From Downturn to Upturn, An Economic Lift of Local Business Entrepreneurs in Qatar as Affected by the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Phenomenology

Background: Globally, local entrepreneurs have experienced an economic downturn brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. Local businessmen in Qatar are not an exception. Method: This qualitative research paper utilized the phenomenological approach as it sought to understand the lived experiences of business owners in Qatar who are experiencing financial decline relative to the central question: “How do local business owners deal with financial decline brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic?”. Findings: The verbal ponderings and statements of the respondents revealed three major themes that local business partners had experienced before their businesses finally reached an upswing. These are (1) CUSTOMER RELATIONS, dealing with Acknowledging Achievements, Attaining Customer Values, and Operating Responses, (2) ADJUSTMENT REMODELING, focusing on Building Foundations, Adapting to Changes, and Coping with Mishaps, and (3) BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT which is about Dealing Impacts, Relieving Stress, and Addressing Liabilities of the businesses impacted by the pandemic. Conclusion: Local Business Partners had a continuous downturn to a series of events revolving around its business, however, most of the respondents are satiated with operating the facility under circumstances. Recommendations: This study recommends that business owners here in Qatar enable themselves to be knowledgeable of the phases behind the strategies of managing a business. These can aid the entrepreneurs in their decision-making skills for the business to prosper. The upcoming related studies should further enlarge the concept of businesses as it will help begin a broader perception of the local businesses. Keywords: Qatar Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Finance, Recession, Financial

Hybrid Organization in the Church: Hybrid Church as a Strategy for Public Engagement

Hybrid churches adopt some local business practices and identities in order to create a place and role in secular public space for a public engagement.1 They use hospitality and embassy to challenge the basis of public engagement, discourse, objectives and goals. Hybrid organization alongside hospitality and embassy enables the creation of alternative public spaces in which engagement and discourse may take place according to an alternative communicative base to conventional public discourse, intentionally to critique secular conventions of public presence and discourse.

Virtual Reality with Virtual Private Assistant Research: A Case on Amazon Sumerian

In modern years, there is a growing recognition of Virtual Reality(VR) in education andthe logic behind this may be the distribution programs in various walks of life. With theminimal device framework, the developers can easily construct and organize applicationsthat can be reachable from anywhere without the in-depth understanding of editing andmanaging 3D objects. In an intended design, Intelligent Virtual Assistant offers theopportunity for hospitality services to enhance the customer experience. The VirtualAssistant can give guests a more personalized experience with either a touch or a VirtualAgent, a custom kiosk, or a smartphone. If you are visiting for the first time and need toidentify the local business and location on the map, this MIET Virtual Assistant will helpyou find them. This paper outlines the results of a project undertaken by the Meerut Instituteof Engineering and Technology, AKTU, India, which aims to provide a purposeful hostingservice in the VR area using amazon service which is known as AWS Sumerian . Thisproject’s benefaction and shortcomings are explored.

Establishing A Basis For Decision Support Modelling Of Future Zero Emissions Sea Based Tourism Mobility In The Geiranger Fjord Area

Destinations for cruise tourism have to manage both opportunities and challenges of hosting cruise ships. Governing bodies in Norway are proposing new environmental regulations to abate environmental impacts, but some stakeholders worry that stringent regulations will cause less value generation for local business. The purpose of this paper is to establish a basis for decision support modelling on future zero emission sea-based tourism mobility for the Geiranger fjord area. The tourism mobility system is mapped through a systems engineering lens. The analysis systematizes the tourism mobility system, prior studies on air pollution and emissions, existing- and upcoming regulations. The study concludes by proposing an objectives hierarchy and measure of effectiveness for use in future works.

Comparison of College Faculty and Business Professionals as Evaluators of Student Business Letters

This article reports on assessments of business letters assigned to students in a business communication course. Assessments were performed by faculty in other disciplines and local business professionals, with each sampled assignment evaluated by one faculty and one business professional. Overall, the assessments by the two groups were similar in terms of evaluation items related to quality of content and organization. However, faculty evaluators rated the letters lower on items related to mechanics, while business professional evaluators rated the letters lower on items related to professionalism. The paired assessments revealed only limited consistency between the two evaluator groups.