Instructor's Manual to Accompany Hospitality Employee Management and Supervision
Instructor's Manual to Accompany Hospitality Employee Management and Supervision

Author: Sommerville

Publisher:

Published: 2007-02-01

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780470099421

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A practical resource for managers and supervisors in hospitality businesses In many hospitality establishments, one manager or supervisor is the entire human resources department, making all the hiring and training decisions, often without having a formal human resources background. Filling this knowledge gap, Hospitality Employee Management and Supervision provides both busy professionals and students with a one-stop comprehensive guide to human resources in the hospitality industry. Rather than taking a theoretical approach, this text provides a hands-on, practical, and applications-based approach. The coverage is divided into four sections: legal considerations, employee selection, employee orientation and training, and communication and motivation. Each chapter in this lively and engaging text features: Quotations--Various practitioners in the hospitality industry highlight the chapter's focusChapter Objectives and Summaries lay out key concepts and then, at the end of each chapter, review themHRM in Action features highlight real-world HRM experiences that relate to the content presented in each chapterTales from the Field--Hospitality employees provide accounts of the various challenges they face in the industryEthical Dilemmas--Scenarios from the hospitality industry which emphasize the role ethics plays in every aspect of the hospitality industryPractice Quizzes and Chapter Review Questions reinforce student comprehension of key conceptsHands-On HRM--Mini-cases based on real-world situations with discussion questionsChapter Key Terms--Bolded within the chapter and then listed at the end of each chapter with definitions

Principles of Management for the Hospitality Industry
Principles of Management for the Hospitality Industry

Author: Dana V Tesone

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-05-23

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 113643643X

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It is vital for hospitality management students to understand key management concepts as part of the complex and intimate nature of the services industry. Principles of Management for the Hospitality Industry is designed specifically for hospitality students who need to be able to use management tools and techniques to become successful hospitality managers. By placing you at the heart of an imaginary workplace this book offers the opportunity to work through all of the items of discussion for each topic. The chapter begins with a scenario to prompt an exploration of a given topic, and concludes with the outcome of this scenario to reinforce the lessons learnt throughout the chapter. Highly practical in approach, this is an up-to-date and skilful integration of all core areas of management. It is packed with tools and techniques to aid learning and understanding: improve your professional management vocabulary with definitions in each chapter, and a complete glossary of terms visualize key concepts with over one hundred explanatory diagrams gain confidence by testing your understanding on the accompanying website practical applications of theory are illustrated in international case studies throughout the book discussion questions prompt an exploration of key concepts.