Recreation and Leisure

Recreation and Leisure
Author: Thomas L. Goodale
Publisher: Venture Publishing (PA)
Total Pages: 484
Release: 1991
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN:

This third edition continues the tradition of examining how change reshapes recreation and leisure in our society, and the challenges to recreation, park, and leisure services that accompany such changes. Ideal for an issues or senior seminar course, this book also challenges every recreation, park, and leisure service professional to rethink what he or she is about.

Organization Behaviour for Leisure Services

Organization Behaviour for Leisure Services
Author: Darren Lee-Ross
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2012-06-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136375112

Organization Behaviour for Leisure Services provides the reader with the conceptual tools necessary for analysing organizational behaviour in the context of hospitality, leisure and tourism provision, and understaanding events in order to take appropriate management action. Taking the view that leisure services involve an array of industry sectors - they are related, for instance, to work-time spent eating, drinking and staying away from home, as well as the more obvious recreational pursuits - the text uses examples and case studies from a wide range of international businesses such as hotels, restaurants, museums, shopping malls and sports stadia. Specific examples used are from Marriotts, McDonald's, Trafford Centre and many more. With a user-friendly structure and style, the text is an ideal introduction to the fundamental issues involved - perfect for students and managers alike. This book discusses and questions a number of key elements, including: The individual and the organization Groups in the organization Organizational structures and behaviour Management within the organization Commercial hospitality, leisure and tourism in a service context There is a Tutor Resource pack available to lecturers who adopt this text. Accredited lecturers can request access to download this material by going to http://books.elsevier.com/academic/defaultmanuals.asp? to request access.

Advances in Hospitality and Leisure

Advances in Hospitality and Leisure
Author: Joseph S. Chen
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2020-11-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1839823844

This sixteenth annual volume of Advances in Hospitality and Leisure includes full papers and research notes. Articles involve a quantitative or qualitative approach along with conceptual models.

Proceedings of the 1987 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference

Proceedings of the 1987 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference
Author: Jon M. Hawes
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2015-05-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 331917052X

This volume includes the full proceedings from the 1987 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference held in Bal Harbour, Florida. It provides a variety of quality research in the fields of marketing theory and practice in areas such as consumer behaviour, marketing management, marketing education, and international marketing, among others. Founded in 1971, the Academy of Marketing Science is an international organization dedicated to promoting timely explorations of phenomena related to the science of marketing in theory, research, and practice. Among its services to members and the community at large, the Academy offers conferences, congresses and symposia that attract delegates from around the world. Presentations from these events are published in this Proceedings series, which offers a comprehensive archive of volumes reflecting the evolution of the field. Volumes deliver cutting-edge research and insights, complimenting the Academy’s flagship journals, the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (JAMS) and AMS Review. Volumes are edited by leading scholars and practitioners across a wide range of subject areas in marketing science.