ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1987, gives valuable insights into the characteristics of employment in the hotel and catering industry and useful guidance on personal techniques. It deals with fundamental issues, such as personnel policy, as well as with practical techniques.

Human Resource Management in the Hotel and Catering Industry has been written as an introductory text to human resource management in the hospitality industry. It is suitable reading for students, line managers and personnel managers in the many different sectors of the business.

chapter 1|14 pages

A background to the industry’s workforce

chapter 2|10 pages

Human resource policies

chapter 3|13 pages

Job design

chapter 4|12 pages

Recruitment

chapter 5|18 pages

Selection

chapter 6|9 pages

Appointment and induction

chapter 7|7 pages

Appraisal

chapter 8|10 pages

Training

chapter 9|7 pages

Management development

chapter 10|8 pages

Job evaluation

chapter 11|5 pages

The administration of wages and salaries

chapter 12|5 pages

Incentives

chapter 13|7 pages

Fringe benefits

chapter 15|17 pages

Industrial relations

chapter 16|9 pages

Law of employment

chapter 17|14 pages

Manpower planning, records and statistics

chapter 18|17 pages

Organizing human resources

chapter 19|8 pages

Labour costs and productivity

chapter |8 pages

Appendix 3 The IPM Recruitment Code

chapter |2 pages

Appendix 5 Training organizations

chapter |21 pages

Appendix 7 Effective staff training