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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
Human Resource Management in the Hospitality Industry
An Introductory Guide
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Eighth Edition

By
Michael Boella, Faculty Fellow at University of Brighton
Steven Goss-Turner, Deputy Head / Principal Lecturer of the School of Service Management at the University of Brighton

Description
Now in its eighth edition, Human Resource Management in the Hospitality Industry: an introductory guide, is fully updated with new legal information, data, statistics and examples, and includes brand new material on multi unit operations and management. Taking a ?process' approach, it guides the reader through every stage from HR planning through recruitment to termination/separation, covering the following issues: – Selection, appointment and induction – Training and management development – Labour turnover – Employee relations and employment law – Managing people and customer care – Business Ethics Written in a user friendly style, each chapter includes international examples, bulleted lists, guides to further reading and exercises to test knowledge.

Audience
HND and undergraduate level 1 – HRM is a core module on most Hospitality Management degrees. Practitioners and managers in the industry

Contents
Preface.

The Hospitality Industry HRM Context
: Background to the industry's workforce. Human resource management.

Effectively Resourcing the Hospitality Organisation
: Job design. Recruitment. Selection. Appointment and induction.

Developing the Human Resource
: Performance management. Training. Management development.

Rewards and Remuneration
: Job evaluation. Administration of wages and salaries. Incentives. Fringe benefits.

The Employment Relationship
: Labour turnover and termination of employment. Employee relations. Law of employment. Human resource planning, records and statistics. Labour costs and productivity.

HRM & Hospitality: Contemporary Issues
: Organizing human resources. Managing people. Managing in an international context. HRM and Multi-Site Hospitality Operations. Customer care and quality. Business ethics. Appendix.

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 352 pages, publication date: JUN-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-6636-7
ISBN-10: 0-7506-6636-6
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN

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