Making of a new member in the Hospitality Industry: “The Legend of Cookery”

This article discusses the process of building a new hospitality business, The Legend of Cookery, including issues with building regulations, requirement analysis, risk and cost analysis, and compliance monitoring. It also covers staff training, designation assigning, and contingency planning.

Making of a new member in the
Hospitality Industry: “The Legend of
Cookery”
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Table of Contents
Assessment 1:..............................................................................................................................................2
Introduction of company.............................................................................................................................2
Issues regarding building regulation............................................................................................................2
Requirement analysis...................................................................................................................................2
Planning permits......................................................................................................................................2
Obtaining ABN........................................................................................................................................2
Completed (not lodged) application forms..............................................................................................3
Food license.............................................................................................................................................3
Insurance (public liability, fire & theft)...................................................................................................3
OHS requirements including safe equipment..........................................................................................3
Health and safety regulations and suitable PPE.......................................................................................3
Liquor license regulations........................................................................................................................3
GST registration......................................................................................................................................4
Taxation Requirements............................................................................................................................4
Legal advisory.........................................................................................................................................4
Risk analysis................................................................................................................................................4
Cost analysis................................................................................................................................................4
Assessment 2:..............................................................................................................................................5
Monitoring Compliance...........................................................................................................................5
Internal audits..........................................................................................................................................5
Staff training process...............................................................................................................................5
Implementation of plan................................................................................................................................5
Set of tasks..............................................................................................................................................5
Designation assigning..............................................................................................................................5
Organization policies and legal obligations.................................................................................................6
Contingency plan.....................................................................................................................................6
Environmental policies............................................................................................................................6
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................6
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Assessment 1:
Introduction of company
The company “The Legend of Cookery” has been formed to make an instance in the hospitality
business with its innovative and efficient services. The preliminary idea to form the
organizational structure has been obtained from the lack of suitable hospitality for the variety of
consumer groups with various personalities and social status making them distinct from the
aspects of the services to be provided. With a number of value-added services, the company has
been set to launch in the prospective market. The creation of the organization may boost the
quality of services to the customers as intended. Thus it will be creating a benchmark in the
Hospitality Industry.
Issues regarding building regulation
The existing legislation of the country has a set of rules and regulations for establishing a new
organization. The company needs to follow them before setting up their foundation and build
their organization building and operation premises. The biggest issue is to follow the actual
methods and regulations that are prescribed by the Government as well as the local authorities to
run without any harassment and hurdles. The location must be according to the industrial
guidelines with all required permits which are essential for the establishment.
Requirement analysis
Planning permits
Permits must be obtained from the designated authorities with the approved design and required
permissions for the establishment. A series of inspection will be carried out in order to justify the
business foundation which is a liability of the government to find out faults.
Obtaining ABN
An ABN or Australian Business Number is an 11 digit unique identification number which
makes the businesses enable to interact with all government levels. The necessity to obtain an
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ABN is for the taxation purpose such as GST, holding and other commercial taxes. For this, an
application has to be submitted to the designated authority.
Completed (not lodged) application forms
Food license
A food license must be obtained from the local council to run the food chain in the organization.
The license must be within the available food class and categories set by the authorities provided
with the particular category. It is very much important to follow the prescribed rules to run the
organization smoothly.
Insurance (public liability, fire & theft)
The organization must have undergone the assessment of the assets and the possible risks to be
covered by the insurance policies. With the featured terms and conditions, liabilities of the
consumers, fire, and theft liabilities are covered by the insurance companies after assessing the
organization and charging a premium amount of the policies.
OHS requirements including safe equipment
The Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) policies are very much important to run the
organization without any trouble for the employees working in different job sites with different
designation and responsibilities. The Work Health and Safety Act 2011 has been adopted for
securing the workplace for the workers regardless of the age, gender, race or religious beliefs.
Health and safety regulations and suitable PPE
The acts and the regulations are adopted included with the prescribed Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) guidelines for various equipment for the safety of the workers. The varieties of
work positions require a variety of safety measures and equipment. Thus, the categories are
needed to identify to maintain hygiene and healthy working environment.
Liquor license regulations
Alcohol consumption laws and liquor licensing acts are different from state to state in Australia.
In South Australia, the Liquor Licensing Act 1997 regulates the sale and consumption of alcohol.
In Victoria, the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation issues the license
under the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998. In Western Australia, the Liquor Control
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Regulations 1989 and the Liquor Control Act 1988 regulates the licensing for liquor sales and
consumption. Hence the license is obtained accordingly.
GST registration
For the business transactions and issuing tax invoices the organizations are needed to legalize its
tax policies, hence the GST registration is applied to the respective Finance and GST Authority.
The Australian Government provides the appropriate tax systems to be applied for a variety of
businesses.
Taxation Requirements
The company “The Legend of Cookery” need to pay company taxes as per the taxation laws. The
company has employed the staff members for which it need to pay the taxes as per the rules and
the regulations are concerned.
Legal advisory
A strong legal advisory committee is required for the smooth processing of the business and to
mitigate the legal issues in a simplified manner.
Risk analysis
The prevailing risks are important to identify in order to maintain the hospitality business
operations. There are various risk factors such as the competition among business rivals,
seasonality of the business and most importantly the changes in preferences of the customers
who are the primary target of the business organization. There are also some miscellaneous risks
to be identified such as the quality of services and products which are responsible to attract
customer attention. Along with that, the lack of honest staffs, quality services, and security
services for the safety of assets and customer belongings are the potential risks for the business
organization.
Cost analysis
The cost analysis depicts the cost associated with the establishment of the business in the market.
The operating expenses and start-up cost need to be funded by the owner of the business.
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Assessment 2:
Monitoring Compliance
The compliances can be monitored by using the EPA as well as the regulation of the
environmental laws are essential for maintaining balance in the organizational processes.
Internal audits
The business has been assessed and established under an estimated budget to run for a long
period. Hence an internal audit must be conducted by the hired professionals for the
organizational integrity and sustainability. The audit must be done thoroughly to understand the
potentiality of the organization.
Staff training process
A proper training program for the staffs and the managers of the respective departments must be
conducted at regular intervals to understand the potential of them and to enhance their working
skills accordingly. The appropriate skills are the key points for the organization's prosperity.
Implementation of plan
Set of tasks
The business organization consists a set of tasks for their respective departments and the types of
service requirements by customers. Particularly in these business main tasks like Cooking,
Housekeeping, bartending, Laundry, Security is generally available to conduct. Hence, a number
of service managers are appointed to maintain those tasks along with the assigned staffs to
follow their instructions.
Designation assigning
The available managers are responsible to maintain the overall integrity of the business
establishment. All of them are capable to deliver a particular job assignment in an efficient
manner. Hence the executive director of the organization needs to identify their individual
potential and assign them to their respective designated position to deliver the best output of their
work.
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Organization policies and legal obligations
The compliance report regarding the organizational standards and the policies for the best
outcomes is expected from all the consisting departments along with their individual reports to
understand the standing position of the business organization in the market. Hence, a
communication channel is established to connect with all the respective departments and their
processes.
Contingency plan
A proper contingency plan must be adopted by the business organization to face the unscheduled
risks and challenges during any time of the year. There may be a natural disaster like flood,
storm damage or some utility issues like power cut, loss of water supply etc, or staff issues or
equipment maintenance issues or any emergency issues like fire, burglary etc. hence an advanced
preparation and planning for the expected and unexpected contingencies is very much needed.
Environmental policies
With all the possible ways, the business must be complying with the governmental rules and
regulations for environmental protection. Hence the business must follow the environmental
policies to make the outputs of the processes more eco-friendly.
Conclusion
The establishment of the business organization can be considered as one of the best structure so
that the services provided through the processes are much more satisfying. The customers must
be giving their valuable feedback to make the business organization more qualitative in order to
provide more quality services to the society and the intended valuable customers.
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