- •CONTENTS
- •PREFACE
- •Content—Benefits for Students
- •Content—Benefits for Instructors
- •Features of the Book for Students and Instructors
- •Supplementary Materials
- •Acknowledgments
- •What Is Hospitality Management?
- •The Manager’s Role in the Hospitality Industry
- •Why Study in a Hospitality Management Program?
- •Planning a Career
- •Employment as an Important Part of Your Education
- •Getting a Job
- •Employment at Graduation
- •The Outlook for Hospitality
- •Summary
- •Managing Change
- •Demand
- •Supply
- •Workforce Diversity
- •The Impact of Labor Scarcity
- •Summary
- •The Varied Field of Food Service
- •The Restaurant Business
- •The Dining Market and the Eating Market
- •Contemporary Popular-Priced Restaurants
- •Restaurants as Part of a Larger Business
- •Summary
- •Restaurant Operations
- •Making a Profit in Food Service Operations
- •Life in the Restaurant Business
- •Summary
- •Chain Restaurant Systems
- •Independent Restaurants
- •Franchised Restaurants
- •Summary
- •Competitive Conditions in Food Service
- •The Marketing Mix
- •Competition with Other Industries
- •Summary
- •Self-Operated Facilities
- •Managed-Services Companies
- •Business and Industry Food Service
- •College and University Food Service
- •Health Care Food Service
- •School and Community Food Service
- •Other Segments
- •Vending
- •Summary
- •Consumer Concerns
- •Food Service and the Environment
- •Technology
- •Summary
- •The Evolution of Lodging
- •Classifications of Hotel Properties
- •Types of Travelers
- •Anticipating Guest Needs in Providing Hospitality Service
- •Service, Service, Service
- •Summary
- •Major Functional Departments
- •The Rooms Side of the House
- •Hotel Food and Beverage Operations
- •Staff and Support Departments
- •Income and Expense Patterns and Control
- •Entry Ports and Careers
- •Summary
- •The Economics of the Hotel Business
- •Dimensions of the Hotel Investment Decision
- •Summary
- •The Conditions of Competition
- •The Marketing Mix in Lodging
- •Product in a Segmented Market
- •Price and Pricing Tactics
- •Place—and Places
- •Promotion: Marketing Communication
- •Summary
- •The Importance of Tourism
- •Travel Trends
- •The Economic Significance of Tourism
- •The United States as an International Tourist Attraction
- •Businesses Serving the Traveler
- •Noneconomic Effects of Tourism
- •Summary
- •Motives and Destinations
- •Mass-Market Tourism
- •Planned Play Environments
- •Casinos and Gaming
- •Urban Entertainment Centers
- •Temporary Attractions: Fairs and Festivals
- •Natural Environments
- •On a Lighter Note. . .
- •Summary
- •Management and Supervision
- •The Economizing Society
- •The Managerial Revolution
- •Management: A Dynamic Force in a Changing Industry
- •What Is Management?
- •Summary
- •Why Study Planning?
- •Planning in Organizations
- •Goal Setting
- •Planning in Operations
- •The Individual Worker as Planner
- •Long-Range Planning Tools
- •Summary
- •Authority: The Cement of Organizations
- •Departmentalization
- •Line and Staff
- •Issues in Organizing
- •Summary
- •Issues in Human-Resources Management
- •Fitting People to Jobs
- •Recruiting
- •Selection and Employment
- •Training
- •Retaining Employees
- •Staff Planning
- •Summary
- •The Importance of Control
- •Control and the “Cybernetic Loop”
- •Tools for Control
- •Summary
- •Leadership as Viewed by Social Scientists
- •Why People Follow
- •Leadership Theories
- •Communication
- •The Elements of Leading and Directing
- •Developing Your Own Leadership Style
- •Summary
- •A Study of Service
- •Rendering Personal Service
- •Managing the Service Transaction
- •How Companies Organize for Service
- •Summary
- •INDEX
I N T R O D U C T I O N T O
Management
I N T H E
Hospitality Industry
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Clayton W. Barrows |
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School of Hospitality and Tourism |
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University of New Hampshire |
Management |
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I N T R O D U C T I O N T O
Management
I N T H E
Hospitality Industry
N I N T H E D I T I O N
Clayton W. Barrows |
Tom Powers |
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Department of Hospitality Management |
School of Hospitality and Tourism |
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University of New Hampshire |
Management |
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Barrows, Clayton W.
Introduction to management in the hospitality industry / Clayton W. Barrows, Tom Powers. -- 9th ed. p. cm.
In earlier ed. of work, Tom Powers name was listed first on t.p. Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-471-78277-3 (cloth)
1. Hospitality industry--Management. I. Powers, Thomas F. II. Powers, Thomas F. Introduction to management in the hospitality industry. III. Title.
TX911.3.M27P68 2008 647.94068--dc22
2007021306
Printed in the United States of America
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Price and Pricing Tactics |
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Promotion: Marketing Communication |
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Key Words and Concepts |
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Key Words and Concepts |
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CASE HISTORY 14.1: Changes Come to Atlantic City |
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CASE HISTORY 14.2: The National Restaurant Association |
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CASE HISTORY 14.3: The New Orleans Jazz Fest |
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Natural Environments |
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Key Words and Concepts |
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Review Questions |
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Internet Exercises |
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Management: A Dynamic Force in a Changing Industry |
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Planning in Organizations |
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Planning as a Personal Process |
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Long-Range Planning Tools |
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Return on Investment |
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Key Words and Concepts |
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CHAPTER 17: ORGANIZING IN HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT |
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Authority: The Cement of Organizations |
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Departmentalization |
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CASE HISTORY 17.1: Reorganization in a Multibrand Company |
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Functional Staff Authority ■ Increasing the Span of Control: Empowering |
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Managers ■ Committees ■ Bureaucracy ■ Ad Hocracy |
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Key Words and Concepts |
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CHAPTER 18: STAFFING: HUMAN-RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN |
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HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT |
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Issues in Human-Resources Management |
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Fitting People to Jobs |
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Job Descriptions |
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Recruiting |
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Internal Sources ■ External Sources ■ Segmenting the |
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Employee Market |
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Selection and Employment |
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Selection ■ Orientation |
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Training |
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Management Training |
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GLOBAL HOSPITALITY NOTE 18.1: Training in a Global |
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Hospitality Industry |
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On-the-Job Training |
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Retaining Employees |
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Staff Planning |
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Job and Work Needs |
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Key Words and Concepts |
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Internet Exercises |
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CHAPTER 19: CONTROL IN HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT |
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The Importance of Control |
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Control and the “Cybernetic Loop” |
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Control Through Management Action ■ Characteristics of Control Systems |
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Tools for Control |
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Financial Accounting |
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Key Words and Concepts |
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Internet Exercises |
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CHAPTER 20: LEADERSHIP AND DIRECTING IN HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT |
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Leadership as Viewed by Social Scientists |
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Relationship to Other Management Functions |
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Why People Follow |
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Necessity as Work Motivation |
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Motivation ■ Encouragement, Praise, and Recognition as Work Motivation |
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Communication |
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Barriers to Communication |
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Leadership and Change |
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Developing Your Own Leadership Style |
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INDUSTRY PRACTICE NOTE 20.1: Leadership in the Hospitality Industry |
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Summary |
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Key Words and Concepts |
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Review Questions |
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Internet Exercises |
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CHAPTER 21: THE ROLE OF SERVICE IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY |
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INDUSTRY PRACTICE NOTE 21.1: Six Sigma Comes |
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Summary |
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Key Words and Concepts |
669 |
Review Questions |
669 |
Internet Exercises |
669 |
Notes |
671 |
Index |
672 |