Career Management in Hotel & Hospitality Management

Running head: HOTEL & HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
Hotel & Hospitality Management
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Part A
Executive summary
Career management is one of the most important aspects that must be followed while setting a
career of someone’s own choice. This is a very important step that helps in understanding about
the individual needs of the employees and the skills that are needed to support them. In order to
shine as a manager one has to abide by this system as this will help him to support all the team
mates by giving them the right kind of training. The motivation theory of Maslow has also been
very useful in satisfying the different needs within the lives of each individual. This helped in
getting the motivation right from the grass root level.
Introduction
I want to join the hotel and hospitality sector as I grow up. It is for this reason that I have
to undertake detailed analyses of the roles that I will have to play in the future. There are some
responsibilities that are crucial as part of the hotel and the hospitality industry sectors. Right
from my school days I have dreamt of becoming a successful manager in one of the top, well
furnished and posh hotels of Australia
This profession is of much importance to me as it will help me to get proper exposure to
the corporate world. I will also be able to meet many new people coming from different social
and cultural backgrounds. This will help me in developing a deep and intricate understanding of
the cultural and religious beliefs of different employees and guests. I have to focus on skills like
teamwork. This is of utmost importance as this will help me to work in a cooperative and
supportive manner. I will be able to provide the support and help to all my co-workers.
Communication skill is also one of the major skills that I will have to undertake. This will help

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me to communicate clearly with all the concerned stakeholders. In order to work as an ideal
manager I will have to undertake many important Group discussion and personal interview
sessions. Organization skill is of utmost importance as I will have to work as a multi-tasker. I
will have to look after the front desk, property management, reservation facilities, employee
guest relationships, GM meeting and other such functions many other such activities.
My Career
I am doing graduation in the field of business and management. It is after enrolling
myself in the business studies that I have been able to understand about the different
management positions. I was attracted to take up the management position. It is for this reason
that I have taken up an interest in the same field. I see the career of a manager as my broader
career. I have been able to understand the advantages that one will get after taking up the career
of a manager. Thus I have chosen to pursue my graduation in the field of management studies
with a specialization in the hotel and the hospitality sector. This will help me to get all the
possible support for establishing myself as an ideal manager.
I have been able to understand that career management is of utmost importance for being
successful in life. Msengeti and Obwogi (2015) had stated that career management is one of the
most important activities that must be undertaken in order to set a clear and well-organized
career path. However, Fok and Young (2016) has argued that this process has at times turned
about to be tiresome as it needs a lot of devotion, patience and time. However I have always
given huge importance to the career management procedure as it helps me to identify my
weaknesses and my strengths (Callanan, Perri and Tomkowicz 2017). It helps me to stay aware
of the new skills that I need to develop in order to flourish in the long run. I have been able to

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make a well planned and organized routine through which I can move in a step by step manner.
This has also helped me to understand the employee needs and how to solve them by using the
resources that are actually needed.
Goal Setting
I have set both short and long term goals that will be helping me to attain my objective in
a proper and organized manner.
Short term goals
Financial skills
I want to develop this skill within a short period of time as it is very important in this
field. It is the manager who has to undertake the role of setting the room rates, budgets and also
the rate of the other hotel and hospitality sector services. If there are any errors in the cash flow
or shortage in the capital funds of the hotels, the manager will be the first person to be
questioned. Thus I have to learn the accounting rules in order to keep a proper eye over the
budget of the hotel
Communication skills
This is also my short term goal as I will have to communicate with a large number of
stakeholders as part of the hotel and hospitality sector. I will have to communicate with the
internal stakeholders like the team members, Assistant manager, supervisors, product specialist,
quality assurance, Chefs, laundry sector and many others. On the other hand the external
stakeholders like local governing bodies, raw material suppliers and others have to be
communicated. A thorough communication has to be undertaken right from the initial stages so