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Reviewer 2022
Reviewer 2022
In hospitality industry, you are representing both yourself and the organization
you work for. Your personal presentation is important to the customer’s first
impression. Because of the high degree of contact with the guest. Good First Impression
is an important aspect in the front office, thus, Front Office Associate must have the
PERSONALITY to deliver an excellent service and will create a well satisfied guest.
FUNCTION
TYPES OF CLIENTS
RATE DESIGNATION
RACK RATE – highest published rate a hotel can charge for a specific room. This
varies according to the room type.
SEASONAL RATE – To attract more patronage during lean season, hotels and
resorts make it a practice to offer off-season rate, which is much lower than the rack
rate during “in season”
HALF DAY RATES – this applies to hotel rooms that are designed for short time
or half day conferences that needed sleeping facility.
PACKAGE RATE – a hotel may come out with a package rate whereby the cost of
the room, meals and other part of the package will appear to be much lower than paying
for them separately.
A. Vacation Package
B. Banquet Package
C. Meeting Package
TELEPHONE RESERVATION
● LETTERS
● EMAIL OR INTERNET ACCESS
● FAX
● TELEPHONE
● IN PERSON
● COMPUTER TERMINALS [CALL CENTERS, GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION
SYSTEM(GDS)]
● VIA CENTRAL BOOKING OFFICES
BSHM23 AMENDMENTS IN RESERVATION
1. EXTENSION OF STAY
2. EARLY DEPARTURE
3. ROOM CHANGE
4. EARLY ARRIVALS
● use a slightly rising inflection when making a statement. it soften the tone
making you sound gracious.
● all incoming calls outside the hotel should be answered: (NAME OF
HOTEL, GREET, SAY YOUR NAME AND OFFER ASSISTANCE. NOTE:
NEVER SAY “HELLO” AS THIS SOUNDS UNPROFESSIONAL)
● calls from the house phone or from the guestrooms should be answered:
(FRONT DESK, OFFER ASSISTANCE)
● always READY a pad and pencil for noting down messages.
● when the phone rings, it should be answered within 3 rings. as much as
possible answer it on the first ring. a ringing phone is like someone’s
knocking on the door.
● after the caller has relayed his/her message, it is important to read back
the messages to him/her for validation. this will make the caller feel that
you are paying attention to his/her message.
● while talking with someone nearby and your phone rings, excuse yourself
and answer the phone promptly.
● maintain a friendly and accommodating conversation with guests, be
friendly but not
over familiar or too casual.
● speak clearly and distinctively. The distance between the mouth and the
transmitter must be ½ inch.
● when you leave your desk, leave a message of your whereabouts.
in dealing with callers, be attentive to avoid request for repetition, never
interrupt while
the other party is speaking, avoid slang words like “yeah”, speak in the
language which you are addressed – English for English
● be tactful when screening calls, say “May I know who is calling?” or “May I
know who is on the line please?”
● while inside the Telephone Exchange, conversation should be limited to
business matters only. Private calls are not allowed.
● avoid eating or drinking while on your station.
● never listen to private conversations on the phone nor divulge confidential
information
● gathered on the phone.
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
● ANSWERING CALLS
● CONNECTING CALLS TO A GUESTROOM OR OFFICE
- ask the name of the caller
- check if the caller knows the guest’s room number.
- connect the caller to the front desk for assistance if the operator doesn’t
know the name of the guest.
These are just the kinds of people that are needed in positions devoted to:
● Satisfying customers
● Leading employees
● Keeping hospitality businesses competitive
Drive refers to the passion, desire, and motivation to do something new and
novel with the confidence to proceed as a first mover.
Ability refers to the ways in which an individual seeks to identify a solution
to a problem by adopting diverse and creative techniques in order to accurately
assess and evaluate the situation and identify the best, viable course of action.
IMPORTANCE OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The major contributor to economic growth is the entrepreneurship.
TYPES OF INNOVATION
A legal entity is any company or organization that has legal rights and
responsibilities, including tax filings. It is a business that can enter into contracts
either as a vendor or a supplier and can sue or be sued in a court of law.
Legal entities are structured in a way that allows for a greater degree of
protection for strictly personal assets from lawsuits and regulatory penalties.
Each type of entity provides a different set of protections and tax burdens.
A legal entity can enter into contracts and assume the obligations of those
contracts, can borrow and pay debts, can file suits and be named by other parties
in suits, and can be held to account for the results of those lawsuits.
Legal entities are the various structures under which you may create a
corporation: from S corporations and C corporations to limited liability
companies, sole proprietorships, trusts, nonprofits and so on.
There are around 15 types of business legal entities in the U.S. that require
different variations of legal entity documents. However, the most common legal
structures to choose from are:
Taxation: The level and type of taxes varies with the type and company
formed and the country’s laws. This is probably the or one of the most important
factors in the choice of the legal form chosen.
2. Number of employees: The number and type of employees the company will
have in the future as it builds its market position is another sector. This includes
whether citizens outside the country will need to be hired. The size of the
company has a significant impact on the types and costs of the fringe benefits.
Besides the usual benefits of retirement, health and dental insurance, other
benefits include: training, education, and upgrading knowledge. The fringe benefit
package that can be offered vary by the types of legal form used. The fringe
benefits of the top management team and owners must also be taken into
account.
CHARACTERISTICS OF INTRAPRENEURSHIP
1. Employee Engagement;
2. Continuous idea flow to remain competitive
3. Crucial to long-term sustainability
Innovation Create valuable products Create new products and Bias towards action and
through available resources services thru technological bureaucracy
advancement; Investigate
innovation and invention
Risk Taking Risk taker (personal and Moderate risk taker (career Calculate risk (not taking
finances) related) personal
risk)
Character and Self Strong knowledge on Strong technical and Strong political skills
Skills business product
knowledge
BSHM161 Chapter 5 :OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
QUALITY
What is QUALITY??? Definitions by “QUALITY GURUS”
DEFINITIONS OF QUALITY
● Conformance to standards.
● Freedom from deficiency or defects.
● Features that meets consumer needs and give customer satisfaction.
● Find and know what consumer wants?
● To do a right thing at the right-time.
● To do a right thing at first time
● Fitness for use or purpose
● Value or worthiness for money, etc.
For better clarity of “Quality” term, we must learn and understand the
concept/ meaning of the following topics :
QUALITY ASSURANCE
QUALITY CONTROL
Total quality management (TQM) is a term that originated in the 1950s and
is today used mainly in Japan. It is the equivalent of what other countries or
organizations may call a company-wide quality management system, enterprise
quality management system, or integrated quality management system, to name
a few.
The term ̳total‘ means the entire organization— all teams, departments
and functions—is involved in quality management. The ̳system‘ refers to the
managerial and technological methods to achieve quality requirements and
business objectives throughout an entire organization. Although it may go by
various names, Juran believes ̳enterprise excellence‘ to be a more appropriate
name for TQM.
EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT
Every person in an organization—from entry-level workers to
management—has a responsibility for the quality of products and services.
However, employees can only be invested if they feel empowered to make their
own decisions, something that depends on management creating the right
workplace environment
.
CENTERED ON PROCESS
A TQM system will fail without a clear focus on processes and process-led
thinking. A process fault is ultimately the cause of most problems, which is why
effective monitoring of every single step is an essential part of assessing,
maintaining and improving quality.
INTEGRATED SYSTEM
An organization should have an integrated system that allows for effective
total quality management. This may be a bespoke system, or one based on a
quality standard such as ISO 9001, but it should be understood and applied across
all functions and departments.
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Applying the principles of DMAIC and Lean Six Sigma will instill an
organization with a culture of continuous improvement, driving all employees to
constantly seek new ways to be more competitive and deliver high-quality
products for all stakeholders.
• Reduce risk and mitigate risk when designing new products and processes
• Resolve problems before they occur
• Resolve problems that occur during operations
• Improve supplier performance
• Control processes to avoid risk even when scaling up
• Increase productivity or all employees
• Reduce the total cost of quality not just the costs of poor quality of products
BSHM161 MANAGING SERVICE QUALITY
3. Reduce Costs
● Moving production to international locations can save money.
● Low-skill jobs shifted to countries with lower wage costs saves money.
● It also frees higher skilled workers to perform more high-skill jobs, instead
of tasks that are less challenging and make inefficient use of their time.
5. Understand Markets
● effects of participating in international business is the requirement to
interact with foreign customers provide great insight into current markets,
trends, and customer demands that can help your organization plot a
course for the future.
6. Employ Global Talent
● By being global, organization can offer more, and better, employment
opportunities
● opportunities are in high demand by talented individuals looking to expand
and enhance their career.
● Their gain is also the gain of the organization (access different ideas,
knowledge bases, and skill sets.
PRODUCT LIFE CYLE
1. Introduction stage is the stage in which a new product is first distributed and
made available for purchase, after having been developed in the product
development stage.
2. Growth stage is the stage in which the product’s sales start climbing quickly.
The reason is that early adopters will continue to buy, and later buyers will start
following their lead, in particular if they hear favorable word of mouth. This rise
in sales also attracts more competitors that enter the market.
3. Maturity stage is the stage in which the product’s sales growth slows down or
levels of after reaching a peak.
Strategic Management
● The art and science of formulating, implementing and evaluating cross
functional decisions that enable an organization to achieve its objective.
(Fred R. David)
● Application of the basic planning process at the highest levels of the
company
● Top management sets goals for the performance of the company
● Carefully formulating, implementing, and evaluating plans and strategies
Planning
● a comprehensive process for
determining what a business should
become and how it can best achieve
that goal appraises the full potential of
a business and explicitly links the
business’s objectives to the actions and
resources required to achieve them.
Execution
● provides a structured approach
to clarifying, communicating,
implementing, and managing strategy goal of this process is to ensure the
organization focuses on developing high- value capabilities and making
investments that optimize value
Risk Management
There are many reasons to manage risk. Some of them include:
● Saving resources: people, income, property, assets, time
● Protecting public image
● Protecting people from harm
● Preventing/reducing legal liability
● Protecting the environment
BSHM161 Chapter 6: SUPERVISORY SKILLS IN TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY
Six Leadership Style Daniel Goleman
What is a competent Supervisor?
1. Setting Direction
● Vision determination: Developing an interesting and compelling picture of
the future
● Clarity of communication: Communicating clearly, concisely and
consistently
● Option evaluation: Identifying different decision alternatives
● Harnessing input: Gathering people’s input and suggestions
● Motivation: Offering constant enthusiasm and encouragement to
individuals