Effective Management and Facility Operations

The provided assignment focuses on the importance of effective management in facility operations, emphasizing the need for smooth functioning and strong supplier relationships. It draws from various sources, including research papers, patents, and academic journals, to provide a comprehensive understanding of management techniques relevant to facilities management. The document covers topics such as supply chain management, tenant satisfaction, energy cost budgeting, and more, highlighting the significance of these factors in maintaining efficient facility operations.

BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Explain requirements of establishing and implementing office management procedures3
1.2 How to manage effectiveness of work and system..........................................................4
1.3 Evaluate how to manage any constraints that attached to office facilities and budgets...4
1.4 Factors which is taken into account in design of office system, procedures and guidance
documents...............................................................................................................................5
1.5 How to develop an environment that is conducive to productive work...........................6
2.1 Maintain equipment and consumables to agreed level.....................................................7
2.2 Develop system to eluate effectiveness of office system and procedures........................7
2.3 Review the effectiveness of office systems and procedures............................................8
2.4 Management of maintenance of office equipment ..........................................................9
2.5 How to manage effective relationship with suppliers....................................................10
2.6 Action taken to ensure administrative services that provided to agreed standards .......10
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................11
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REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Business administration refers to the management of a business in market. It involves all
aspects of forecasting and evaluating business operations and decision making related to wide
management functions that include association of finance, personnel and MIS services
(Kim,Kang and Lee, 2014) . This report is based on the Hilton hotel, which is founded by
Conrad Hilton and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, U.S. They are targeting at both business
and leisure travellers and they are located in major city, near airports, convention centre and
popular vacations destinations worldwide. In this report covered topics are requirement of
establishment and implementing management procedures, how to manage effectiveness of work
and system and constrain attached to facilities and related budget, factors which are taken into
account in design of office system and so on.
MAIN BODY
1.1 Explain requirements of establishing and implementing office management procedures
Office management procedures or system refers to the order of steps or operations on
basis of which performance of activities are done. In every organization or company
management create office procedures manuals which is design in a summary format which
involves all activities or things done in an organization (Dalton, 2017) . The requirement of
establishing and implementing office management procedures are consist on size and type of a
specific organization. Some points which must be consider while deigning the office procedures
are safety and security at work, supply ordering, invoice processing, customer services and so on.
Way to present the office management procedures is based on choice of a firm, they can simply
post it on bulletin board of workplace or design small office manual and distribute to every staff.
It is important for Hilton hotel to develop office management procedure because:-
 It generate guidelines of general procedures and policies for hotel Hilton which help
management to govern the office in managed way.
 Procedures set order or ways through which lengthy, difficult and complex task can done
in or within the allotted deadline by following firm office management procedures.
 Through it office manger of Hilton can ensure that all employees and other staff have
clear job description which help in managing and updating data respectively and change
of procedures of company while developing new task or project.

 Mangers of respective hotel can ensure and evaluate training of workers and staffs that
they are doing task properly by following office management procedures.
1.2 How to manage effectiveness of work and system
In any organization it is important to manage work as well as system in effective and
efficient manner so that operations will conduct in smooth way in the workplace (Hatch, 2017).
It help a company to achieve goal and objective in effective manner and through it employees
also get motivated and give their full efforts to achieve particular goal. Hotel Hilton adopt
following ways which is describe below to manage effectiveness of work and system in their
hotel:- Effective Communication:- Through effective communication Hilton hotel can
effectively manage their organization system because by it they can clearly convey and
make understand the work and responsibility of every employees and staffs which leads
to smooth functioning in the hotel (Musinguzi and et.al., 2015). Proper Procedures:- For effective management of system in Hilton hotel and its
management needs to create appropriate rules and regulation which specifically ensure
proper working of staff members or employees and by it employees know what to do and
what not to do which leads to effective functioning of system in respective hotel.
 Short- term Goal:- Management of respective hotel should develop or create short term
goal that is based on day to day activities which help them in doing planning in effective
manner and are able to understand employees and staff in appropriate ways which leads
to achieving the objective in efficient manner.
 Training:- Hotel Hilton management must provide its employees with effective training
and skills development program which enhance their effectiveness of work by that they
enable to achieve objective in effective and efficient manner.
1.3 Evaluate how to manage any constraints that attached to office facilities and budgets
It is the responsibility of management in an organization to manage the limitation which
affect office facilities and budgets to ensure effective and efficient working at workplace.
Management of Hilton hotel take steps to manage constraints which impact on office facilities
and budgets are describe below:- Cost effective planning:- The management of Hilton hotel must use cost effective
planning which means to adopt something or plan or design strategy which is of good

value and is beneficial and its usage is worth for paid cost (Miller And et.al., 2014). Such
as if respective hotel want to expand their workforce, for that first management have to
plan things as well as anticipate budgets accordingly. So that management of respective
hotel can effectively allocate the resources that is required for increased number of
workforce or employees.
 Time management:- Plan and strategy which is made or design by mangers must be
design by evaluating and involving certain things such as budget, time required,
workforce and so on. The employer and employees of Hilton hotel must ensure that their
work will complete in given time and resources. If they not do so it will come up as a
constraints or limitation which impact to their facilities and budgets. Such as if some
work not get completed in allotted time then it required more time and budget which
affect the office facilities and budget that is for some other work.
1.4 Factors which is taken into account in design of office system, procedures and guidance
documents
Office system, procedures and guidelines are essential for every organization and
required for smooth functioning at workplace (Karunasena,Vijerathne and Muthmala, 2018) .
Their are various factors which is taken into consideration when management of a company
designing the office system, procedures and guidances, some major factors which is accounted
by Hilton hotel while developing the procedures and guidances are mentioned below:- Easily understood:- The office system, procedures and guidance must be design in that
manner which can be easily understand by everyone in an organization. Management of
hotel Hilton develop rules and regulation or office system or procedures or guidance in
such way that it can be easy to understand and communicated to every employers as well
as employees or staff. Help in achieving goal:- An organization must design guidance and procedures which
help them in achieving its goal and objective in effective and efficient manner. Hilton
hotel manager design office system, procedures or guidance which help organization as
well as employees in achieving the organization goals and objective in effective and
efficient ways. Equal Platform:- The rules and regulation or guidance or procedures of an organization
must be based on provide equal platform to all employees and staff within workplace.

Hotel Hilton management design rules and regulation or procedures or office system or
guidance by involving and considering all employees and staff, so that no discrimination
is done to any one in the respective hotel.
 Consider all view points:- Before creating any procedures or office system in an
organization it is responsibility of manager to consider all staff view points to make
effective policy to everyone. Hilton hotel management ask for every employees or staff
viewpoints so that they consider it and design the appropriate rule and regulation or
procedures or guidance for effective and smooth functioning of respective hotel.
1.5 How to develop an environment that is conducive to productive work
It is very important for an organization to maintain and develop productive and positive
working environment so that it leads increase in productivity and employees loyalty (Sawyer,
2015). Their are various steps or factors through which managers can develop environment
which leads to productive and positive work in workplace, some of the major steps taken by
Hilton hotel are describe below:-
 Recruit an adequate workforce:- It is important to recruit an adequate or appropriate
employees so that an organization have enough capabilities to do or fulfil existing
workload. Such as if Hilton hotel employees have overworked due to less employees, it
means single employee is doing a job which is meant for two or more worker which leads
to suffer performance and reduction in morale. So to maintain it respective hotel should
recruit adequate number of staff required in the hotel.
 Hire right employees for the job:- An organization must hire the right workforce
according to the job through which they ensure high productivity and help in foster
positive working environment (Lui,VMware Inc, 2018). In Hilton hotel human resource
department hire or recruit people according to the requirement of position by analysing
un and evaluating skills, ability, experience, knowledge and so on. Ask for suggestion and then listen:- In an organization employer must ask for
employees or staff for their valuable suggestion about how to increase efficiency, cut
wastage and improve productivity and so on and also listen to them. In respective hotel
management involves their employees and staff in decision making process and ask for
suggestion and encourage them which leads productive working environment in Hilton.

2.1 Maintain equipment and consumables to agreed level
Hospitality industry is a wide sector and in which it is very important to maintain all
equipments and consumables goods of respective departments to ensure and fulfil the needs and
wants of their guest and customers (Wu And et.al., 2014). The various different departments in
hospitality sectors who have do maintenance of their equipments and consumable things, major
departments which do maintenance of equipment and consumables are describe below:- House keeping Department:- Their are numerous of equipments and consumables for
house keeping departments some of them are dusters, brooms, waste baskets, dust bin,
dust pan, door mat, buckets, thread mop, washing liquid, liquid soap, WC brush, nylon
sponge, air freshener, toilet cleaners, brasso, naphthalene balls and so on which needs to
be maintained by Hilton hotel and other respective sector company so that they can
satisfy and enhance experience of their guest and customers with neat and clean rooms,
public area, swimming pool and other things.
 Food and beverage Department:- In food and beverage departments there are various
type of equipments and consumables goods which are required to maintain to satisfy and
ensure the needs and want of customers and guests. these equipments are cookware,
catering equipments, coffee, tea and beverage equipments, refrigerators, cold storage
food items, food service bags/ packaging/ plating and presentation, food storage, hand
sanitiser, ice machines, seating arrangement in proper way, trays, different type of
serving equipments and so on. In Hilton hotel equipments of respective department must
be their, so they can satisfy the needs and wants of their guests related to food and
beverage in effective and efficient ways.
2.2 Develop system to eluate effectiveness of office system and procedures
It is the responsibility of employers of an organization to develop systems and strategy
for evaluation and analysing the effectiveness of office system and procedures in workplaces
(Jeong, Koo and Hong, 2014). For evaluation manager of Hilton hotel develop strategy and
system which help them in identifying effectiveness of office system and procedures are given
below:- Risk Analysis:- By Evaluating and analysing the risk, an organization can evaluate
effectiveness of office system, procedures and rules and regulation, after evaluating
company can do updating and change according to the requirements (Miller And et.al.,

2017). The Hilton hotel management analyse and evaluate effectiveness of office system
and procedures by using risk analysis techniques through which they can evaluate the
past senior and current senior after execution of office system and procedures and do
innovation and changes according to the requirement of situation.
 Analysing errors of workers:- An organization can evaluate effectiveness of office
system and procedures by analysing the errors or mistakes of employees and worker, it
help and company in same manner as risk analysis does. by this a company can able to
identify whether there is any requirement of change or not. In the respective hotel,
management evaluate effectiveness of procedures and office system by using technique
of analysing mistakes or errors of employees and staff. If there is deduction of
employees error then it seems that current procedures and office system is effective for
Hilton and if there is no change or leads to more mistake then that procedures is not
effective for the respective hotel.
2.3 Review the effectiveness of office systems and procedures
Office system and procedures are important for any organization of every field because it
leads to smooth functioning and operation at a workplace and help in designing activities
accordingly (Miller And et.al., 2014). Every office system and procedures involves two elements
like office routines and methods. There are various effectiveness of office system and procedures
in an organization, some major of them in Hilton hotel are describe below:- Smooth running:- Effective office system and procedures enables the smooth running of
work and operation in an organization, through it management can avoid bottlenecks and
interruptions while conducting any activities. In Hilton hotel effective office system and
procedures help their management in the smooth running of functions and operations and
by developing appropriate rules and regulation respective hotel can avoid and reduce the
interruptions and hindrance. Create understanding:- By using effective office system or policy and procedures in an
organization it help new joineries or new employees to understand their job and work
easy and quickly and in effective manner. In the respective hotel their management
design effective office system or rules and regulation and procedures which facilitates the
new employees to understand their job easy and quick and do it in a effective and
efficient manner.

 Ensure productivity:- Good office system and procedures in an organization ensure the
speedily completion of work or office operations in effective and proper ways which
leads to increase in productivity and growth (Purce, 2014). In hotel Hilton effective
office system and procedures help in increase in productivity and speed of doing work
which leads to respective hotel growth and increase in profit.
All this will help employees to adapt with changing demands and in meeting needs of users.
2.4 Management of maintenance of office equipment
In an organization it is important to maintain the office equipments and tools because
through it an organization can fulfil and satisfy the needs and wants of their customers and guests
(Au-Yong,Ali and Ahmad, 2014). Such as in Hilton hotel there are various departments and tools
according to respective departments. Major department whose maintenance of office equipments
are essential are given below in respective organization:- House keeping department:- In hotel Hilton the maintenance of house keeping
department equipments are essential because it is the one which prepare rooms for guest
and ensure that the rooms are clean and hygienic. so if there is no maintenance or
shortage of equipments of respective departments, they are not able to clean and maintain
guest rooms, public area, swimming pool, lawn, wash rooms and so on which directly
affect the experience of guest and customers which leads to decrease in visitors, profit,
goodwill and so on, So it is the responsibility of respective hotel management to maintain
the equipments of house keeping department time to time.
 Food and beverage department:- Management of respective hotel must ensure
maintenance of equipments and tools of food and beverage department because if there is
no maintenance of tools and equipments of respective department they are not able to
serve effective and quality food and beverages to their customers and if the customers
and guest are not satisfy it will leads to reduction in number of customers visited,
goodwill and it will directly affect the growth and profit of Hilton hotel, so it is the
responsibility of management to ensure maintenance of tools to avoid all above situation
and case.
2.5 How to manage effective relationship with suppliers
In hospitality industry suppliers plays an important role for proper operations of the
organization so it is the responsibilities of management to establish relationship with their

suppliers to maintain supply of goods and materials (Kim,Kang and Lee, 2014). Their are
various ways through an organization can maintain relationship with their suppliers, some major
of them which is adopted by Hilton hotel are describe below:-
 Hilton hotel can develop supplier relationship management software through which they
can contact and transfer any information easily and quickly. This software involves
various features such as suppliers updated profile, managing and monitoring performance
and demand and so on.
 Respective hotel demonstrate itself as a good customer in front of their suppliers by
respecting each other and with effective communication. Hilton hotel can do this by
paying the bill at time and by becoming loyal customers of them.
 The Hilton hotel must reduce number of their vendors and maintain close relationship
with suppliers. If there is too many vendor or supplier the respective hotel management
not able to make sure which one is eliminate and provide good material to them.
2.6 Action taken to ensure administrative services that provided to agreed standards
Their are various steps or functions through which an organization can ensure
administrative services are provided to agreed standard, some of them used by Hilton hotel
which are describe below:-
 Hilton hotel can ensure the effectiveness of administrative services by monitoring the
growth in an organization (Dalton, 2017). If there is any growth in respective hotel,
chosen or adopted administrative service is effective for respective hotel if there is no
growth then it is not.
 To ensure administrative services are provided to agreed standard, Hilton hotel can take
feedback or suggestion to their employees, staff and guest or customers and if the
feedback is in favour of respective hotel then it is effective for them.
CONCLUSION
From the above covered point it is conclude that in every organization, office
management procedure is required and essential for every organization and it is the responsibility
of management to develop proper procedures according to need and requirement of the
organization. The managers of every department must ensure about the maintenance of
equipments and tools of their department. And managers of a company must maintain effective

relationship with their supplier so that they fulfil supply of required products that helps them in
running operations smoothly.
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