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1 Hospitality services management |
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1.1 Knowing your hospitality business |
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9 | (1) |
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1.2 Hospitality businesses pros & cons |
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9 | (3) |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (6) |
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1.5 Working with customers |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (3) |
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2 Empowering unit management |
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23 | (14) |
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2.1 Empowering employees is more than a name change |
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23 | (1) |
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2.2 Empowerment: cutting through the jargon |
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24 | (9) |
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33 | (4) |
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3 Team leadership and motivation |
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37 | (20) |
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3.1 Ensuring the happiness of your employees |
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37 | (2) |
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3.2 What kind of leader are you? |
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39 | (10) |
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49 | (3) |
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52 | (5) |
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57 | (24) |
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4.1 It is people, people, people |
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57 | (1) |
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4.2 Individual differences |
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57 | (12) |
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4.3 Individuals in groups |
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69 | (2) |
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71 | (2) |
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4.5 Dealing with conflict |
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73 | (4) |
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4.6 Motivating people at work |
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77 | (4) |
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5 Staff turnover and retention |
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81 | (16) |
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5.1 Hidden problem, hidden costs |
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81 | (1) |
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5.2 Causes and types of staff turnover |
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81 | (3) |
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84 | (2) |
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5.4 Measuring staff turnover |
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86 | (3) |
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5.5 Keeping your staff is not rocket science: Everyone can do it |
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89 | (8) |
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6 Staff recruitment and selection |
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97 | (18) |
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6.1 You cannot train nice |
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97 | (1) |
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6.3 The local market for labour |
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99 | (1) |
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6.4 The importance of planning ahead |
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100 | (1) |
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6.5 Describing the job to be done |
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100 | (1) |
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6.6 Describing the ideal recruit |
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101 | (2) |
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6.7 Attracting candidates |
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103 | (5) |
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108 | (4) |
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6.9 Approaches to recruitment and selection |
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112 | (3) |
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7 Employee development and training |
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115 | (14) |
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7.1 Learning by trial and error always involves lots of error |
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115 | (1) |
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7.2 The benefits of training |
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116 | (5) |
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121 | (4) |
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125 | (4) |
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8 Managing service quality |
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129 | (12) |
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8.1 You serve hot food hot, and cold food cold, and everybody smiles |
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129 | (1) |
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8.2 Hospitality retail service quality |
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130 | (6) |
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8.3 Quality management and hospitality retail operations |
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136 | (1) |
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8.4 Total quality unit management |
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137 | (4) |
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9 Time management and activity planning |
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9.1 What sets you apart from others is how you use your time |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (4) |
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9.3 Activity planning and management |
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146 | (8) |
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9.4 Reviewing performance |
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154 | (3) |
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10 Control and operating profit management |
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157 | (18) |
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10.1 It is all about keeping sales and costs under control |
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157 | (1) |
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10.2 Understanding costs and sales |
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157 | (4) |
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10.3 Cost-volume-profit relationships |
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161 | (3) |
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10.4 Costs and sales control |
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164 | (4) |
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168 | (7) |
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11 Food and beverage cost management |
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175 | (18) |
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11.1 To be successful we need to be smart business people |
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175 | (1) |
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11.2 Levels of menu complexity |
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175 | (3) |
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178 | (2) |
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180 | (1) |
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11.5 Storage and issuing control |
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181 | (2) |
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183 | (3) |
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186 | (2) |
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188 | (1) |
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189 | (4) |
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12 Labour cost management |
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193 | (16) |
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12.1 There is more to it than cutting wages |
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193 | (1) |
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12.2 Elements of labour costs |
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194 | (6) |
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12.3 Measuring staff costs |
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200 | (2) |
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12.4 Adding to staff income |
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202 | (2) |
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12.5 Scheduling employees |
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204 | (5) |
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13 Sales generation and marketing |
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209 | (20) |
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13.1 Meeting and exceeding customer expectations |
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209 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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211 | (8) |
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219 | (10) |
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14 Preparing a unit's business plan |
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229 | (16) |
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14.1 Business plans, like any map, improve the chance of reaching the destination |
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229 | (1) |
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14.2 Describing the business |
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229 | (2) |
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14.3 Description of the products and services |
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231 | (1) |
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232 | (1) |
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233 | (3) |
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14.6 Competitive business strategy |
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236 | (2) |
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238 | (1) |
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239 | (2) |
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14.9 Writing up, presenting and working with your business plan |
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241 | (4) |
About the authors |
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Bibliography |
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