Analysis of Operational and Functional Unit Interrelationships at IHG

This report examines the interrelationships between the operational and functional units within InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). It highlights the interconnectedness of departments like front-house operations (room division, sales, marketing, and food & beverage) and back-house operations (human resources, engineering, and accounting). The report also explores the impact of the hospitality industry, particularly IHG, on local, national, and international economies, discussing job creation, cultural preservation, infrastructure investments, and contributions to GDP. Furthermore, the report explains how IHG contributes to the local, national, and international economy by providing various services related to leisure, vacation, exploration and business services to multiple clients at different places. Overall, the report provides an analysis of IHG's operations and its role in the broader economic landscape.

Contemporary Hospitality Industry
Hospitality industry is growing with increasing speed due to increasing
aspects of tourism as well as travellers. It provides several benefits to
local, national and international economies. These are as discusses:
Local Economy: Hospitality industry provides employment
opportunities to multiple people of home country. It also contributes in
increasing awareness related to culture in order to preserve local
traditions as well as cultures and attract several tourists. Inter-
Continental Hotels Group provides infrastructure facilities and protects
natural attractions by making huge investments, which contributes
towards local economy.
National economy: By providing, various services related to
leisure, vacation, exploration and business services to multiple clients at
different places within the boundaries of nation results in increasing
profits and contributing towards gross domestic product as growth of
country. Thus, contributes towards national economy.
International economy: By making huge investments in promoting as
well as delivering products or services to various clients outside the
boundaries of a nation. It results in increasing and satisfying demands
of international tourists by providing transportation services,
accommodation facilities as per their interests. Selected hotel makes
huge profits in international market and fulfil social requirements in
order to contribute towards multinational economy.
Review the interrelationships of the operational and functional units
All the operational and functional units of Inter Continental Hotels Group
are interrelated with one another. As there are various operations along with
functions performed by front house operation department such as room division,
sales along with marketing, food along with beverages and many more. On the
other hand, back house operation department encompasses human resource
management, engineering and accounting management. Since, back house
department is related to managing human workforce at work but they also performs
monitoring of activities related to providing room services by employees,
interacting with clients and so on.
Both the departments communicate necessary information related to
reservations, capital improvements, products or services demanded by customers
and accordingly catering services. Such departments manage and coordinate with
each other in order to smoothly performing all operations along with functions to
attain organisational objectives.