Looks at performance appraisal, remuneration and training, and the role these human resources (HR) practices have within the hotel accommodation industry in Western Australia. Owing to high turnover of staff in the hospitality and other services industries, organisations are often reluctant to invest in training on casual and part‐time employees. They are also reluctant to investigate alternative remuneration and reward strategies, despite the assistance that is provided by the Western Australian Commissioner for Workplace agreements on this matter. Research has shown, however, that by providing an adequate HR support system, a commitment can be built towards an organization, therefore resulting in better workplace relations for both employees and the organisation. By means of a survey it was found that improved HR practices can lead to an improvement in staff relations, an improvement in quality, commitment and productivity on the part of the employee, and can also work towards reducing labour turnover, hence not only saving the organisation money in recruitment and induction costs, but also improving profitability.

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It has long been recognised that effective staff training and remuneration allows an organisation to provide a unique and differentiating standard of service in industry, resulting in increased profitability to service providers. The purpose of this research study is to investigate the training strategies, and hence the training profile, of organisations within the accommodation sector. The extent and role of training and remuneration is examined in local independent accommodation providers, and then compared to the larger, chain operations. The quantitative findings are complimented with qualitative research undertaken through interviews with human resource (HR) managers from a number of international hotels in both Perth and Singapore. This mixed method of analysis approach is used to determine the extent of relationship between local accommodation providers and international chains. HR practices in the industry were viewed in Singapore as being very traditional in both the multi-chain hotels, failing to keep up with new practices and technology, and focusing on administrative rather than strategic goals. No comments on practices in Australia were forthcoming, but it is probable that practices are also very traditional.

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PDB References: fructose bisphosphate aldolase, phosphate-bound, 3mbd; FBP-bound, 3mbf.Fructose bisphosphate aldolose (FBPA) enzymes have been found in a broad range of eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms. FBPA catalyses the cleavage of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate into glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate and dihydroxyacetone phosphate. The SSGCID has reported several FBPA structures from pathogenic sources. Bioinformatic analysis of the genome of the eukaryotic microsporidian parasite Encephalitozoon cuniculi revealed an FBPA homolog. The structures of this enzyme in the presence of the native substrate FBP and also with the partial substrate analog phosphate are reported. The purified enzyme crystallized in 90 mM Bis-Tris propane pH 6.5, 18% PEG 3350, 18 mM NaKHPO 4 , 10 mM urea for the phosphate-bound form and 100 mM Bis-Tris propane pH 6.5, 20% PEG 3350, 20 mM fructose 1,6-bisphosphate for the FBPbound form. In both cases protein was present at 25 mg ml À1 and the sittingdrop vapour-diffusion method was used. For the FBP-bound form, a data set to 2.37 Å resolution was collected from a single crystal at 100 K. The crystal belonged to the orthorhombic space group C222 1 , with unit-cell parameters a = 121.46, b = 135.82, c = 61.54 Å . The structure was refined to a final free R factor of 20.8%. For the phosphate-bound form, a data set was collected to 2.00 Å resolution. The space group was also C222 1 and the unit-cell parameters were a = 121.96, b = 137.61, c = 62.23 Å . The structure shares the typical barrel tertiary structure reported for previous FBPA structures and exhibits the same Schiff base in the active site. The quaternary structure is dimeric. This work provides a direct experimental result for the substrate-binding conformation of the product state of E. cuniculi FBPA.