Strategic Management for Hospitality and Tourism

Strategic Management for Hospitality and Tourism is a vital text for all those studying cutting edge theories and views on strategic management. Unlike other textbooks in this area, it goes further than merely contextualising strategic management for hospitality and tourism, and avoids using a prescriptive or descriptive approach. It looks instead at the latest in strategic thinking and theories and provides critical and analytical discussion as to how and if these models and theories can be applied to the industry, within specific contexts such as culture, profit and non-profit organisations.

With supporting case studies related to the strategy content, context and process, from international companies, this text consists of five main sections: introduction, strategy content, strategy context strategy process and cases. Each of the chapters within these sections has a thorough pedagogic structure consisting of a bulleted introduction, examples and vignettes, discussion points, exercises, case studies and further reading and web sites.

Strategic Management for Hospitality and Tourism also provides online support material for tutors and students, in the form of guidelines for instructors on how to use the textbook, PowerPoint presentations and case studies plus additional exercises and web links for students.

Fevzi Okumus is Associate Professor and Chair of Hospitality Services Department, Rosen College of Hospitality Management, The University of Central Florida, Orlando FL. US.
Levent Altinay is a Reader in Strategic Management in the Service Industry at Oxford Brookes University, Business School, UK.
Prakash Chathoth is Assistant Professor in the School of Hotel and Tourism Management, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.

Part 1: Introduction to Strategy 1. Introduction to Strategic Management 2. Strategic Management in Hospitality and Tourism Part 2: Strategy Context Chapter 3. The Hospitality and Tourism Industry Context 4. The Organizational Context Part 3: Strategy Content 5. Business Level Strategies 6. Corporate Level Strategies 7. Network Level Strategies Part 4: Strategy Process 8. Strategic Planning or Strategic Thinking 9. Strategy Formation 10. Strategy Implementation and Change Part 5: Synthesis 11. Relating Content, Process and Context