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Purchasing: Selection and Procurement for the Hospitality Industry, 8th Edition
John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Feb 2011, Pages: 704
Purchasing: Selection and Procurement for the Hospitality Industry, Eighth Edition is a learning-centered text that includes several pedagogical enhancements to help the student quickly acquire and retain important information. It is written for those who will be involved with some phase of purchasing throughout their hospitality careers. This text covers product information as well as management of the purchasing function, and how this relates to a successful operation. It also acts as a comprehensive reference guide to the selection and procurement functions within the hospitality industry. Purchasing: Selection and Procurement for the Hospitality Industry is the most comprehensive and up-to-date hospitality purchasing text available today.
New to this Edition:
- The text dimensions have been expanded to allow for additional photos, drawings, and tables to more effectively convey purchasing concepts and applications.
- The expanded glossary contains hundreds of purchasing specific terms and detailed definitions. This glossary is a vital reference for students and those already working in the purchasing function.
- Concepts surrounding technology and “green” practices in the hospitality purchasing field have been expanded and updated. Industry Insights have been updated to cover the most current trends related to purchasing. More than 20 discussions and interviews with industry executives are interwoven throughout the text. These stories include insights that provide insider information on current and future trends related to purchasing. Some are written by experts in the purchasing field, providing perspectives on the future of purchasing, novel approaches to procurement, and new techniques for calculating the amount of products to purchase.
- The detailed references at the end of each chapter have been increased and updated to provide students with current materials to supplement their readings.
- Updated links to key Websites provide students with access to current information.
- New, revised, and updated illustrations and photographs of concepts, companies, and products relating to the purchasing function have been included.
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