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General Managers And Four-Year Students Evaluate Attributes, Qualities, Competence And Skills For Hotel Management Entry-Level Positions: A Case Study, Po-Fen Chen

Theses

The issues of curriculum relevancy and attitudinal learning outcomes in preparing hospitality management students to meet industry needs are the focuses of this study. This study attempts to assess whether or not attitudes and values offour-year hospitality program students change as a result of the learning processes in their curricula. A 40 item questionnaire was developed and used to survey the three populations in the study; freshmen and seniors of a four-year hospitality management program and hotel general managers who have hired Co-op students and graduates from the program. The survey results were compared between the groups as follows: Freshmen …