This report provides a comprehensive overview of key aspects within the hospitality industry, focusing on East London Catering LTD. It begins with an introduction to hospitality, emphasizing its importance in service and sales. Task A delves into financial management, outlining five principles for managing financial transactions, including consistency, timeliness, justification, documentation, and certification, supported by example journal entries and ledger accounts. Task B explores the HR lifecycle, detailing stages such as attraction, recruitment, selection, induction, orientation, onboarding, career planning, development, retention, and separation/termination, and develops a performance management plan for a front desk manager to address negative behavior and staff retention. The report also identifies specific legislation that hospitality organizations must comply with, examines the impact of employment and contract law on decision-making, explores the interrelation of functional roles, and discusses communication, coordination, and monitoring methods. The report concludes with a summary of key findings and references cited.