ABSTRACT

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.

part |2 pages

Part 1 The Hospitality Industry HRM Context

chapter 1|18 pages

Background to the industry’s workforce

chapter 2|16 pages

Human resource management

part |2 pages

Part 2 Effectively Resourcing the Hospitality Organization

chapter 3|16 pages

Job design

chapter 4|18 pages

Recruitment

chapter 5|21 pages

Selection

chapter 6|11 pages

Appointment and induction

part |2 pages

Part 3 Developing the Human Resource

chapter 7|12 pages

Performance management

chapter 8|12 pages

Training

chapter 9|10 pages

Management development

part |2 pages

Part 4 Rewards and Remuneration

chapter 10|9 pages

Job evaluation

chapter 11|6 pages

Administration of wages and salaries

chapter 12|6 pages

Incentives

chapter 13|11 pages

Fringe benefits

part |2 pages

Part 5 The Employment Relationship

chapter 15|14 pages

Employee relations

chapter 16|14 pages

Law of employment

chapter 18|10 pages

Labour costs and productivity

part |2 pages

Part 6 HRM and Hospitality: Contemporary Issues

chapter 19|15 pages

Organizing human resources

chapter 20|15 pages

Managing people

chapter 21|11 pages

Managing in an international context

chapter 22|9 pages

HRM and multi-site hospitality operations

chapter 23|20 pages

Customer care and quality

chapter 24|8 pages

Business ethics