Ideology Conflict and Leadership in Groups and Organizations or Hospitality Financial Management

Ideology, Conflict, and Leadership in Groups and Organizations

Author: Otto F Kernberg

In this book a psychoanalytic clinician and theoretician integrates current knowledge of the psychodynamics of individuals, groups, and organizations into a new theoretical framework. Otto F. Kernberg shows how the interplay of libidinal and aggressive impulses enacted within the dynamic unconscious of the individual also occurs at the level of groups and social organizations. He sheds new light on the turbulent nature of human interactions in groups, suggests how this understanding may help resolve conflicts at the group and institutional levels, and provides a model for achieving effective institutional change.

See also: Doggie Desserts or Reflexions

Hospitality Financial Management

Author: Agnes L Defranco

Real-world advice for quick retention of the most important business concepts and skills of hospitality finance

Hospitality Financial Management provides a straightforward, practical approach to help the hospitality manager effectively analyze hospitality industry management reports and financial statements; prepare accurate business forecasts, strategic pricing models, and effective cost-control systems; manage working capital; develop and finance growth strategies; perform investment analysis; prepare investment packages; negotiate and structure business deals; and ultimately increase shareholder value and personal wealth.

This comprehensive how-to book includes:

• Feature Stories--brief histories of famous hospitality leaders highlighting how they have used financial management skills to attain success for their companies and significant financial rewards for themselves

• Learning Outcomes--a summary of key topics covered in each chapter

• Finance in Action--scenarios that apply the concepts, skills, and techniques presented in the chapter to real-world situations. A step-by-step solution is provided for each problem to walk the reader through the necessary financial calculations

• The Real Deal--boxed inserts that emphasize the relevance of the book by linking financial concepts to fun facts associated with situations students either have or will encounter in their everyday lives

• Concept Checks--case studies that reinforce the materials presented and enable students to practice their analytic and problem-solving skills

Hospitality Financial Managementis the perfect book for undergraduate and graduate hospitality management students, hospitality industry managers, and owners of small hospitality businesses.

Table of Contents:

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

1 Finance and the Hospitality Industry.

Introduction.

2 Financial Reporting.

Financial Reporting.

3 Analyzing Financial Statements.

Analysis of Financial Statements.

4 Managing Working Capital and Controlling Cash.

Managing Working Capital and Controlling Cash.

5 Growing the Business.

The Need for Growth.

Growth Strategies.

6 Financing Growth.

The Need for Capital.

Hotel Financing Trends and Schemes.

7 The Time Value of Money.

Concept of Time Value of Money.

8 Investment Analysis.

Investment Analysis.

9 Hospitality Industry Applications of Time Value of Money Concepts and Skills.

Time Value of Money Applications.

10 The Investment Package.

The Need for an Investment Package.

11 Crafting and Negotiating the Deal.

The New Business Venture.

Negotiating Loans with Lenders.

Negotiating the Equity Investment.

Negotiating Skills.

12 Tying It All Together.

Introduction.

Hospitality Industry Financial Challenges.

Financial Reporting.

Analysis of Financial Statements and Management Reports.

Managing Working Capital.

Growing the Business.

Financing Growth.

Investment Analysis.

The Investment Package.

Crafting and Negotiating the Deal.

Index.