Human Resource Management in the Hospitality Industry (10^th Ed.) A Guide to Best Practice

Human Resource Management in the Hospitality Industry: A Guide to Best Practice takes a ?process? approach and provides the reader with an essential understanding of the purpose, policies and processes concerned with managing an enterprise?s workforce within the current business and social environment.

Since the ninth edition of this book there have been many significant developments in this field and this new edition has been completely revised and updated in the following ways:

• Extensively updated content to reflect recent issues and trends relevant to the hospitality industry including: changing labour market profiles and the ?gig? economy, the digital transformation of HRM practices, employer branding developments, talent management strategies, employee well-being considerations, and contemporary concerns over diversity, gender and harassment at work.
• Five new chapters on: organizational culture, modern labour markets, emotions and well-being, careers in hospitality, and digital HRM.
• New international case studies throughout to explore key issues and show real-life applications of HRM in the hospitality industry.

Written in a user-friendly style, each chapter includes international examples, bulleted lists, guides to further reading and exercises to test knowledge.

Part 1 The hospitality industry HRM context 1. Background to the industry’s workforce 2. The human resource management (HRM) concept 3. Organizational culture Part 2 Effectively resourcing the hospitality organization 4. Modern labour markets 5. Job design 6. Recruitment 7. Employer branding 8. Selection 9. Appointment and induction Part 3 Developing the human resource 10. Performance management and appraisal 11. Training 12. Management development: talent management 13. Emotions and well-being at work (by Dr. Conor Sheehan) Part 4 Rewards and Remuneration 14. Reward systems 15. Job evaluation 16. Incentives 17. Employee benefits Part 5 The Employment Relationship 18. Labour turnover and workforce stability 19. Employee relations 20. Employment law 21. Digital human resource management (by Dr. Ioannis Pantelidis) 22. Productivity Part 6 HRM and hospitality: contemporary issues 23. Organizing human resources 24. Managing hospitality people 25. Managing in the international context 26. HRM and multi-site hospitality operations 27. Customer care and service quality 28. Business ethics 29. Career paths in hospitality (by Dr. Maria Gebbels) Appendices A. Lux Hotels case study B. GastroPubs, Restaurants & Bars plc case study C. Red Carnation Hotels Collection case study D. Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts case study E. Staff Training: A Responsibility for All F. Resources and Organizations: Links

Michael J. Boella is Faculty Fellow at the University of Brighton and specialized in teaching and writing on the subjects of Human Resource Management and Law.

Steven Goss-Turner is Honorary Research Fellow, and formerly Head of Operations and Partnerships, at the School of Sport and Service Management at the University of Brighton.