Supervision Skills for the Service Industry: How to Do It - Softcover

Tesone Ph.D., Dana V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131100955 ISBN 13: 9780131100954

Publisher: Pearson, 2004

Synopsis

This unique, engaging text is a "hands-on" guide for managers and supervisors to help them effectively work with people. This book is designed to provide the practicing supervisor and student of management with a quick and practical guide for the supervision of people. The goal of this book is to help managers work smarter, not harder.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Supervision Skills for the Service Industry: How to Do It is a practical guide for managers, supervisors, or students aspiring to work in the service business. This book is organized into three parts:

• Conceptual knowledge required for effective supervision
• Practical or applied skills for supervisors to use on the job
• Job search strategies and how to be a supervisor in a real-life scenario

Filled with features that enhance the reader's experience:

• Chapter-opening, "In the Real World," vignettes
• Performance-based learning objectives
• Key terms bolded in the text and defined in the text margins
• Timely articles in each chapter drawn from the Hospitality News newspapers
• Mini-cases
• Questions for discussion
• Key terms lists
• Chapter quizzes
• Chapter conclusions with more "In the Real World" vignettes

About the Author:

D. V. Tesone, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Hospitality Technology in the Rosen School of Hospitality Management at the University of Central Florida. In addition to his work as an academician, Dr. Tesone has more than twenty years of hands-on experience in hotels, resorts, country clubs, restaurants, nightclubs and casinos.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0131100955
• ISBN 13: 9780131100954
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176