37:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Cintia Gemmo Vilani.pdf: 2049497 bytes, checksum: d06ab114c9ffa52c35359d6cf33e5ef0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-10-22 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / Researchers have studied about the interface of religion in weddings, identifying that religious affiliation may be an important factor in the marital relationship. The purpose of this dissertation was to raise the elements that would promote discuss issues of marital satisfaction and conflict among married people and evangelical in order to obtain material for guidance and development of quality programs for married life. For this we used questionnaires to obtain information on participants, such as demographics (age, gender, financial and others), past behaviors and predicting future behavior, according to the personal beliefs of each participant, using also theMarital Adjustment Scale of Spanier (DSS - Dyadic Satisfaction Scale, 1976). The sample comprised 35 participants, 16 men and 19 women, mean age 36.80 years, with average deviation of 10.253, while 9 were followers of the neo- Pentecostal, 10 and 16 traditional church of the Pentecostal church, being subdivided into groups in relation to marital satisfaction. We work with the theme of marital satisfaction as the key as the present work, corroborated with the most points already stated in previous research, with emphasis on gender relations as a variable differential marital, surprising the greater number of women satisfied with respect tomen, the influence of religion can be seen in relation to paternal identification models, acting as a support network and training for moral and ethical values. The kinds of conflict and ways of facing the evangelical sample is similar to that of couples, regardless of religious variable / Pesquisadores têm estudado sobre a interface da religião nos casamentos, identificando-se que a filiação religiosa pode ser um fator importante para a relação conjugal. A proposta desta dissertação foi de levantar elementos que favorecessem problematizar temas de satisfação conjugal e de conflitos entre pessoas casadas e evangélicas, de modo a obter material para orientação e desenvolvimento de programas de qualidade de vida conjugal. Para isso foram utilizados questionários para obter informações sobre os participantes, tais como, dados demográficos (idade, gênero, financeiro dentre outros), comportamentos passados e previsão de comportamentos futuros, de acordo com as crenças pessoais de cada participante, utilizando-se também a Escala de Ajustamento Conjugal de Spanier, (DSS - Dyadic Satisfaction Scale, 1976). A amostra foi composta por 35 participantes, 16 homens e 19 mulheres, com idade média de 36,80 anos, com desvio médio de 10,253, sendo que 9 eram seguidores da corrente neo-pentecostal, 10 de igreja tradicional e 16 da igreja pentecostal, sendo sub-divididos em grupos em relação à satisfação conjugal. Trabalhamos com a temática da satisfação conjugal como elemento central tendo o presente trabalho, corroborado com a maioria dos aspectos já afirmados em pesquisas anteriores, com destaque para as relações de gênero como variável diferencial da conjugalidade, surpreendendo o número maior de mulheres satisfeitas em relação aos homens, a influência da religião pode ser notada no que se refere aos modelos paternos de identificação, atuando como rede de apoio e formação de valores morais e éticos. Em relação aos tipos de conflito e formas de enfrentamento a amostra evangélica é similar aos dados de casais, independente da variável religiosa

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:12:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2006-Gilmara Gomes da Silva Sarmento.pdf: 430269 bytes, checksum: 5690e25b43ee2766c5de48f93a8fd1e7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-10-10 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / This dissertation is an analysis on the meaning of marriage and funerary rituals in the social organization of a small peasant community in the northern area of Rio de Janeiro State. Taking into account those rituals, we show up how death and union - as ways of social reproduction of life - even if being central issues in the everyday life of any community, are dealt with in peculiar ways, yet mobilizing cultural resources shared with other communities, assuming previous social and moral configurations and having as effect their reinterpretation and rearrangement. In order to accomplish this task we carried on ethnographies of marriage and funerals, interviews, and narratives besides following families daily lives before, during and after those events: what they think , how they act, what they speak about themselves and how they connect inside and outside of their social spaces. / Esta disserta??o ? uma reflex?o sobre o significado dos rituais matrimoniais e funer?rios na organiza??o social de uma pequena comunidade camponesa no Norte Fluminense. Ao examinar esses rituais, tentamos mostrar como a morte e a uni?o - tendo em vista a reprodu??o da vida -, temas centrais do ponto de vista existencial em qualquer comunidade, s?o tratados na pr?tica, de modo particular, mas mobilizando recursos culturais compartilhados com outras comunidades, tendo como pressuposto certa configura??o s?cio-moral e como efeito, sua reinterpreta??o e rearranjo. Para tanto, realizamos etnografias de casamentos e funerais, entrevistas e narrativas, al?m de acompanharmos cotidianamente as fam?lias antes, durante e depois desses eventos: o que pensam , como agem, o que falam sobre eles, e como se relacionam dentro e fora desses espa?os sociais.

The aim of this master's thesis is the study of the development and changes of the wedding customs in the years 1948 - 1989, i.e. during the period of communistic Czechoslovakia. These developments and changes were monitored by oral history quality research - by the direct interviews with participants in discussions and comparison with available sources and photographic documentation from the weddings in each period of time. The work is focused more detailed on the influence of the socialism and its economic and cultural conditions over the development of wedding practices and customs and then on deviations from the Western, or better to say non-communistic model of changes in wedding customs in Europe during the post-war period of the 20th Century. The research was pursued at the regional level. The narrators were selected with regard to their responsibility for the appropriate generation and to the time they have married.