Place Management Place management is the process of making places better. This is practiced through programmes to improve a location or to maintain an already attained desired standard of operation. Place management can be undertaken by private, public or voluntary organisations or a mixture of each. Despite the wide variety of place management initiatives the underlying common factor is usually a desire to maximise the effectiveness of a location for its users, whether they are residents, shoppers, tourists, investors, property developers or business owners. [edit] Overview Place management is defined by the Institute of Place Management as "a coordinated, area-based, multi-stakeholder approach to improve locations, harnessing the skills, experiences and resources of those in the private, public and voluntary sectors".[1] However, as a conceptual field it remains relatively underdeveloped because of its infancy. [edit] Defining ‘Place’ Place as a concept can be defined from a number of perspectives. Geography appears to have the greatest claim on the study of place with the Royal Geographical Society defining geography as the ‘“the study of the earth’s landscapes, peoples, places and environments”[2]. The study of place does not however, belong exclusively to field of geography. According to Parker the production of place knowledge can also take place within sociology, psychology, general business and management, retailing, architecture, marketing, political science, public administration, construction, anthropology, urban planning, property management and investment, mining, economics, food, tourism & leisure, health, education, and criminology.[3] Arturo Escobar has defined place as “the experience of a specific location which involves a certain level of belonging, boundaries and connections to one’s everyday life, even when its identity may be created and seldom fixed in time” [4] Regardless of the conceptual approach taken to arrive at a definition, a place in practical terms, which is relevant to the focus of place management initiatives, may include: Cities or city centres Towns or town centres Neighbourhoods District centres Villages Business improvement districts/ areas/ zones Business revitalization zones Community improvement districts Industrial estates Business parks Out-of-town retail & entertainment centres Leisure and tourism destinations Parks & open spaces [edit] Defining Management Although this definition is not accepted uncritically, management is sometimes referred to as the planning, organizing, resourcing, leading or directing, and controlling an organization (a group of one or more people or entities) or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal. Management can also refer to the person or people who perform the act(s) of management. Despite a traditional association with commercial operations, the practice of management is widely accepted to take place in publicly funded and voluntary organisations, making it applicable to place management initiatives.
Place Strategy: Based on channel’s performance and feedback, we are going to allocate sales force to increase sales revenue. At the same time, we are going to use benchmarking to compare performance and sales force allocation by channel. We want to encourage our channels through an outstanding support, and salesforce is a key to building strong relations with partners, taking into consideration we expect to launch two more
Many people will ask “what is place?”. Place is a description of atmosphere, time period, location, social hierarchies, culture, perspectives, etc to help illustrate a setting. Place can be used to set tone, provide conflict, establish mood, and so on. The use of place is a staple in literature to provide all of these aspects and more.
Thus, the reality of places is constructed through social actions including both individual and collective efforts, through informal associations and institutions of government and the economy, rather than through the inherent qualities (Logan and Lolotch, 1987, p.45). Hence, the conclusion is well constructed. The authors effectively use 'compare and contrast' structure and 'cause and effect' structure in the chapter to build and enhance their argument. They also back up their arguments citing various researchers throughout the chapter, in almost all the sections, making their argument more persuasive. Logan and Molotch enhances the
The concept of place, home and community is a transnational and trans-community concept. Human places have just recently been given political boundaries. Previously, human boundaries were determined the same way that animal, plant, and ecosystem boundaries were defined. They were defined by ecology and they were defined by geography of region and hemisphere.
A place-name is a “word or name that is used to indicate, denote, or identify a geographic locality such as a town, river, or mountain”(toponomy). Toponymy refers to the study of a place-name. Place-names are important for many reasons (toponomy). A world without the existence of place-names would cause a state of confusion among the world because no one would ever be able to locate destinations. Our sense of where we are depends on place-names. Place-names also have some type of historic value. Simply from studying the different cities located in Minnesota, we are able to trace the ancestry of this land back to the Finnish people. While traveling around the state of Minnesota, the different place-names can help you easily pinpoint who settled what lands, whether it have been the Norwegians, the Finnish, or the Scandinavians (Kaups).
A sense of place is the ideology that people possess when they feel that they belong to a given surrounding. Therefore, through their existence and a sense of belonging on a given environment, people do tend to have a special connection with their immediate surroundings, and therefore, they will do everything to protect their habitat. This, in a sense, is instrumental in affecting the positionality of people with such belonging to one given
place. This is where we come to grips with our lives, relax, and reflect. This
Irwin, Mary. “Sense of Place”. Interview by Interview by Mrs. Thibo’s H-English 10 class. 12 May 2010.
Sense of place is the “development of level of comfort and feelings of safety that are associated with a place” (Kopec, p. 62). These associations often translate into that desired sense of belonging, and allow individuals the ability to “develop feelings of attachment to particular settings based on combinations of use, attractiveness, and emotion” (Stokowski, 2002). Developing these psychological connections with certain places lends itself to the concept of place attachment, or, “a person’s bond with the social and physical environments of a place” (Kopec, p. 62). These places often hold deep meaning for people because their identities were established among their surroundings. This affiliation between a person and their place is often seen through personal connection, comfort, and security (Kopec, p. 131). Many people feel as though the place they are in should have its own “special character”, or an identity that defines it, and distinguishes it from other places (Kopec, p.1). Kopec states, “An environment’s distinct spatial features, how it compares with others, its connections to personal life paths, and its potential for change combine to affect the meanings places have for people”. An establishment of this sense of place identity ...
2014). Places organize our experience of the world and manage our relationship with other people.
Stephanie Jayanandhan wrote an article surrounding the difficulty of defining place (Jayanandhan, 2009). She takes a deeper look into the educational philosophy of John Dewey and his connections to the ideas of environment, experience and democracy (Jayanandhan, 2009). My unit on Route 66 stands firm on the principles of environment from Dewey’s standpoint. It is designed to take the classroom and transform it into an environment outside of the classroom by representation of landmarks, locations and historical events. Jayanandhan mentions, “Dewey’s understand of environment as potentially miseducative and his call for education environments to be “wider and more balanced” than individuals’ environments, is overlooked in some conceptions of place-based education. (Jayanandhan, 2...
Place is means by which provider get services delivered to consumers. Location of hospital, Clinics, Operation
Management can be simply defined as ¡§getting things accomplished through other people¡¨. Management is then the term describe the work done by the manager, which are planning, organizing, leading and controlling the use of human and other resources, in order to help the organization to achieve a higher organization performance. Planning is to define to goals or targets of the organization and devising action plans to meet organization goals. Organizing is to determine what tasks should be done, arrange jobs to subordinates, controlling the budgeting and divided tasks to individuals or teams. Leading is to motivate staffs to work, maintaining the progress of activities and good relationship and to ensure to work done effective and efficient. Controlling is to measure work performance, assess whether goals have been met, compare the set targets, and make corrections when it is needed
A place, for me, is somewhere that I am familiar with and I recognize it in some way as my own special geographic location. It is somewhere I am emotionally attached to and it is a place that I wish to remain at. I personally feel that it has taken me years to achieve this particular comprehension about where for certain that place is for me in my life, and to make out why I feel a certain way about being within the walls of my own home. I have now come to realize that my home is where my heart will always truly be, because I believe it is the only place where I will always be loved without