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The purpose of Niche Tourism is to provide students with foundational insight and practical understanding of the various types of niche tourism sectors within southern Africa. Each of these uniquely established niche tourism sectors contributes towards the development of the southern African tourism product and service offering and attracts large volumes of tourists annually to southern Africa.
Niche tourism has grown and expanded into various formats over the past few years. Within southern Africa there are unique tourism establishments that showcase how these niche tourism establishments contribute towards growing the economy, uplifting local communities, and conserving the natural and cultural heritage of southern Africa.
The tourism industry in southern Africa offers various entrepreneurial opportunities for tourism graduates. The aim of this textbook is to provide students with a strong theoretical foundation on the respective niche tourism segments supported with current practical examples of how these niche tourism sectors operate, to enable graduates to establish their own niche tourism establishments. In doing so, graduates would be able to not only contribute towards the regional economy of southern Africa but also enable the resolution of socio-cultural challenges whilst conserving and protecting both the natural and cultural heritage of southern Africa.
Business Management: Back to Basics, aims at enabling students to learn relevant skills and competencies to become critical thinkers, problem solvers and effective and efficient business managers during prosperous and challenging times.
These competencies are achieved through students’ ability to interpret and apply the managerial tasks within the functional areas of management in an efficient and effective manner.
In this regard, practical activities based on real business scenarios facilitate students’ critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
The foodservice industry is a fundamental part of the hospitality
and tourism industries, and contributes to essential guest
experiences and the meeting of guests' expectations of service
excellence. It encompasses all operations involved in preparing and
serving food and beverages to customers away from their homes.
Understanding the fundamental components of foodservice management
will enhance capabilities and ensure business success. Foodservice
management: an African perspective offers an in-depth analysis of
the integrated complexities of various types of food and beverage
service organisation. Foodservice management: an African
perspective provides an overview of the foodservice industry before
addressing the organising and control functions, then progresses to
the more strategic aspects. Foodservice management: an African
perspective is aimed at students studying towards a qualification
in the fields of hospitality, culinary, food and beverage or
consumer sciences at either higher certificate, diploma or
bachelor's level. This textbook is also suitable for courses in
foodservice management at TVET colleges. Susina Jooste has over 20
years of experience in higher education and programme development
for culinary and hospitality specialisation. She has previously
been the owner and director of a private higher education
institution which offered qualifications in hospitality and events
management, and in hospitality education. She currently serves as
research and development specialist at the NID Training NPC and is
a director of the South African Culinary and Hospitality Educators
Forum.
Today, supply chain management has increased in relevance and
importance among organisations wanting to create a sustainable
competitive advantage in an ever-changing and unique market
environment. Irrespective of the size, nature and placement of an
organisation in a market, when understood and managed correctly,
supply chain management practices and fundamentals have the
propensity to shape and determine an organisation's success.
Strategic supply chain management provides an understanding of how
supply chain management activities influence strategic decision
making in a contemporary organisation. Strategic supply chain
management is aimed at students studying toward a commerce
programme at both diploma and bachelor's level.
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