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Strategy for tourism / John Tribe.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Tribe, John, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Tourism--Management.
Tourism.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations
Edition:
Second edition.
Place of Publication:
Oxford, England : Goodfellow Publishers Ltd, 2016.
Summary:
An internationally focused text which explains strategic management, analysis and implementation specifically in the tourism industry. Fully revised and updated, this second edition covers strategic management in a variety of tourism contexts.
Contents:
Intro
Cover
Title page
Copyright
Contents
About the author
Part I Strategic Purpose
1 Introduction to Strategy
Introduction
The meaning of strategy
The process of strategy
The importance of strategy
Contexts and uses of strategy in tourism
Competing approaches to strategy
References
2 Mission and Purpose
Vision, missions and objectives
Types of mission
Mission types and mission agenda
Mission and reality
Governance
Social responsibility
Stakeholders and stakeholder power
3 Culture and Strategy
Culture
National culture
Organisational culture
Part II Strategic Analysis
4 The External Environment: PEST
The political environment
The economic environment
The socio-cultural environment
The technological environment
PEST analysis
5 The External Environment: Competition
Industries, markets and strategic groups
Porter's five forces analysis
Competitor analysis
Destination competitiveness
6 The Internal Environment: Capability
Resources and competences
Performance monitoring and control
Comparative analysis
Evaluation of products
SWOT analysis
Part III Strategic Choice
7 Strategic Options
Porter's generic strategies
Porter adapted
Elasticity and margins
Sustaining competitive advantage
Game theory
8 Strategic Directions and Methods
Directions
Methods: growth
Methods: innovation
9 Strategic Evaluation
Suitability
Acceptability
Feasibility
Choosing between options
Part IV Strategic Implementation
10 Organising and Resourcing
Introduction.
Resource planning
Design of organisational structure
11 Managing and Monitoring
Management of change
Control mechanisms
Effective implementation
12 Strategy in Action
Preparation of a strategy
Strategists
Gender and strategy
Strategy review
Turnaround strategies
Crisis management strategies
Concluding remarks
Index.
Notes:
Includes index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 8, 2016).
ISBN:
9781786841278
1786841274
9781910158630
1910158631

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