Description
'Public House & Beverage Management' provides students with a practical guide to the management aspects of the licensed trade industry.
'Public House & Beverage Management' introduces students to:
* Key players
* Variations in service offer
* Types of management arrangement (managed, leased, tenanted, franchise, freehouse)
* Customers and segments
* Labour markets and employees
* Key elements in the business units
* Retailing skills.
The combined experiences of the authors are reflected in the text, as between them they have a vast range of experience as: publican, hotelier, chef and sommelier. Enhanced by this is their teaching and research covering food service, cellar management, marketing and wines and spirit education.
Table of Contents
A history of the licensed trade industry; The modern industry; The licensed enterprise and the law; The marketing function; Management of the products and services; Managing the human resources; Controlling your profits; Ethics and dilemmas: the challenges of the licensed trade industry; Careers and contacts.
