HAT302: Food and Beverage Management- Hospitality Concepts to a Real-World Business Case- Report Writing Assignment

Internal Code: 1HGIE

Report Writing Assignment:

Task: The purpose of this individual assignment is to further student skills in applying relevant hospitality concepts to a real-world business case. This will enable you to understand the importance of financial management and cost control practices within the Hospitality Industry. Individually, you are required to interview an Executive Chef OR Food and Beverage Manager of any food and beverage outlet. You may wish to consider an outlet you have selected in Assessment 1. In designing your interview questions, you will need to consider the following questions: 1. Which type of hospitality enterprise does the interviewee manage? 2. How does the interviewee maintain cost control of the: a. Front of House Operations b. Back of House Operations 3. Which financial control methods does the interviewee use in daily business operation? Based on gathered responses, you are required to write an investigation report highlighting the findings of the interview about cost control and financial management practices, and evaluate its effectiveness. In preparing your investigation report, you will need to reference at least 12 sources of information. These may include corporate websites, government publications, industry reports, census data, journal articles, and newspaper articles.