A Host of Opportunities or European Industrial Policy

A Host of Opportunities: An Introduction to Hospitality Management

Author: Hubert B Van Hoof

Appropriate for Introduction to Hospitality courses within Hospitality Management & some Culinary Arts departments.

 

A brief and inexpensive introductory text organized around typical hospitality management curricula.  A Host of Opportunities provides an introduction to future Hospitality Management courses.  Every chapter integrates of cross-departmental viewpoints and functions, along with ethics to prepare a learner with management training.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction to the essence and scope of hospitality	1 11
Ch. 1	The essence and scope of hospitality	3 11
Pt. I	Introduction to lodging management	45 11
Ch. 2	History and economics of the lodging industry	47 11
Ch. 3	Rooms division : front of the house operations	105 11
Ch. 4	Back of the house operations : housekeeping, maintenance, and engineering	140 11
Pt. II	Introduction to the food and beverage industry	201 11
Ch. 5	Overview of the food service industry	205 11
Ch. 6	Food service management	230 11
Pt. III	Introduction to components of the travel and tourism industry	275 11
Ch. 7	Linking hospitality to travel and tourism	277 11
Ch. 8	The hospitality spectrum : resorts, clubs, cruises, events, and attractions	309 11
Ch. 9	Gaming and casino management	341 11
Pt. IV	Introduction to hospitality management functions and skills	383 11
Ch. 10	Human resource management	385 11
Ch. 11	Hospitality marketing	411 11
Ch. 12	Leadership, ethics, and management for the hospitality industry	439 11
Ch. 13	Career exploration for the hospitality industry	481

Interesting book: Cadburys Purple Reign or La Cucina Siciliana Di Gangivecchio

European Industrial Policy: The Twentieth-Century Experience

Author: James Foreman Peck

This study aims to contribute to an understanding of European industrial policy by introducing an historical perspective. Leading European scholars examine the evolution of industrial policy over the course of the twentieth century within their respective countries. The authors take a broad view of industrial policy and include those policies that establish the 'framework', such as competition law, as well as sector- and firm-specific policies.