1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910967276703321

Autore

Lashley Conrad

Titolo

Organization behaviour for leisure services / / Conrad Lashley and Darren Lee-Ross

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Boston, : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2003

ISBN

9786611051655

9781136375125

1136375120

9781281051653

1281051659

9781417507733

141750773X

9780080479842

0080479847

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Lee-RossDarren

Disciplina

790.0973

790/.0973 21

Soggetti

Leisure industry - United States

Organizational behavior - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-248) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Organization Behaviour for Leisure Services; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Understanding leisure; Services and service organizations; Organizational behaviour; Reflective practitioners; 1. Hospitality, leisure and tourism services and organizational behaviour; Understanding organization behaviour; Describing organizations; The service context; Employment practice; Conclusion; 2. Organizational structure and design; Organizational structure: what does it mean?; Organizational extremes

Basic principles of structure and designConclusion; 3. Organizational politics: legitimacy and opposition; What does 'politics' mean in an organizational context?; Opposition within organizations; Conclusion;



4. Individuals in organizations: personality, perceptions and learning; What is individual behaviour?; Personality; What is perception?; Learning; Conclusion; 5. Individuals in organizations: attitudes, behaviour and motivation; Values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviour; What is motivation?; Job characteristics theory; Conclusion; 6. Emotions in leisure service organizations

The emotional organizationEmotional labour; Emotions and employment practice; Conclusion; 7. Groups, leadership and power; Groups in organizations; Working in teams; Leadership; Sources of leadership power; Conclusion; 8. Organizational culture: context for leisure services; Understanding culture; Organizational culture; Organizational subcultures; Conclusion; 9. The empowered leisure service organization; Empowerment: what does it mean?; Relational empowerment; The psychology of empowerment; Conclusion; 10. Effective communication in leisure service organizations

Effective communication: what does it mean?Communication flows in leisure service organizations; Effective communication in leisure service organizations; The importance of line manager communications; Communication and leisure service organization performance; Conclusion; 11. Diversity management in organizations; Discrimination in the workplace; Increasing workplace diversity; Celebrating diversity; The social psychology of togetherness; Conclusion; 12. Management practice in leisure service organizations; What do managers actually do?; Management levels; Management skills

Unique characteristics?Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Organization Behaviour for Leisure Services provides the reader with the conceptual tools necessary for analysing organizational behaviour in the context of hospitality, leisure and tourism provision, and understaanding events in order to take appropriate management action.Taking the view that leisure services involve an array of industry sectors - they are related, for instance, to work-time spent eating, drinking and staying away from home, as well as the more obvious recreational pursuits - the text uses examples and case studies from a wide range of international businesse



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957406003321

Autore

Stella Peter

Titolo

Central Bank Financial Strength and Policy Performance : : An Econometric Evaluation / / Peter Stella, Ulrich Klueh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

ISBN

9786612841279

9781462303328

1462303323

9781452784397

1452784396

9781282841277

1282841270

9781451870343

1451870345

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (69 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/176

Altri autori (Persone)

KluehUlrich

Disciplina

332.11

Soggetti

Banks and banking, Central - Econometric models

Monetary policy - Econometric models

Accounting

Banking

Banks and Banking

Banks and banking

Banks

Central bank autonomy

Central bank balance sheet

Central Banks and Their Policies

Deflation

Depository Institutions

Finance, Public

Financial reporting, financial statements

Financial statements

Inflation

Macroeconomics

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

Price Level

Prices



Public Administration

Public Sector Accounting and Audits

Chile

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Theoretical Considerations and Related Literature; A. Reasons for A Lack of Central Bank Financial Strength; B. Theories Linking Central Bank Financial Strength and Policy Performance; C. Related Empirical Evidence; III. Evaluating Cross-Country Indicators of Central Bank Financial Strength; A. Conceptualization of Central Bank Financial Strength and Data Sources; B. Recent Trends in Central Bank Profitability; 1. Return on Average Assets in a Large Sample of Central Banks, 1995-2005

2. Median Return on Average Assets in Bankscope Sample 3. Share of Central Banks with High Central Bank Financial Strength; 4. Share of Central Banks with Negative IFS Capital; 5. Central Bank Financial Strength in a Group of Western Hemisphere Countries; 6. Distribution of Reported Sum of Capital and OIN in Percent of Total Assets; 7. Distribution of Reported OIN in Percent of Total Assets; 8. Measures of Central Bank Revenues and Costs; IV. Econometric Analysis; A. Data and Approach; 9. Price Stability and Central Bank Financial Strength

B. Central Bank Financial Strength and Inflation in a Panel of Latin American and Caribbean Countries 1. Baseline Results with Alternative Control Variables and Excluding Outliers; 2. Fixed Effects Estimates with Alternative Control Variables; 3. Fiscal Variables and Alternative Dependent Variable; 4. Results for Central Bank Financial Strength; 5. Feasible Generalized Least Squares Estimation; C. Central Bank Financial Strength and Inflation in a Large Cross-Section of Countries; 6. Results for the Cross-Section; 10. Relationship Between Central Bank Financial Strength

7. Accounting for Extreme Cases of Balance Sheet Distortions 11. Relationship Between Central Bank Financial Strength and d; V. Policy Conclusions and Future Research; Appendix: Statistical Information and Figures; References; Footnotes

Sommario/riassunto

The financial health of central banks and its relation to policy outcomes has recently been recognized as an important policy issue. While case study evidence clearly indicates that weak central bank finances can hamper effective policy implementation, the question of whether central bank financial strength influences policy performance remains controversial. This is due, in part, to a lack of econometric evidence. The paper presents a first step toward filling this gap, by providing a quantitative evaluation of the relationship between measures of central bank financial strength and policy performance, in particular inflation. The paper's major finding is that there indeed is a negative relationship between central bank financial strength and inflation outcomes. This relationship appears to be robust to the choice of alternative country samples, control variables, estimation strategies, and conceptualizations of central bank financial strength.