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The Business Tycoon, Robert Aston
This case shows the fall of the Aston Empire in hospitality services. It highlights the lack of succession planning that led to the collapse of the empire. Robert Aston was a renowned entrepreneur who grew a group of companies in a global environment and was able to manage and control the group in an exceptional manner. He created a diversified group of companies run by his family and was able to lead the industry in its different fields of catering, hotels, and airline hospitality. Unfortunately, the empire was divided and sold off by his family upon Aston's death. Therefore, this case study displays the worst case scenario for the lack of implementing a successful succession plan. It illustrates how a founder can strive to create a successful, family-run group, but if he fails to plan for succession, the group fails after his death. The culture created by the founder should have lasted and been followed by future generations.
Jack O' War
Jack had survived great perils as a boy, and more as a guard at Dudley Castle. But the sowrd-wound that he'd sustained rendered him fit only for a desk-job and cooking. Bored with the humdrum work, and dissatisfied with his marriage, he enlists as an archer in King Edward's army. But this time, in addition to the human antagonists, he encounters others from the realms of Magic, Saints and Demons. How will he meet these latest challenges?
Jack O' Knaves
A sequel to Jack O' Beans that happily stands alone. Jack's adventures continue as he becomes both outlaw and lover. It is thirteen years since Jack was taken to live in Dudley Castle in the English Midlands. Now a strapping young man, he's enrolled as a guard in the service of the Baron. But once again a chain of events leads him as his long-suffering grandmother into the new and unexpected dangers. Join him on this entertaining and sometimes reflective romp through a vibrant period of history. With a likeable young protagonist firmly planted at its centre, this is an enjoyable and lively read. Partly serialised by the 'Black Country Bugle' under the titles: Jack in the Stocks, and Jack in the Citadel of the Giants
Jack O' Beans
The time is circa 1300. The place is Dudley, a town in middle england, in an area that will later be known as 'The Black Country' as the Industrial Revolution ravages the land. Jacob, a country lad, dreams of becoming a soldier in the castle which dominates the land and its people alike. He didn't like his own name. And he didn't like being dumped on his grandmother while his dad was off fighting for King Edward. He missed his mum who had died, but Gran was alright really - she baked awesome pies! If only she would call him 'Jacques'. In the 14th Century, life could be pretty dull for a headstrong young boy. But when a stranger tricks Jacob into buying some 'magic' beans, suddenly amazing things start happening... and 'Jacques' finds himself in terrible danger! The magic's gone wrong - now he's a witness to a wicked deed, and someone wants him dead... Previously serialised by the 'Black Country Bugle' under the titles: For Four Silver Pennies Jacob and the Arrows of Doom Jacob in the Undercurrents
The Role of the Literary Canon in the Teaching of Literature
This book investigates the role of the idea of the literary canon in the teaching of literature, especially in colleges and secondary schools in the United States. Before the term "canon" was widely used in literary studies, which occurred in the second half of 20th century when the canon was first seriously viewed as politically and culturally problematic, the idea that some literary texts were more worthy of being studied than others existed since the beginning of the discipline of the teaching of literature in the 1800s. The concept of the canon, however, extends as far back as to Ancient Greece and its meaning has evolved over time. Thus, this book charts the changing meaning of the idea...
