Week 2 Assignment Homework Chapter 3: Name the functions of the front office department along with job titles and specific responsibilities of each
Week 2 assignment
Homework
Chapter 3:
- Name the functions of the front office department along with job titles
and specific responsibilities of each.
- How are housekeeping and front desk dependent upon each other for
customer satisfaction and what types of communication are used to ensure that this
occurs?
Chapter 4:
- Name the functions of the housekeeping department along with job titles
and specific responsibilities of each.
- Outline the ten areas that a guest room attendant needs to cover to
properly clean each guestroom.
- List and discuss 5 ways that might be used to control loss of linens.
Week
3 assignment
Homework
Chapter 5:
Describe
and discuss the importance of the duties of the Director of Sales in a
full service hotel.Discuss
why a one-stop contact is important for an association executive.Discuss
what is entailed in the job of a convention manager.Discuss
why communication is important between the sales department and other
department and what type of communications occur.
Chapter 6:
Describe
some actions or activities that might be classified as sexual harassment.
What are the essential elements of a sexual harassment allegation?List
and discuss four state or federal laws that impact human resources in
hotels today.
Week
4 assignment
Chapter 7:
- Identify and discuss in detail three challenges and three opportunities
from each of the five areas of the food and beverage departments. (hint: the
easiest format is in a chart)
- Choose three food and beverage management positions and discuss and
describe three unique challenges and three managerial characteristics of each.
(hint: the easiest format is in a chart)
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Week
5 assignment
Homework
Chapter 8:
Define
and discuss the role of the director of security in maintaining hotel
security.A
guest has just slipped on wet tile in the lobby, and fallen and hit her
head, surrounded by other patrons. She appears to be just shaken up, but
she is bleeding slightly from a cut on her forehead. Describe in detail
the steps you would take to handle this situation.
Chapter 9:
Describe
in detail the short, intermediate and long term demands on a general
manager’s time.Discuss
the differences in the time demands of a general manager between a full
service large hotel and a small limited-service hotel.
Week
6 assignment
Homework
Chapter 10:
How
are RevPar, ADR and Occupancy are calculated and describe in detail what
each tells the general manager about the success of the sales and front
office department in effectively managing inventory?What
are allocation controls? What are availability controls? What are the
benefits and disadvantages of each? (Note: disregard the side labels in
the book, they are reversed. Use the actual written paragraphs for
information) (hint: chart format may be easier to use)
Chapter 11:
Describe
and discuss the difference in a management company and a franchise
company. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each. (hint: chart
format may be easier to use)
Week
7 assignment
Homework
Chapter 12:
Discuss
the key demographics of potential buyers of timeshares as well as in
detail what elements of timeshares would entice them to buy timeshare
weeks over vacationing on their own in traditional lodging facilities.How
is management of a timeshare different from management of traditional
hotels? Be specific regarding operating procedures and guest
characteristics.
Chapter 13:
Compare
and contrast in detail the lodging and facility characteristics of
activity-based facilities vs. themed facilities. What geographic areas are
most conducive to each?
Course Project: Own Your Own Hotel!
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Objectives
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This course project is designed
for you to learn more about the lodging industry while having some fun at the
same time. Your assignment is to design and to develop your own hotel. The
following criteria needs to be followed:
Will
you select a hotel franchise (brand) yes or no / why or why not?How
many rooms will your hotel have?What
will your hotels ADR be?Select
an actual geographic location / market.Decide
what type of operating segment your hotel will operate under.Develop
the hotels departments that will support the operations of the hotel.Select
specific amenities that will help distinguish your hotels brand.What
type of management organization will your hotel possess?What
type of security features will your hotel have?Evaluate
your actual competition (strengths and weaknesses).Establish
a target market.Establish
a marketing plan for how you will attract the target market.What
are some of the current opportunities and issues that your geographic
market possesses?How
will you turn a profit after several years in business?
Guidelines
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Projects must 8 to 12 pages in
length (this would be roughly 1 page per area included in the report), 12 point
font, double-spaced, 1″ margins, and include a cover page, table of
contents, introduction, body of the report, summary or conclusion and works
cited.
Even
though this is not a scientific-type writing assignment, and is mostly
creative in nature, references are still very important. At least 6
authoritative, outside references are required (anonymous authors or web
pages are not acceptable). These should be listed on the last page titled
“Works Cited”.APA
format and citations are required.All
DeVry University policies are in effect including the plagiarism policy.Projects
aredue in Week 6of this course.Any
questions about this project may be discussed in the weekly Q&A
discussion topic.This
project is worth 200 total points and will be graded on quality of
research topic, quality of paper information, use of APA citations,
grammar and sentence structure.No
late papers will be accepted.
Grading