The following articles provide an overview of the various responsibilities of managers that are commonly found in the hospitality and tourism industry.
• Describe the various types of management careers that can be offered within each industry (lodging, and food & beverage).
• Compare and contrast the differences between the General Management (GM) positions within the two industries.
• Analyze and describe the growth in overall employment within these two industries and how this overall growth is forecasted within the next 10 years.
• Recommend at least three human resource practices in which each industry can better recruit and retain management talent for their respective industry.
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The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
• Describe management careers, employment outlook, and HR staffing practices of the lodging and food and beverage industries.
4 (1200 words) (Double Spaced)
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marketing and sales, housekeeping, room operations, security, procurement, and recreation (CollegeGrad, n.d.). Even though a GM in the food and beverage industry and a GM in the lodging industry generally have similar responsibilities, there are specific underlying differences due to the variance in the industry they work in. The shared responsibilities include; hiring, training, supervising staff, and coordinating the activities of different departments (Careers in Food, n.d.). For the differences, GMs in the food and beverage industry predominantly focus on ensuring that the foods and beverages served to customers meet the expected standards (Careers in Food, n.d.). Unlike GMs in the lodging industry, who focus on improving marketing rooms, marketing ventures undertaken by GMs in the food and beverage industry are focused on improving a restaurant’s or hotel’s food and beverage sales (Careers in Food, n.d.).
