Food and Beverage Manager Career Development Report

This report provides an in-depth analysis of career development within the context of a Food and Beverage Manager's role. It begins with an executive summary, followed by an introduction that defines career development and its relevance to the food and beverage industry. The main body includes a personal career narrative, detailing the author's experiences and insights. It then explores goal-setting, utilizing SMART goals to outline both short-term and long-term objectives for skill enhancement and career progression. The report incorporates viewpoints from various authors, discussing career development theories and management strategies. The conclusion summarizes key findings, and the report is supported by references and appendices, offering a comprehensive overview of the subject. This report is a valuable resource for students on Desklib seeking to understand career development in the hospitality industry.

Business Professional
Development

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Business professional development has been considered as one of the most effective requirement
of every business enterprises from the perspective of its employees. The present report will focus
on importance of having employee professional development in business. Further, emphasis will
be made on career development along with viewpoints of other authors in relation to meaning of
individual career development. Food and Beverage Manager role in the industry will also be
described thereby setting of long as well as short term goals. At last, theory related to
identification of goal setting will be done.

Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
My Career...............................................................................................................................1
Goal Setting............................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................8
APPENDICES 1..............................................................................................................................9
APPENDICES 2 ...........................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Career Development relates to the series of activities which helps in the growth and
development of an individual's career (Fraser, 2016). It generally refers to the management of an
individual's career in intra organisational or inter organisational scenarios. The following
assignment will also make its focus on the development of career in the files of Food and
Beverage Manager. In addition to this, the following assignment will also make its focus on the
development of career and will reflect on the viewpoints of other authors in relation to provide a
specific meaning of career development of an individual. The description of the role in the
industry will also be provided in this assignment. Moreover, setting of goals both long term as
well as short term and identification of goal setting theory will be done to make proper
development in the career of an individual.
MAIN BODY
My Career
I started my career just after three months of completing my graduation in Dietetics, in
the filed of Food Service Management. In starting, it was not possible for me to find out a good
job in this field, as I was a fresher and also lacking in practical knowledge so I thought of starting
it from some short level and then I gave my interview in some local restaurant. With the help of
this, it was possible for to have some knowledge about the management of food in hotels and
restaurants. So in order to develop this knowledge I started to work under the Food and Beverage
Manager of that Hotel and worked under him for 18 months and have proper knowledge about
the works, duties, roles and responsibilities of Food and Beverage Manager. This helped me a lot
in making a good start to my career from a good restaurant and good job that could help me in
developing my career and also in managing my career.
So after getting a little bit experienced from my first job about what are the duties and
roles and responsibilities of Food and Beverage Manager, I decided to change the job and opt for
something better. Than I saw the advertisement of Food and Beverage Manager's vacant post in
an article in newspaper stating the requirement of candidate for this post. So I made my mind to
get this job and gave their interview for this post and also got selected. However, it was a
surprising experience for me as I did not expected to be selected for this job post with this much
experience only. But however, I started the job which was much different from that of earlier. It
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may be possible that this difference is because of size and operations of the organisation. So this
organisation was the starting point from where the development of my career started for the very
first time in think off.
The definition of career, career development and career management is different for
different people and also from the perspectives of different authors. As in accordance with
SUSAN M. HEATHFIELD, 2019, it has been said that career development could be sure with
the help of availing the opportunities available to an individual. But is also important to have
proper concentration and exploration by an individual in search of opportunities so that the
development in the career could be made. Without handwork and practise, it is not possible to
achieve good career growth and development in the life (Kasemsap, 2019). For the management
of career by an individual, it is also important for them to have proper knowledge about the ways
on which an individual is going and should also set clear goals and objectives for the growth and
development and proper management of career of an individual.
According to MEGAN DENNENY, 2016, with the help of setting proper milestones and
deliverables, it will also be possible to know about the performance of own so that the needed
rectifications and improvements could be made in the progress work in relation to career
development. In relation to the perspectives explained by these two authors, the experiences and
findings are shared, the type of experiences that had and are different from each other. But the
application of setting clear aims and objectives by an individual will be helpful for making
improvement in the career growth and development of the individual (Mackay, 2017). As from
my perspective, this statement is true as with the help of setting clear aims and objectives, I will
be able to know about the proper direction and the way in which I want to go. In case of any
deviation, it will also be known that where it is and how it can be improved so this perspective is
good and acceptable. However, there are also some improvements needed in the perspective of
this author as well because mere setting goals and objectives is not enough but setting up time
limits for the achievement of goals and objectives is also important that could help in the growth
and development of the career and achievement of goals and objectives within the specified time
limit. Self evaluation is also important in career development as with the help of this, an
individual will be able to assess himself. Doing my own self evaluation will help me in knowing
about my own current strengths and weaknesses so that I could work upon both the strengths and
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weaknesses as well. I will work for making strengths more stronger and will work for eradicating
the weaknesses in order to make ensure about proper and efficient growth in the career.
The current organisation in which I am working is The Hotel Savoy and on the post of
Food and Beverage Manager. I feel myself luck to get this kind of work experiences which I may
ever come across again in my career. This has been made possible with the help of my
experiences and because of my Bachelor's Degree in Food Service Management.
Goal Setting
Both the short term and long term goals are being set up with the help of SMART Goals
which will help in achieving the main target and the needed skills which I need to develop in
myself. So the description of these goals and objectives are been presented as under;
Career or
personal
goal
Actions Resources
Required
Planned
Date
Planned
End Date
Actual Start
Date
Actual End
Date
Team
working
skills
Formation
of team with
the
colleagues
working
under me
will help me
in
developing
this skill so
that it could
help in
completion
of future
tasks which
needs to be
done
Efficient
and hard
working
employees
are required
who work
upon the
guidance of
leaders
(Quinton
and Wilson,
2016).
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collectively.
Communic
ation Skills
It will be
made
possible
with the
help of team
communicat
ing as much
as possible
to
employees,
increment in
interaction
with them,
knowing
and
observing
their nature
and being
confident
(Yashkova
and et. al.,
2016).
Speaking
and
interacting
with
employees
and others
confidently.
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Technologi
cal Skills
With the
help of
getting
knowledge
and
studying
about the
Diploma or
one year
course from
IT
institutions.
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IT, the
improvemen
t in the
knowledge
could be
made.
Time
Manageme
nt Skills
This skill
will be
developmen
t with the
help of
forming
proper time
schedules
for different
tasks which
are needed
to be
competed
within time
so that the
improvemen
t in this
skills could
be made.
The
resources
required are
classes of
time
management
in order to
learn how
time for
different
activities are
managed
properly.
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Decision-
making
skills
With the
help of this
skill, it will
be possible
to deal with
In the
resources, it
is the top
level
management
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critical
situation as
well. This
will be done
with the
help of
getting
support and
guidance
from seniors
and also
from with
the dealing
and coming
across
different
situations as
mere
theoretical
information
is not
enough
(Vangrieken
and et. al.,
2017).
with the
help of
which the
developmen
t of this skill
will be
made in me.
Conflict
Resolution
This skill
will be
beneficial in
improving
the
cooperation
The
resources
will be
developmen
t of patience
with the
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and
coordination
in between
different
colleagues
in the
company
and this will
also help in
achieving
the goals
and
objectives
of the
company in
an effective
and efficient
way.
help of
reading
books,
journals,
meditation
and many
more which
will provide
better
results
important
for making
good
working
environment
of the
organisation
as well as
the mindset
of an
individual.
CONCLUSION
From the above assignment, it has been concluded that skills and their continuous
development are very important for the proper and efficient growth and development of an
individual's career. In addition to this, it has also been concluded that with the help of proper
assessment of the skills of an individual it will be possible to know about the self strengths and
weaknesses and on the very basis the improvement in the conditions of an individual could be
made. Further, the conclusion has been drawn about the importance of setting up SMART Goals
with the help of which improvement and achievement of goals and objectives set up by an
individual could be made and chances of growth in future could be increased as well.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Fraser, G. R., 2016. Landscape Professional Practice. Routledge.
Kasemsap, K., 2019. Professional and business applications of social media platforms. In Social
Entrepreneurship: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 824-847).
IGI Global.
Mackay, M., 2017. Professional development seen as employment capital. Professional
development in education. 43(1). pp.140-155.
Quinton, S. and Wilson, D., 2016. Tensions and ties in social media networks: Towards a model
of understanding business relationship development and business performance
enhancement through the use of LinkedIn. Industrial Marketing Management. 54.
pp.15-24.
Vangrieken, K. and et. al., 2017. Teacher communities as a context for professional
development: A systematic review. Teaching and teacher education. 61. pp.47-59.
Yashkova, E. V. and et. al., 2016. Development of Innovative Business Model of Modern
Manager's Qualities. International Journal of Environmental and Science Education.
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HEATHFIELD, S. M., 2019. 5 Tips to Improve Your Career Development. [Online]. Available
Through: <https://www.thebalancecareers.com/improving-career-development-
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DENNENY, M., 2016. 10 Articles That Will Shift Your Career Perspective. [Online]. Available
Through: <https://www.careercontessa.com/advice/articles-to-shift-career/>
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APPENDICES 1
The preferred five best employers are:
 Eduard Elias and John Wagner: Cycas Hospitality
 Katara: The Hotel Saovy
 Thomas J. Pritzker: Hyatt Hotels
 Charles Harris: CD Pub Co.
 Julia Hands: Hand Picked Hotels
These are one of my five preferred employers with whom I want to work and make
development in my career. The description of all these organisations are provided as under;
First Organisation
Organisation Name: Cycas Hospitality
Contact Person: HR Manager
Position Title: Food and Beverage Manager
Postal Address: Danzigerkade 213B, 1013 AP Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Phone Number: [phone]
E Mail: <[e-mail]>
Organisation Website: <https://cycashospitality.com/contact/>
Other Links: <https://cycashospitality.postingpanda.uk/>
Overview of Cycas Hospitality
The following organisation provides their customers with different services such as
accommodation, lodging and many more. It is done with the help of their room designing
concepts and services provided to customers impacting positively on the experiences and
satisfaction level of customers.
Second Organisation
Organisation Name: The Hotel Saovy
Contact Person: HR Manager
Position Title: Food and Beverage Manager
Postal Address: SAVOY BAUR EN VILLE, Am Paradeplatz, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland
Phone Number: [phone]
E Mail: <[e-mail]>
Organisation Website: <https://www.savoy-zuerich.ch/en>
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