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Prepares students for a future career in hospitality management by outlining the key skills needed to become a successful manager in the service industry, with a particular emphasis on ensuring managers provide guests with a high-quality customer experience.





The book breaks hospitality management down into core principles, with each chapter focusing on a specific factor, including strategy, staffing and systems. All of which are supported by practical advice, examples, and Wow! Boxes, which provide evidence of best practice in service-sector organizations, including Walt Disney, Southwest Airlines, and The Four Seasons.





The new edition reflects the latest changes in the service industry and newer developments related to sustainability and technology. There is also an outline of the framework needed to motivate employees to provide exceptional service, and how to create a culture that consistently delivers a top quality customer experience.





The book is supported by online resources for instructors and students, including: Test Bank, PowerPoint slides, an Instructor's Manual, Multimedia, Exercises and Assignments, Sample Syllabi, Flashcards, and Quizzes.


Ideal reading for undergraduate students on Hospitality Management and Hotel Management courses. "A perfect book for any Hospitality program, excellent instructor support, and a good resource for students." -- Denise A. Braley "The book is a great addition to both classroom instruction and scholarly literature of the hospitality and service field. It covers various management tactics on service responsibilities, problems, and approaches to solutions. It challenges readers to identify issues associated with the problem and think outside the box to solve problems in the workplace. This is one of the most needed and highest-quality books we have in the field." -- Wei Wang "This detail oriented book not only covers key concepts but utilizes real-life examples to make the content more convincing and validated. It is also a good book for in-class discussions and application practices." -- Chih-Lun Yen "A wide-ranging comprehensive text, looking at key contemporary issues in hospitality." -- Alistair Williams "We all know how important it is to turn customers into "Raving Fans"-but getting everyone in an organization on board takes thoughtful action. Managing Hospitality Organizations offers fourteen principles of service that prove when you serve your people well, they will pass that service on to your customers. Whether you are a student or a manager on the front lines, if you want to create "Raving Fans", this book is for you!" -- Ken Blanchard "Although Bob credits me as the 'Father of Guestology', he and Mike have developed the concept of Guestology into an entire book that perfectly captures what it means to manage an organization from the guest's point of view. This is an excellent text to learn how to use the management philosophy I and my team pioneered to ensure that in every phase of the business, from the planning and design of new parks and attractions to their everyday operations, all Disney cast members are focused on satisfying and exceeding the Guest's wants, needs, and expectations." -- Bruce Laval "The second edition of Robert Ford and Michael C. Sturman's excellent text, Managing Hospitality Organizations, is a must read for students pursuing careers in the business of hospitality and the faculty who facilitate their learning. This new edition retains the right mix of theory and practice that students need, call it the art and science of hospitality, while incorporating key changes to how hospitality businesses interact with and satisfy their customers today, including the evolving role of technology in service strategies, systems and staffing and the changing nature of customers themselves. I congratulate the authors on a job well done!" -- Michael D. Johnson, Ph.D., President

Managing Hospitality Organizations: Achieving Excellence in the Guest Experience

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Introduction

SECTION I. THE HOSPITALITY SERVICE STRATEGY

1. The Basics of Wow! The Guest Knows Best

Introduction

Guestology: What is it?

The Guest Experience

Guest Expectations

Quality, Value, and Cost Defined

The Importance of Guestology

Lessons Learned

2. Meeting Guest Expectations through Planning

Introduction

Three Generic Strategies

The Hospitality Planning Cycle

Assessing the Environment

Assessing the Organization Itself: The Internal Assessment

Vision and Mission Statements

Developing the Service Strategy

Action Plans

Involving Employees in Planning

The Uncertain Future

Lessons Learned

3. Setting the Scene for the Guest Experience

Introduction

Creating "The Show"

Why is the Environment Important?

A Model: How the Service Environment Affects the Guest

Lessons Learned

4. Developing the Hospitality Culture: Everyone Serves!

Introduction

The Importance of Leaders

The Importance of Culture

Culture as a Competitive Advantage

Beliefs, Values, and Norms

Culture and the Environment

Communicating the Culture

Changing the Culture

Lessons Learned

SECTION II. THE HOSPITALITY SERVICE STAFF

5. Staffing for Service

Introduction

The Many Employees of the Hospitality Industry

The First Step: Study the Job

The Second Step: Recruit a Pool of Qualified Candidates

The Third Step: Select the Best Candidate

The Fourth Step: Hire the Best Applicant

The Fifth Step: Make the New Hire Feel Welcome

The Sixth Step: Turnover-Retaining the Best and Selecting People out of an Organization

Lessons Learned

6. Training and Developing Employees to Serve

Introduction

Employee Training

Developing a Training Program

Types of Training

Training Methods

Challenges and Pitfalls of Training

Employee Development

Lessons Learned

7. Serving with a Smile: Motivating Exceptional Service

Introduction

Motivating Employees

The Needs People Have

The Rewards Managers can Provide

Ways Rewards Can Motivate

How Managers and Leaders Provide the Right Direction

Lessons Learned

8. Involving the Guest: The Co-Creation of Value

Introduction

The Guest Can Help!

Strategies for Involving the Guest

Determining Where Co-Production Makes Sense

One Last Point: Firing the Guest

Lessons Learned

Section III. The Hospitality Service Delivery System

9. Communicating for Service

Introduction

The Challenge of Managing Information

Information and the Service Product

Information and the Service Setting

Information and the Delivery System

Decision Support Systems

The Hospitality Organization as an Information System

Lessons Learned

10. Planning the Service Delivery System

Introduction

Planning and Designing the Service Delivery System

Developing the Service Delivery System

Planning Techniques

Targeting Specific Problem Areas in Service Delivery Systems

Lessons Learned

11. Waiting for Service

Introduction

Capacity and Psychology: Keys to Managing Lines

Queuing Theory: Managing the Reality of the Wait

Managing the Perception of the Wait

Service Value and the Wait

Lessons Learned

12. Measuring and Managing Service Delivery

Introduction

Techniques and Methods for Assessing Service Quality

Measuring Service Quality After the Experience

SERVQUAL

Finding and Using the Technique that Fits

Lessons Learned

13. Fixing Service Failures

Introduction

Service Failures: Types, Where, and Why

The Importance of Fixing Service Failures

Dealing With Service Failures

Recovering From Service Failure

Lessons Learned

14. Service Excellence: Leading the Way to Wow!

Introduction

The Three Ss: Strategy, Staffing, and Systems

Hospitality and the Future

Leading the Way Into the Future

Leading and Managing

It all Begins-and Ends-with the Guest

Lessons Learned

Glossary

Additional Readings

Index