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The High Cost Of Hasty Hiring, Anthony G. Marshall
The High Cost Of Hasty Hiring, Anthony G. Marshall
Hospitality Review
Carefully reading employment applications and checking out all references and prior-employment records is vital to hotel managers and personnel directors today. Many legal suits are the result of employees who, hired quickly because of an immediate need, commit some crime in relation to guest rooms or property.
Accreditation: What It Is … And Is Not, Mary L. Tanke
Accreditation: What It Is … And Is Not, Mary L. Tanke
Hospitality Review
The conceptual notion of accreditation is as specialized, complex, and diverse as is the field of hospitality management education. Before an argument can be made for or against accreditation within the professional field of hospitality management, a common understanding of accreditation must be achieved. The following article, the first of a two-part series, is intended to expand the reader's knowledge of the accreditation process. Part two will discuss its relationship to hospitality management education at the college or university level.
Take The "Con" Out Of Consulting In The Food Service Industry, Herman E. Zaccarelli Brother
Take The "Con" Out Of Consulting In The Food Service Industry, Herman E. Zaccarelli Brother
Hospitality Review
Consultants can help a food service operator with almost any problem which needs solving. Howeve6 the manager must "manage" the consultant. The author offers a design for planning for hiring and evaluating the work of anyone given the job of analyzing existing systems and diagnosing problems.
French And Chineses Cuisines: An Evaluation, Lendal H. Kotschevar
French And Chineses Cuisines: An Evaluation, Lendal H. Kotschevar
Hospitality Review
This is the second of a two-part series on an evaluation of cuisines. The author establishes standards for cuisine which determine that Chinese food is superior to French.
Official Airlines Assist Meeting Planners, Osgood P. Willis
Official Airlines Assist Meeting Planners, Osgood P. Willis
Hospitality Review
Selecting an airline as the official one for a convention or meeting can save meeting planners time, money, and a lot of work. The author discusses ways in which airlines can work with conferences of all sizes.
Automating Hospitality Information: Network Technology And Systems Management, Leslie E. Cummings
Automating Hospitality Information: Network Technology And Systems Management, Leslie E. Cummings
Hospitality Review
The local area network (LAN) interconnecting computer systems and soft- ware can make a significant contribution to the hospitality industry. The author discusses the advantages and disadvantages of such systems.
E=Mc3 Energy Equals Management's Continued Cost Concerns, Fritz G. Hagenmeyer
E=Mc3 Energy Equals Management's Continued Cost Concerns, Fritz G. Hagenmeyer
Hospitality Review
E=MC³ Energy Equals Management's Continued Cost Concern, is an essay written by Fritz G. Hagenmeyer, Associate Professor, School of Hospitality Management at Florida International University.
In the writing, Hagenmeyer initially tenders: “Energy problems in the hospitality industry can be contained or reduced, yielding elevated profits as a result of applied, quality management principles. The concepts, processes and procedures presented in this article are intended to aid present and future managers to become more effective with a sharpened focus on profitability.”
This article is an overview of energy efficiency and the management of such. In an expanding energy consumption market with …
Shopping For Computer Restaurant Management Systems, William G. O'Brien
Shopping For Computer Restaurant Management Systems, William G. O'Brien
Hospitality Review
A myriad of computer management systems are available for the restaurant business. The author discusses all aspects of evaluating, purchasing, and using such systems for a restaurant operation.
Managing Risk: Identifying And Controlling Losses And Assuming Risks From Perils, K. Michael Haywood
Managing Risk: Identifying And Controlling Losses And Assuming Risks From Perils, K. Michael Haywood
Hospitality Review
Financial survival in the hotel and restaurant business can depend upon a mastery of the basic principles of risk management. This article explains the series of steps leading to the successful implementation of the risk management techniques most appropriate for a given hotel or restaurant.
Reference Points: Hotel Management Training In The United States And Europe , Bernard Gehri
Reference Points: Hotel Management Training In The United States And Europe , Bernard Gehri
Hospitality Review
Different cultures and historical precedents produce a broad range of influences on the training of hotel managers in Europe and the United States. The author isolates a certain number of facts the nature of which clarify an understanding of two attitudes which complement each other to the benefit of their common objective - efficient professional training.
Cash Investments Are Required For Restaurant Purchases, John Stefanelli
Cash Investments Are Required For Restaurant Purchases, John Stefanelli
Hospitality Review
An individual considering a restaurant purchase must look at a number of major items that require financing. An initial cash investment is also necessary. The author enumerates and discusses what the buyer must have to start in business.
Aircraft Marketing In An Era Of Deregulation, J.A. F. Nicholls
Aircraft Marketing In An Era Of Deregulation, J.A. F. Nicholls
Hospitality Review
The deregulation of commercial aviation has had far-reaching effects on all aspects of business. In the Spring 1984 issue, the author explored some of the changes in the domestic airline industry. This article discusses the effects of deregulation on another group - those who manufacture commercial aircraft.
Airline Deregulation, Computerized Reservation Systems, And Travel Agents, J.A. F. Nicholls
Airline Deregulation, Computerized Reservation Systems, And Travel Agents, J.A. F. Nicholls
Hospitality Review
With the beginning of airline deregulations in 1978, U.S. domestic operations were in for a period of turmoil, adjustment, vibrancy, entrepreneurship, and change. A great deal has been written about the effects of deregulation on airlines and their personnel, and on the public at large. Less attention has been paid to the effects on travel agents and on the seminal role of computerized reservations systems (CRSs) in the flowering of travel agencies. This article examines both of these phenomena.
Protecting Your Assets: A Well-Defined Credit Policy Is The Key, Steven V. Moll
Protecting Your Assets: A Well-Defined Credit Policy Is The Key, Steven V. Moll
Hospitality Review
In - Protecting Your Assets: A Well-Defined Credit Policy Is The Key – an essay by Steven V. Moll, Associate Professor, The School of Hospitality Management at Florida International University, Professor Moll observes at the outset: “Bad debts as a percentage of credit sales have climbed to record levels in the industry. The author offers suggestions on protecting assets and working with the law to better manage the business.”
“Because of the nature of the hospitality industry and its traditional liberal credit policies, especially in hotels, bad debts as a percentage of credit sales have climbed to record levels,” our …
The Front Office Manager: Key To Hotel Communications, Denney G. Rutherford
The Front Office Manager: Key To Hotel Communications, Denney G. Rutherford
Hospitality Review
The Front Office Manager: Key to Hotel Communications is a written study by Denney G. Rutherford, Department of Hotel and Restaurant Administration, College of Business and Economics at Washington State University.
In it he initially observes, “Since the front office manager is usually viewed as the key to the efficient and orderly operation of a hotel, the author has researched the job and activities of this individual in an attempt to provide data about an area which he says was "intuitively known" but never "empirically explored."
“Current literature implies that the activities of the front office are so important to …
Overcoming The Impotency Of Marketing, K. Michael Haywood
Overcoming The Impotency Of Marketing, K. Michael Haywood
Hospitality Review
In his dialogue titled - Overcoming The Impotency Of Marketing - K. Michael Haywood, Assistant Professor, School of Hotel and Food Administration, University of Guelph, originally reveals: “Many accommodation businesses have discovered that their marketing activities are becoming increasingly impotent. To overcome this evolutionary stage in the life cycle of marketing, this article outlines six principles that will re-establish marketing's vitality.”
“The opinion of general managers and senior marketing, financial, and food and beverage managers is that the marketing is not producing the results it once did and is not working as it should,” Haywood advises.
Haywood points to price …
Leveraged Buyouts: Opportunities And Risks, Elisa S. Moncarz
Leveraged Buyouts: Opportunities And Risks, Elisa S. Moncarz
Hospitality Review
This article presents a general overview of leveraged buyouts, relating their feasibility as an option for hospitality management. Specifically, the author explores the background and main features of leveraged buyouts, focusing attention on their risks and rewards, management's opportunities, tax ramifications, planning, and future outlook. Denny's leveraged buyout is examined in order to provide an insight into the structuring of a buyout for a major food service firm.
File Control: The Heart Of Business Computer Management, William G. O'Brien
File Control: The Heart Of Business Computer Management, William G. O'Brien
Hospitality Review
In his study - File Control: The Heart Of Business Computer Management - William G. O'Brien, Assistant Professor, The School of Hospitality Management at Florida International University, initially informs you: “Even though computers are an everyday part of the hospitality industry, many managers lack the knowledge and experience to control and protect the files in these systems. The author offers guidelines which can minimize or prevent damage to the business as a whole.”
Our author initially opens this study with some anecdotal instances illustrating the failure of hospitality managers to exercise due caution with regard to computer supported information systems …
Profiling The Campus Recruiter At A Four-Year Hospitality Program, Ai Lzzolo
Profiling The Campus Recruiter At A Four-Year Hospitality Program, Ai Lzzolo
Hospitality Review
Profiling the Campus Recruiter At a Four-Year Hospitality Program, is a written profile, supported by anecdotal rather than stridently empirical evidence, by Al lzzolo, Assistant Professor, College of Hotel Administration, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. “Each year major chain corporations as well as single unit companies interview hospitality students throughout the country. A study conducted at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was designed to profile the hospitality industry campus recruiter and to provide meaningful data to college students who would be interviewing with these recruiters,” the author initially proffers.
“Recruiting at the four-year hospitality program, by its nature, is …
Discipline And Due Process In The Workplace, Edwin B. Dean
Discipline And Due Process In The Workplace, Edwin B. Dean
Hospitality Review
In the article - Discipline and Due Process in the Workplace – by Edwin B. Dean, Assistant Professor, the School of Hospitality Management at Florida International University, Assistant Professor Dean prefaces his article with the statement: “Disciplining employees is often necessary for the maintenance of an effective operation. The author discusses situations which require discipline and methods of handling employees, including the need for rules and due process.”
In defining what constitutes appropriate discipline and what doesn’t, Dean says, “Fair play is the keystone to discipline in the workplace. Discrimination, caprice, favoritism, and erratic and inconsistent discipline can be costly …