"This timely book examines cross-cultural managerial communication competence and its application within the service industry. Focusing particularly on the hospitality and tourism industry, John Saee examines the cross-cultural implications of competence across all managerial functions: planning, workplace communication, recruitment/promotion, induction, training, supervision, industrial relations, management of change, customer service, financial management and marketing." "This is the first detailed study - at a national level - of current psychological and sociological theories of intercultural communication, linked to an investigation of the management of cultural diversity in the workplace within a multicultural society, a study which has global implications. This cutting-edge research advances new modalities of best practice on managerial competence which can be equally applied to all other industries around the world confronted with cultural diversity in the workplace."--BOOK JACKET.

Hospitality management, including operational management; human resource management; customer service management; and financial management. The book also covers quality customer service, business relationships and legal compliance.

"Employment Relations in the Hospitality and Tourism Industries presents a detailed review of employment relations within a distinctive and significant part of the service economy. Uniquely combining employment relations and the hospitality and tourism fields, this book draws on recently published sources to give readers a comprehensive and internationally comparative perspective on the subject area." "Employment Relations in the Hospitality and Tourism Industries is an invaluable resource for anyone studying hospitality and tourism, industrial relations and human resource management."--BOOK JACKET.