HOSPITALITY Assignment 1: Careers in Lodging and Food and Beverage Industries
Due Week 4 and worth 200 points
Access the American Hotel and Lodging Association Website, located at http://www.ahla.com/, and the National Restaurant Association Website, located at http://www.restaurant.org. Go to the Careers section of each Website and review the various types of management opportunities.
Write a five to six (6) page paper in which you:
1. Describe the various types of management careers that can be offered within each industry (lodging and food and beverage).
2. Compare and contrast the differences between the General Management (GM) positions within the two (2) industries.
3. Analyze and describe the growth in overall employment within these two (2) industries and how this overall growth is forecasted within the next ten (10) years.
4. Recommend at least three (3) human resource practices in which each industry can better recruit and retain management talent for their respective industry.
5. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Discuss various career opportunities in the food service and lodging industries.
Describe the significant trends impacting the hospitality industry.
Summarize the basic procedures involved in managing a restaurant operation.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in hospitality and tourism management.
Write clearly and concisely about hospitality and tourism management using proper writing mechanics.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric. Points: 200 Assignment 1: Careers in Lodging and Food and Beverage Industries
Criteria Unacceptable Below 60% F Meets Minimum Expectations 60-69% D Fair 70-79% C Proficient 80-89% B Exemplary 90-100% A
1. Describe the various types of management careers that can be
Did not submit or incompletely described the
Insufficiently described the various types
Partially described the various types of
Satisfactorily described the various types
Thoroughly described the various types
HTM 100 – Assignments and Rubrics
© 2012 Strayer University. All Rights Reserved. This document contains Strayer University Confidential and Proprietary information
and may not be copied, further distributed, or otherwise disclosed in whole or in part, without the expressed written permission of
Strayer University.
HTM 100 Student Version 1128 (1196 8-28-2012) Final Page 8 of 15
offered within each industry (lodging and food and beverage).
Weight: 15%
various types of management careers that can be offered within each industry (lodging and food and beverage).
of management careers that can be offered within each industry (lodging and food and beverage).
management careers that can be offered within each industry (lodging and food and beverage).
of management careers that can be offered within each industry (lodging and food and beverage).
of management careers that can be offered within each industry (lodging and food and beverage).
2. Compare and contrast the differences between the General Management (GM) positions within the two (2) industries.
Weight: 20%
Did not submit or incompletely compared and contrasted the differences between the General Management (GM) positions within the two (2) industries.
Insufficiently compared and contrasted the differences between the General Management (GM) positions within the two (2) industries.
Partially compared and contrasted the differences between the General Management (GM) positions within the two (2) industries.
Satisfactorily compared and contrasted the differences between the General Management (GM) positions within the two (2) industries.
Thoroughly compared and contrasted the differences between the General Management (GM) positions within the two (2) industries.
3. Analyze and describe the growth in overall employment within these two (2) industries and how this overall growth is forecasted within the next ten (10) years.
Weight: 25%
Did not submit or incompletely analyzed and describe the growth in overall employment within these two (2) industries and how this overall growth is forecasted within the next ten (10) years.
Insufficiently analyzed and describe the growth in overall employment within these two (2) industries and how this overall growth is forecasted within the next ten (10) years.
Partially analyzed and describe the growth in overall employment within these two (2) industries and how this overall growth is forecasted within the next ten (10) years.
Satisfactorily analyzed and describe the growth in overall employment within these two (2) industries and how this overall growth is forecasted within the next ten (10) years.
Thoroughly analyzed and describe the growth in overall employment within these two (2) industries and how this overall growth is forecasted within the next ten (10) years.
4. Recommend at least three (3) human resource practices in which each industry can better recruit and retain management talent for their respective industry.
Weight: 25%
Did not submit or incompletely recommended at least three (3) human resource practices in which each industry can better recruit and retain management talent for their respective industry.
Insufficiently recommended at least three (3) human resource practices in which each industry can better recruit and retain management talent for their respective industry.
Partially recommended at least three (3) human resource practices in which each industry can better recruit and retain management talent for their respective industry.
Satisfactorily recommended at least three (3) human resource practices in which each industry can better recruit and retain management talent for their respective industry.
Thoroughly recommended at least three (3) human resource practices in which each industry can better recruit and retain management talent for their respective industry.
5. 3 references
Weight: 5%
No references provided
Does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices.
Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices.
Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.
Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting
More than 8 errors present
7-8 errors present
5-6 errors present
3-4 errors present
0-2 errors present
