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In this text, a leading hospitality educator and industry consultant gives readers the means to ensure customer satisfaction and produce acceptable profit margins. Two new chapters review different methods of cost control strategy and operations, including information systems and computerized cost control.
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“These straightforward guides… are confidence-building resources in situations that could otherwise be a tangled money maze.” — BookPage
In the excitement over rings, receptions, and new relatives, couples often neglect a crucial aspect of planning for marriage-getting their financial house in order. Getting Married [...]
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Interpretive restraint, careful presentation of evidence, and clear, direct writing make this a model monograph.
American Historical Review
Hilkey has written an exemplary academic monograph.
Canadian Review of American Studies
Hilkey•s book is a significant contribution to debates on ideals of success and manhood in America.
Maryland Historical Magazine
An intriguing and well [...]
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From Publishers Weekly
Choosing a spouse and choosing a career are important life decisions—but perhaps even more predictive of our all-round personal happiness is our choice of living location, argues Florida (The Rise of the Creative Class) in this informative if somewhat dry tome. As globalization makes [...]
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From Publishers Weekly
Despite a title that draws on an insult and a simplistic premise—that there are “pink” and “blue” styles of self-presentation—Lichtenberg’s latest contribution to fem-biz lit offers an intellectually and emotionally challenging prescription. The “pitch” in question involves “using your influence, skills and powers of [...]
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About the Author
Richard Florida is Professor of Business and Creativity at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, and the founder of the Creative Class Group, a for-profit think tank that charts trends in business, communities, and lifestyles. His national bestseller The Rise of [...]
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`an interesting book … she does focus on an increasingly important issue, which will exercise policy-makers in the years ahead’ Robert Taylor, Financial Times
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In this pioneering work, Catherine Hakim presents the “Preference Theory,” a new, multi-disciplinary [...]
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Camille McElroy, Boston Globe, 1/16/95
This book, as the author warns on the cover, is not for the fainthearted! Steele’s powerfully honest portrayal of how corporations actually see women is based on his 30 years of experience as an executive and consultant at numerous Fortune 1000 companies. [...]
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From Publishers Weekly
Despite a title that draws on an insult and a simplistic premise—that there are “pink” and “blue” styles of self-presentation—Lichtenberg’s latest contribution to fem-biz lit offers an intellectually and emotionally challenging prescription. The “pitch” in question involves “using your influence, skills and powers of [...]
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