Handbook of Hospitality Operations and IT

Informationen zum Autor Peter Jones Klappentext This Handbook consists of 17 chapters which critically review mainstream hospitality operations and IT research topics and set directions for future research efforts. Internationally recognized leading researchers provide thorough reviews and discussions, reviewing hospitality operations and IT research by topic, as well as illustrating how theories and concepts can be applied in the hospitality industry. The depth and coverage of each topic is unprecedented. A must-read for hospitality researchers and educators, students and industry practitioners The Handbooks of Hospitality Management Series is led by Editor-in-Chief, Professor Abraham Pizam. Zusammenfassung A resource for critical reviews of research into both operations and IT management. It provides essays and explanations of case studies, to illustrate how practices and concepts can be applied to the hospitality industry. It is suitable for hospitality researchers and educators, students and industry practitioners. Inhaltsverzeichnis Operations Management theory (Jones); Hospitality systems (Ball); The 'Servicescape' (Namasivayam & Lin); Role of the hospitality customer (Canziani); Waiting lines and self-service (Lambert & Wonjae Lee); The service encounter (Sparks & Weber); e-Distribution (O'Connor); ICT and Hospitality Operations (Whitelaw); Outsourcing (Promsivapallop); Operational Performance (Lockwood); Revenue management(Shoemaker); Loss Control and Security (Jones); Managing labour productivity (Christie Mill); Quality management (Affify); Innovation management (Ottenbacher); Chain Operations (Reynolds & DiPietro); Crisis Management (Moggendorf); Environmental Management (Kirk)

Product details

• Authors: Peter Jones
• Assisted by: Peter Jones (Editor), Abraham Pizam (Editor)
• Publisher: Butterworth Scientific Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.2008
• EAN: 9780750687539
• ISBN: 978-0-7506-8753-9
• Dimensions: 173 mm x 242 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Handbooks of Hospitality Management; Handbooks of Hospitality Management
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Hospitality industry, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, Production & quality control management, Hospitality and service industries, Production and quality control management