Tourism and Hospitality Blog: Academic and Industry Article Review

This assignment presents a blog post comprising reviews of both an academic and an industry article related to management flexibility in the tourism and hospitality sector. The first blog post analyzes an academic article that emphasizes the pursuit of responsiveness in production environments, focusing on flexibility and reconfigurability, and highlighting the importance of technology and effective management systems. The second blog post reviews an industry article that discusses the need for adaptability and evolution within Dubai's hospitality sector, emphasizing cost and value management. The assignment also references key concepts and authors, such as Quinn et al. (2014), to provide a holistic view of management practices. The author discusses the need for flexible operational environments, resource management, and holistic development, highlighting the significance of adapting to rapidly changing markets. The blog posts aim to engage in discussion and debate, focusing on the relevance and importance of the material to the topic of management's pursuit of flexibility, and the necessity of making decisions that influence outcomes for many stakeholders.

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Blog 1
Academic Article: The pursuit of responsiveness in production environments: From flexibility to
re-configurability
Journal: International Journal of Production Economics
Author: Jimenez, Machuca, Garrido-Vega and Filippini
Date: 2015
Topic: Management is the pursuit of flexibility
The article focuses on the flexibility aspects through which organizational management
can be effectively optimized. The authors provide their views in regards to improvement of
responsiveness. The production practices according to the authors are being made more flexible
across the various organizations to improve adaptability. Reconfiguring systems and usage of
newly developed technologies towards the same was found to be effective towards the creation
of a flexible management environment. The article mainly focuses on the optimization of
management skills along with the usage of technology that can help towards obtaining
managerial flexibility.
According to Quinn et al. (2014) through various aspects concerning their effective
leadership managers can provide stability to the productive mechanism of an organization.
However, as pointed out in the concerned article, the functionality of managers can be improved
only through the use of better management oriented systems and technology. Managers are
human being and cannot completely live up to the standards of efficient and flexible leadership
on their own. Dependency on effective organizational systems help to identify gaps, guide and

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establish frameworks for better management. The article brings out the technological
perspectives of organizational management.

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Blog 2
Industry Article: Dubai's hospitality industry must adapt and evolve
Journal: www.arabianbusiness.com
Author: www.arabianbusiness.com
Date: 2019
Topic: Management is the pursuit of flexibility
The article focuses on the need for hotel businesses to improve their management
standards for better operational flexibility. Although the article has been based in Dubai, the
aspects that have been discussed are greatly related to the management of hotels throughout the
world. Cost management and value management is deemed to be important towards determining
a flexible operational environment. The author points out that better resource management needs
to take place through more flexible management techniques. A holistic development needs to
take place across hotels according to the article.
In view of the concept of becoming a master in management, it is important that a holistic
approach towards management is taken in view of the rapidly changing markets (Quinn et al.
2014). Taking care of costs, effective budgeting and planning the essential activities in
accordance with rapidly changing external requirements is a significant function that enhances
the prospects of large hotels. Management is a concept where there are many dimensions that
need to be addressed as parts of the whole process. Without proper consideration of all available
resources planning of effective management becomes highly difficult.

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References
Jimenez, C.H.O., Machuca, J.A., Garrido-Vega, P. and Filippini, R., 2015. The pursuit of
responsiveness in production environments: From flexibility to reconfigurability. International
Journal of Production Economics, 163, pp.157-172.
Opinion: Dubai's hospitality industry must adapt and evolve. (2019). Retrieved from
https://www.arabianbusiness.com/travel-hospitality/417422-opinion-dubais-hospitality-industry-
must-adapt-evolve
Quinn, R.E., Bright, D., Faerman, S.R., Thompson, M.P. and McGrath, M.R., 2014. Becoming a
master manager: A competing values approach. John Wiley & Sons.