This book serves as a concise yet comprehensive, step-by-step handbook for modern event management. This Essentials edition gives students contemporary lessons and insights that they can relate to. It brings theory to life through copious practical examples, illustrative diagrams and unique case studies demonstrating best practices and pitfalls. Industry experts from across APAC?s event planning sector have contributed content to key contemporary topics including sustainability, risk management, project management and strategic alignment to client goals.

This text emphasises the importance of strategic human resource management (HRM) and the links between strategy, people and performance. DeCieri from Monash University, Vic and Kramar from Macquarie Graduate School of Management.

Managing Facilities provides a clear introduction to the concepts, development and application of managing facilities in hotels. Premises and services operations management are considered through the application of generic management techniques. In hotels, buildings, land, assets, people and services are essential resources which need to be managed to meet organizational objectives. Through practical techniques and examples Jones and Jowett show how these facilities can be continuously improved to increase competitiveness and meet the ever changing needs of the customer. Managing Facilities is a concise guide for hotel, hospitality and facilities managers. It is also an excellent text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of hospitality management.

Festivals and special events have grown into a massive industry worldwide, generating billions of dollars for regional centers, states, and countries. Festival and Special Event Management provides a comprehensive overview of the theory and procedures essential to managing festivals and special events. Australian authors.

International Marketing: An Asia-Pacific Perspective 3rd Edition is a comprehensive text reflecting the needs of marketers and managers in the Asia-Pacific region. It concentrates on Australian and New Zealand firms which are looking towards the Asia-Pacific region as the major focus of their international business activities.

The Australian HR Institute (AHRI) endorsed Human Resource Management: Strategy and Practice 10th edition is the leading resource in the upper level management market that provides a strong conceptual and practical framework for students of human resource management. A new edition of this popular title provides opportunity to reinforce our position as market leader by providing updated content that is relevant and useful to learners and to also provide a new digital learning solution in Mindtap to a market with a growing interest in digital delivery. The 10th edition retains the successful integrative strategic HRM (SHRM) model and includes new content on HRM models and contemporary issues. The new MindTap course introduces interactive, skills based activities as well as new opportunities for student engagement and revision. AHRI endorsement has also continued for the 10th edition.

"Reflecting current trends in global tourism, this book bridges the gap between tourism policy and strategic planning and maintains a firm focus on the practical application of theory." "Tourism Policy and Planning: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow presents students, professionals, and policy-makers with a set of conceptual tools for understanding the complex factors that make up tourism policy and help ensure its growth in positive ways." "With a user friendly learning structure and divided into ten chapters, Tourism Policy and Planning: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow examines issues such as tourism as an economic and commercial activity, political and foreign policy implications, sustainable tourism, education and training, and strategic planning. It is fully illustrated throughout with international case reports to provide a solid foundation for understanding not only what tourism policy is and the benefits of well-formulated tourism policy but also how to influence and implement it."--BOOK JACKET.