Housekeeping By Design

Author : David Brody
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022638926X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Housekeeping by Design written by David Brody and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the great pleasures of staying in a hotel is spending time in a spotless, neat, and organized space that you don’t have to clean. That doesn’t, however, mean the work disappears—when we’re not looking, someone else is doing it. With Housekeeping by Design, David Brody introduces us to those people—the housekeepers whose labor keeps the rooms clean and the guests happy. Through unprecedented access to staff at several hotels, Brody shows us just how much work goes on behind the scenes—and how much management goes out of its way to make sure that labor stays hidden. We see the incredible amount of hard physical work that is involved in cleaning and preparing a room, how spaces, furniture, and other objects are designed to facilitate a smooth flow of hidden labor, and, crucially, how that design could be improved for workers and management alike if front-line staff were involved in the design process. After reading this fascinating exposé of the ways hotels work—or don’t for housekeepers—one thing is certain: checking in will never be the same again.

Author : David Brody
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022638912X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Housekeeping by Design written by David Brody and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mattress, box spring, and duvet for a king-size hotel bed weighs in at 225 pounds. Imagine trying to wrestle with changing the sheets and getting the hospital corners just right; it is easy to see why hotel housekeepers experience back and shoulder injuries at increasing rates. David Brody got behind the scenes at the Chicago Hyatt Regency and the Starwood hotels in Hawaii, bypassing management and corporate press releases to interview the housekeeping staff directly. Given Brody s expertise in architecture and design, his mission here is to help us understand service design in hotels in order to situate the needs of hotel customers, housekeepers, and hotel management one relative to the other. What unfolds as a new perspective on hotels is designin terms of spaces, products, maintenance, and workflow systems. We get vivid examples of how a hotel room s design encapsulates a highly orchestrated, hidden process of management and labor, where work is invisible and surface appearances are paramount to the guest s sense of domestic comfort. ( Turndown service is one exampleroom light dimmed, drapes drawn, music on classical, turndown mat on floor, slippers in place, mint on pillow, etc.) Brody opts strongly for what he calls co-design, which means collaboration between workers and management on improving hotel design, and he is unabashedly partisan in taking sides with hotel workers and their unions. He also advocates for sustainability and green politics."

Author : Malini Singh & Jaya B. George
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788179929476
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Housekeeping Operations, Design and Management written by Malini Singh & Jaya B. George and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Housekeeping Operations, Design And Management is a comprehensive textbook, which aims to cover all relevant theoretical and practical aspects of housekeeping with special reference to hotels. The book is divided into three sections operations, design and management. The first part covers the theoretical foundation and techniques of operation of housekeeping and gives the basic knowledge of practical housekeeping. The second part of the book covers the design aspects in housekeeping, which includes interior decoration, floral design, uniform design and textiles. The third section of the book highlights the managerial aspects of housekeeping, which includes contract services, human resource management, budgets and also the latest trends in the accommodation department of hotels. The book also highlights the relation between interior decoration and housekeeping. It is specially designed for students pursuing a degree or diploma in Hotel Management/Home Science, and also for housekeepers working in the industy. The photographs, charts, diagrams and tables are useful in coverage of the concepts of housekeeping. The book is also helpful for entrepreneurs who want to start their own housekeeping concern.

Author : Marilynne Robinson
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250060656
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Housekeeping written by Marilynne Robinson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, the eccentric and remote sister of their dead mother. The family house is in the small town of Fingerbone on a glacial lake in the Far West, the same lake where their grandfather died in a spectacular train wreck and their mother drove off a cliff to her death. It is a town "chastened by an outsized landscape and extravagant weather, and chastened again by an awareness that the whole of human history had occurred elsewhere." Ruth and Lucille's struggle toward adulthood beautifully illuminates the price of loss and survival, and the dangerous and deep undertow of transience."--

Author : Mary Kraft
Publisher : Hearst Books
ISBN 13 : 9780878510054
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Good Housekeeping Complete Book of Decorating written by Mary Kraft and published by Hearst Books. This book was released on 1971 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ellen Lupton
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312532733
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Design Your Life written by Ellen Lupton and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-05-12 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining such topics as housekeeping, entertaining, parenthood, time management, D.I.Y, and more, shows you how to evaluate the things you use and how to recognize the forms of order that inhabit the messes of everyday life.

Author : Cheryl Mendelson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743272862
Total Pages : 900 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Home Comforts written by Cheryl Mendelson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-05-17 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home Comforts is something new. For the first time in nearly a century, a sole author has written a comprehensive book about housekeeping.

Author : Kelly Edwards
Publisher : Medallion Media Group
ISBN 13 : 160542630X
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Design Cookbook written by Kelly Edwards and published by Medallion Media Group. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This e-book is in fixed layout format. To zoom on text or pictures simply double tap the area on which you’d like to zoom. Through stunning photographs and step-by-step instructions, designer and lifestyle expert Kelly Edwards brings a myriad of looks, tastes, and approaches to chic home design in this guidebook. From the kitchen and the bedroom to the home office and the out-of-doors, Kelly illustrates how to achieve the best color, texture, proportion, and overall design aesthetic and passes along decorating tips from amazing designers and tastemakers. Individual chapters contain a wide array of images and inspiration for the respective spaces along with an assortment of do-it-yourself “recipes” to achieve just the right personality.

Author : Kelly Hoppen
Publisher : Quadrille Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781844000418
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kelly Hoppen Close Up written by Kelly Hoppen and published by Quadrille Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by her travels in the Far East and understanding of the principles of space and proportion, Kelly Hoppen's rooms proclaim an ability to mix materials and textures in neutral backgrounds for a look that is in tune with modern western consciousness. This work shows how you can create this cool modern look on a modest budget. Starting with an outline of her signature principles, the book examines the key topics of understanding space, making an impact, living with the seasons, feeding the senses, defining public and private spaces, creating mood with lighting and introducing improvised and unexpected touches to free the imagination.

Author : Dick K. Riemensnider
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hospital Housekeeping Design & Operational Guidelines written by Dick K. Riemensnider and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: