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Managing for quality in the hospitality industry
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Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2006
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9780130945891
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This practical Quality Management book focuses on meeting the expectations of internal customers, external customers, and owner/investors-the backbones of any organization and its culture. Integrating theories and real-life examples to illustrate how to achieve high quality, the authors add credibility to the process by sharing their successful quality management experience in a contemporary case history - while simplifying the most important elements in managing quality in the hospitality industry. Chapter topics cover how to tap an organization's hidden strengths, team effectiveness, the tools of the trade, assessing and implementing quality, leadership, and quality life. For Managers of Quality, General Managers, owners, executives and other personnel in the hotel, restaurant, and club industries.


Table of Contents

1 An Overview of Managing for Quality
2 Champions of Quality
3 Quality Management
4 Tapping the Organization's Hidden Strengths
5 Team Effectiveness
6 Serving External Customers
7 CQI Journey
8 The Tools of the Trade
9 Strategic Quality Plan
10 Assessing Quality
11 Implementing Quality
12 Leading Quality
13 Quality Life
14 Final Thoughts
Appendix
Tools of the Trade Tear Out Sheets