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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN LICENSED RETAILING
Business Development in Licensed Retailing
A Unit Manager's Guide
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By
Conrad Lashley, Professor of Leisure Retailing, Centre for Leisure Retailing, Nottingham Business School, UK
Guy Lincoln, Senior Lecturer in the School of Tourism and Hospitality at Leeds Metropolitan University

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Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism,

Description
'Business Development in Licensed Retailing: a unit manager's guide' details the indispensable skills and techniques needed to manage units within licensed retail organisations in a flexible and entrepreneurial manner. This book: Forms the basis of a complete course for a unit manager's development. Provides an overview of the range of skills needed for effective unit management. Supports the development of techniques with examples from existing best practice and case examples from companies such as JD Wetherspoon's, TGI Fridays and McDonald's amongst others. Business Development in Licensed Retailing considers the functional management techniques required at unit management level, covering recruitment, human resource management, operations, service quality and customer relations, financial measurement and analysis, promotions and strategic planning. The analysis systematically provides all the practical know-how you need to produce of a comprehensive business plan for your unit. Ending with a comprehensive case study that demonstrates all the aspects of business development working in a real-life scenario, the text is ideally suited for lecturers and management development personnel to use as a learning resource through which readers can apply the principles and techniques outlined.

Audience
Level 2 undergraduate students of hospitality, leisure and tourism management degrees, those following the British Institute of Innkeeping's Advanced Qualifications and practioners in the industry.

Contents
Licensed retail management; Staff recruitment and selection; Working with people; Team leadership and motivation; Staff retention and turnover; Employee development and training; Managing customer service; Managing food production and delivery; Finance - accounting; Finance - planning and budgeting; Labour cost management; Marketing - understanding your business; Marketing - planning promotional activity; Preparing a business plan

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 352 pages, publication date: JUL-2002
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-5334-3
ISBN-10: 0-7506-5334-5
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN

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Last update: 30 Nov 2009
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