Author | Powers, Tom |
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Title | Introduction to management in the hospitality industry / Tom Powers, Clayton W. Barrows |
Imprint | Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2006 |
Edition | 8th ed |
Descript | xx,667 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
Hospitality industry and you -- Forces affecting growth and change in the hospitality industry -- Restaurant business -- Restaurant operations -- Restaurant industry organization: Chain, independent, or franchise -- Competitive forces in food service -- Issues facing food service -- On-site food service -- Lodging: Meeting guest needs -- Hotel and lodging operations -- Forces shaping the hotel business -- Competition in the lodging business -- Tourims: Front and center -- Destinations: Tourism generators -- Management: A new way of thinking -- Planning in hospitality management -- Organizing in hospitality management -- Staffing: Human-resources management in hospitality management -- Control in hospitality management -- Leadership and directing in hospitality management -- Role of service in the hospitality industry