William Swart
Biographic Data
| ID | 6194053 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Swart |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Swart |
| SIGNATURE | SWART W |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Northridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9992-5377 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Impact of Compressing MBA Courses on Student Satisfaction
A Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree is the most popular graduate degree available. It is valuable to those who work in a wide range of business management areas or to prospective entrepreneurs. Many universities have developed compressed 8-week semesters to better meet student needs. Critics question instructor course delivery and student learning. We examine the impact of compressed semesters on MBA student satisfaction and learning…
Evaluating Learning Space Designs for Flipped and Collaborative Learning
Problem-based learning is the latest name for a teaching philosophy that is as old as Ancient Greece. Whether you call it Socratic Inquiry, case-based teaching, problem-based learning, interactive group learning, or “flipped” learning, the essential concept is to encourage the student to collaborate in applying their gained knowledge to solve a problem. As traditional lecture-based teaching has been challenged, the design of classrooms has been c…
A computer-aided, total quality approach to manufacturing education in engineering
This paper describes an ongoing study in improving entry-level engineering education through the deployment of new teaching and learning tools. We introduce a computer-aided interactive multimedia manufacturing courseware. To improve manufacturing education we need to change not only the process of teaching and learning, but also provide new tools and technology that promote efficient learning and make it widely available and continuously improvi…
Data Sources for Travel & Tourism Research
Additional informationNotes on contributorsWilliam W. SwartDR. CHARLES R. GOELDNER is Professor & Head Marketing Division, and Director Business Research Division, University of Colorado, Boulder (USA). He edits the Travel Research Association's famed Quarterly. JOURNAL OF TRAVEL RESEARCH. Widely published, prolific Goeldner also edits COLORADO BUSINESS REVIEW. His pioneering contribution has been in the field of Documentation and Bibliographies …
New perspectives and policies
Operations research applications to tourism
Session on travel and tourism
Management science and operations research in travel and tourism
Although this is a survey of research techniques, it has become increasingly apparent, as the study has progressed, that our investigation of research methods for use in tourism and travel studies, without prior consideration of the nature and scopes of tourism and travel themselves, would he inadequate. At the outset it would be imperative to distinguish three interrelated terms. These are recreation, tourism, and travel
Bibliographic sources for travel and tourism research
The references listed here should serve both as a guide to the free and inexpensive sources of tourism and travel research information and an ‘eye‐opener’ to the wealth of available data that is yours for the asking. In selecting sources of information, efforts have been made to (1) emphasize prime data, (2) list sources which can be used to locate more detailed data, and (3) keep the list brief enough to be actually read and used rather than kep…
A dynamic programming—integer programming algorithm for allocating touristic investments
In a companion paper (1) a general mathematical model for the allocation of touristic investments was developed. In this paper a solution methodology for the model is developed based on the principles of dynamic programming. At each stage of the dynamic program an integer program is solved to limit the range of values of the state variable which must explicitly be considered. The algorithm is illustrated through an example, and the advantages of …
A decision structure for touristic investment allocations
For a developing country striving to increase its ‘buying power’ in the community of nations, the establishment of a tourism industry is an important tactic for the generation of foreign exchange earnings, and the implementation of such a tactic frequently involves a high level of direction from the central government. When such governmental involvement extends to include the direct investment of public funds in touristic facilities, then the cen…
A dynamic programming—integer programming algorithm for allocating touristic investments
In a companion paper (1) a general mathematical model for the allocation of touristic investments was developed. In this paper a solution methodology for the model is developed based on the principles of dynamic programming. At each stage of the dynamic program an integer program is solved to limit the range of values of the state variable which must explicitly be considered. The algorithm is illustrated through an example, and the advantages of …
A decision structure for touristic investment allocations
For a developing country striving to increase its ‘buying power’ in the community of nations, the establishment of a tourism industry is an important tactic for the generation of foreign exchange earnings, and the implementation of such a tactic frequently involves a high level of direction from the central government. When such governmental involvement extends to include the direct investment of public funds in touristic facilities, then the cen…
Bibliographic sources for travel and tourism research
The references listed here should serve both as a guide to the free and inexpensive sources of tourism and travel research information and an ‘eye‐opener’ to the wealth of available data that is yours for the asking. In selecting sources of information, efforts have been made to (1) emphasize prime data, (2) list sources which can be used to locate more detailed data, and (3) keep the list brief enough to be actually read and used rather than kep…
Management science and operations research in travel and tourism
Although this is a survey of research techniques, it has become increasingly apparent, as the study has progressed, that our investigation of research methods for use in tourism and travel studies, without prior consideration of the nature and scopes of tourism and travel themselves, would he inadequate. At the outset it would be imperative to distinguish three interrelated terms. These are recreation, tourism, and travel
New perspectives and policies
Operations research applications to tourism
Session on travel and tourism
Data Sources for Travel & Tourism Research
Additional informationNotes on contributorsWilliam W. SwartDR. CHARLES R. GOELDNER is Professor & Head Marketing Division, and Director Business Research Division, University of Colorado, Boulder (USA). He edits the Travel Research Association's famed Quarterly. JOURNAL OF TRAVEL RESEARCH. Widely published, prolific Goeldner also edits COLORADO BUSINESS REVIEW. His pioneering contribution has been in the field of Documentation and Bibliographies …
A computer-aided, total quality approach to manufacturing education in engineering
This paper describes an ongoing study in improving entry-level engineering education through the deployment of new teaching and learning tools. We introduce a computer-aided interactive multimedia manufacturing courseware. To improve manufacturing education we need to change not only the process of teaching and learning, but also provide new tools and technology that promote efficient learning and make it widely available and continuously improvi…
Evaluating Learning Space Designs for Flipped and Collaborative Learning
Problem-based learning is the latest name for a teaching philosophy that is as old as Ancient Greece. Whether you call it Socratic Inquiry, case-based teaching, problem-based learning, interactive group learning, or “flipped” learning, the essential concept is to encourage the student to collaborate in applying their gained knowledge to solve a problem. As traditional lecture-based teaching has been challenged, the design of classrooms has been c…
The Impact of Compressing MBA Courses on Student Satisfaction
A Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree is the most popular graduate degree available. It is valuable to those who work in a wide range of business management areas or to prospective entrepreneurs. Many universities have developed compressed 8-week semesters to better meet student needs. Critics question instructor course delivery and student learning. We examine the impact of compressed semesters on MBA student satisfaction and learning…
Tourism (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Regional science (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Economics (3 works)