VANESSA A. TETTEH

VANESSA A. TETTEH, PhD, BSc (Hons), is adept at copyediting, structural editing, and re-writing. Vanessa received her PhD in Tourism Education and Training from the University of Buckingham, England, for which she specialized in Public Policy and Human Resource Development. She teaches, supervises and advises students (from undergraduate to PhD) at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, West Africa. She has taught and continues to teach various disciplines related to Business Management, Marketing, Human Resource Management, Service Management, Tourism and Hospitality Management.

Vanessa's academic articles have been published the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. Among her stock of articles are: "New Frontiers for Hospitality Management Education: The Emerging Experience in Ghana"; "Policy Dimensions of Human Resource Management in the Tourism and Hospitality Sector" (this article was awarded a "Citation of Excellence" by Anbar Electronic Intelligence, now Emerald); and "Tourism Education: Policy and Practice."

Education

PhD. Tourism, The University of Buckingham, England, 1994-1999, "Tourism Education and Training: an Exploratory Study of Links to Policy Formulation and Implementation in the Areas of Tourism and Education ".

BSc. (Hons), The University of Buckingham, England, 1991-1993, European Business Management with French.

Work Experience (1988 - Present)

Management Consultant, Host Consult (Ghana)
Founder and Managing Consultant of a consultancy firm set up primarily to serve Ghana's fledgling tourism industry. Core business activities include human resource development, strategic planning and research.

Lecturer, University of Cape Coast (Ghana)
Teach undergraduate and postgraduate tourism students; supervise and adve undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations.

Expert, Winrock International (USA/Ghana)
Brought in from the US on a USAID-funded assignment in Ghana. Worked with local leaders in a rural community to prepare a tourism development plan and a business plan for proposed investments in tourism.
Developed key concepts for a new private hotel/hostel and prepared a business plan for the project.

Teacher, Springboard to Learning (USA)
Worked part time with a non-profit organisation and local teachers to introduce the Culture of Ghana to 7th Grade students in a public school in St. Louis, Missouri.

Tourism Editor, Ghana Review International (International)
Wrote a tourism column and advised on tourism promotion for this magazine and its sister publications.

Tutor, University of Buckingham (England)
Lectured and tutored undergraduate and postgraduate students in tourism and hospitality management.

Administrative Manager, K. Compu-Service (Ghana)
Assumed responsibility for client relations, administration and human resource management.

Market Research Assistant, Buzz Marketingä (England)
Collected and analyzed market research.

Publications

2000 - "New Frontiers for Hospitality Management Education: The Emerging Experience in Ghana ", The Consortium Journal, Vol. 4, Issue 1.

1999 - "Tourism Education and Training: an Exploratory Study of Links to Policy Formulation and Implementation in the Areas of Tourism and Education ", PhD Thesis, The University of Buckingham.

1998/1999 - Tourism Column, Ghana Review International.

1997 - "Tourism Education: Policy and Practice ", International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Vol. 9, No. 1.

1997 - "Policy Dimensions of Human Resource Management in the Tourism and Hospitality Sector ", International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Vol. 9, No. 5/6.

1996 - "An Analysis of the Relationship between Tourism Education and Training and Tourism Policy: a case study approach ", paper presented at Higher Degrees of Pleasure: International Conference for Graduate Students of Leisure and Tourism, 15th July 1996, Cardiff.

1996 - "Tourism in Ghana: a Service Perspective", Ghana Review International, Issue No. 026.

1996 - "Tourism Education: Policy vs. Practice ", Workshop presentation to the Fifth Annual Hospitality Research Conference of the Council for Hospitality Management Education (CHME), Nottingham Trent Uni., 10-11th April 1996.

Feedback

"Vanessa has been highly responsive and extremely skillful, with remarkable speed in her editing - her approach is so simple and straight to the point!" Dan P. Blagogee, CEO, Prosline Events Gh. Ltd.

"Vanessa Tetteh is such an asset! She transcribed my video-taped lectures into a book within a short space of time, putting so much dedication and hard work into the project. And now, my book is selling like wildfire! The feedback is unbelievable: from academics, other Christians, fellow lecturers and many others. I am highly impressed with Vanessa's monumental work." - Dr. Richard Oswald Commey, author of "Prophecy and Prophets", General Overseer of Ramah Chapel International, President and founder of Ramah Prophetic Ministries, and lecturer at South London Christian College.