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Employee Empowerment Through Ethical Decision-Making, Jessica Mongold May 2018

Employee Empowerment Through Ethical Decision-Making, Jessica Mongold

Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019

An exploration of the importance of empowerment in the hospitality industry, and the use of ethical decision-making strategies to standardize service.


A Hospitality Themed Event: A Journey Through Camelot, Jane Aronds May 2018

A Hospitality Themed Event: A Journey Through Camelot, Jane Aronds

Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019

This paper discusses my Themed Event Project, Camelot, which also served as my hospitality management capstone project. With a team of four other hospitality management students, I planned and executed a creative themed event surrounding the overarching theme of Medieval times and the Royal court of Camelot. Decorations, food, and entertainment for the event were based on Medieval culture to create a royal castle experience for guests to dine like kings and queens for the evening. This paper will outline all details of the event such as floor diagrams, decorations, menu items and entertainment. It will also outline analyses …


A Taste Of Tuscany, Brigid M. Greaney, Taylor N. Palma, Jacqueline C. Herrick May 2017

A Taste Of Tuscany, Brigid M. Greaney, Taylor N. Palma, Jacqueline C. Herrick

Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019

The purpose of this Honor’s Paper is to demonstrate the comprehensive scholastic work and practical experience that we—Taylor Palma, Jackie Herrick, and Brigid Greaney—have completed in the Hart School of Hospitality, Sport & Recreation Management at James Madison University. In this paper we will discuss our Themed Event project, A Taste of Tuscany, with its rationale rooted in Italian food and wine culture. Authenticity and faithfulness to the Italian ways were of chief importance throughout the planning and execution of our project. In outlining the details of our event, we have included the logistics, from menus to floor diagrams, …