Evaluation of staff training and development in Travelodge

Research Proposal

Table of Contents
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REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
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CHAPTER - 1
Title - Evaluation of staff training and development in Travelodge
Background of the study
Staff training and development is one of the most important to be focused on especially in
Hotel Industry as it helps the organization to enhance their staff members skills and retain them
within an organization for the long run. Training and development is one of the main key factor
behind success of an organization (Larsen, 2017). Effective training and development program
within an organization helps them in retaining skilled and best talent within an organization.
Training and development not only help the staff members or employees to learn or skill their
job responsibilities but it also helps in developing new skills, abilities and knowledge under them
which helps them in increasing efficiency of their employees in many ways.
This study is based on Travelodge. It is a private limited company that operates in Hotel
and Hospitality industry throughout UK. It is the second largest budgeted hotel sector
organization both in terms of number of hotels and number of rooms. According to a survey
conducted in 2016 it has almost 40, 900 rooms. Its main headquarter branch is present in Thame,
England, UK. It has more than 500 hotels in UK, Almost 11 hotels in Ireland and at least 5 hotels
in Spain. They have more than 11,000 employees working under them both full time and part
time. Original branch of Travelodge was from United States but now it is under separate
Ownership.
This research study will focus on evaluation of staff training and development in
Travelodge. Proper staff training and development can help an organization to increase their staff
skills, abilities and knowledge such that they can accomplish their roles and responsibilities in a
better and efficient manner and also helps the business to accomplish their pre-determined
organizational goals and increase overall productivity. Further, this research will also identify
some strategies through which improvement within training and development of staff members
can be brought so that overall efficiency and effectivity of their employees can be increased. It
will also show steps involved in research methodologies which plays an important role in
research proposal. Data collection and analysis of all those information’s also plays a vital role in
completing research successful.
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AIM - To evaluate staff training and development in a Hotel. A case study of Travelodge.
Objective
 To identify the main concept training and development
 To identify impact of training and development on overall performance of employees.
 To evaluate challenges faced by organizations in training and development of staff
members
 To analyse various training and development methods that can be used by Travelodge
Hotel.
 To recommend ways or strategies through which effectivity of training and development
can be increased.
Research Questions
 What is the main concept of training and development?
 What are the major impacts of training and development on overall performance of
employees?
 What are the major challenges faced by organizations in training and development of
staff members?
 What are different types of training and development methods that can be used by
Travelodge Hotel?
 Recommend few ways or strategies through which effectivity of training and
development can be increased?
Rationale
Hotel industry is all about satisfying their customers and employees. Staff training and
development is one of the main factors that can help Hotel industry organizations to increase
their staff efficiency and accomplish desired goals. The main reason of selecting this topic is to
understand and evaluate various methods or strategies that can be used by Travelodge hotel for
their staff training and development. It is important to focus on training and development
because it helps in increasing efficiency of an organization’s employees. Study of this topic will
also help the students to enhance their knowledge about importance and requirement of training
and development within Hotel Industry. This research study will also be helpful for the hotel
industry organizations as it will help them to understand every important detail related to training
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