Question: 1. Research Report
- Hospitality Industry
- Individual
- Assessment 1 - Research Report Hospitality Industry Individual
- Deliverables: 1000 word annotated bibliography
- 2000 word research report
- Due Dates: Annotated bibliography - Saturday 11:55pm, Week 5
- Grades: Annotated Bibliography: 20% final grade
Select a topic from the list below.
1. The front office of a high end five star hotel
2. Convention hotels
3. Boutique hotels
4. Non-hotel lodgings in the 21st century and beyond.
Carry out research to:
· Critically review the nature, size and scope of the industry sector identified and hotel/hospitality industries within it.
· Interpret current and future trends and forces shaping the topic area
· Analyse the current political, economic, financial, commercial and cultural environments within which the topic area resides
- The annotated bibliography will consist of five 200-word annotations of the five references that the student has sourced for their final report.
- The student will use the annotated bibliography as an intermediary step to assist them to write their final research report due in week eight.
Essential Text and Materials :
- Annotated bibliography guide
- Research databases
Submission Guidelines:
1. There are two separate submissions.
a. Annotated bibliography week 5
b. Final research report week 8
2. Typed and formatted following the Assessment Structure Style Guide on Share Point and uploaded to Turnitin on time on the due date.
3. Students must refer, in text, to a minimum of 5 academic and professional articles, plus others as required, in order to show competency in the assessment.
4. To be submitted in electronic form as a word-processed file to http://www.turnitin.com
5. All referencing must be in accordance with APA 6th Edition Referencing and Academic Writing Guide on Sharepoint.
6. A school assessment cover sheet to be attached with your paper.
7. Complete and attach a plagiarism form.
- See marking rubric on pages nine to twelve (9-12) of this document and remember you do not need to attach this rubric to your submissions.