Assignment 1 Task Requirements
– Identifying employability skills in the tourism and hospitality industry
To submit this assignment students must follow the “Literature Review Structure and Guidelines”
Most students enrolling into tourism and hospitality programs offered at universities are not fully aware of the skill requirements needed for successful employment within that industry (Farmaki, 2018). Instead, reasons for enrolment focus on the perceived “glamour”, travel and exciting opportunities this industry provides (Brown et al., 2015).
Overlooking understanding of skill requirements needed for success in the tourism and hospitality industry and not obtaining high levels of competency in those skills can result in more than 50% of students to not enter the industry after graduation and 38.1% of students exiting very early from the industry after they are employed (Richardson, 2010).
This assessment fills that gap in skill knowledge for students enrolled into Tourism and Hospitality Management at Griffith University.
It requires students to identify and gain an understanding for the skills needed for employability success within the tourism and hospitality industry so students, when employed, can enjoy a long career and gain the benefits of the glamour, travel or excitement that attracted them to the industry in the first place.
Type: Written Assignment – Literature Review: 900 – 1000 words
Students must follow the “Literature Review Structure and Guidelines” document
Learning Outcomes Assessed: 3, 4, 5.
Skills gained:
• Searching through appropriate online databases to retrieve and download relevant information on tourism and hospitality employment skills
• Reviewing and interpreting retrieved relevant information on employment skills
• Writing and reporting of interpreted information in appropriate ways
• Understanding requirements of a literature review
• Identifying and understanding skills needed for employment within the tourism and hospitality industry.
Task Description:
Conduct a search through academic peer reviewed electronic databases to retrieve and download six (6) or more relevant journal articles on employability skills needed in the tourism and hospitality industry.
Only retrieve and download peer-reviewed journal articles published from 2010 onward.
Required to:
1. retrieve and download at least six (6) peer reviewed journal articles. Must only use articles published 2010 and later.
2. review each of those articles downloaded and interpret information gathered from those articles on skills needed to be gained to enhance your employment opportunities and success within the tourism and hospitality industry.
3. write and report on your review and interpretation through a literature review of 900 – 1000 words in length using the “Literature Review Structure and Guidelines” document provided in the site in Assignment 1 folder.
4. synthesize the skills identified to be employable in the tourism and hospitality industry from those six
(6) or more readings from the retrieved and downloaded journal articles and make an assessment and argument of the literature to date highlighting main agreements and disagreements.
5. identify any gaps or areas in the literature not yet researched and justify why they require attention.
6. write a reflective understanding of how the topic is related to your future employment in the industry; for example, what is your overall perspective on the topic and how does it affect you.
For this part, use first person language i.e., I, me, my, etc) and focus your answers on:
a. what skills you believe you currently possess and why
b. what skills you believe you need to gain or improve upon and why
c. what you need to do during your time at university to ensure you have the employability skills needed for tourism and hospitality when you graduate
d. at least one reference to Ms’s lecture; use the following intext referencing: (T. Fenton, personal communication, March 21, 2022).
Criteria & Marking:
For this piece of assessment, students will be graded on the following criteria:
• identification and relevance of skills and concepts needed in the tourism and hospitality
industry
• identification of credible sources
• description and evaluation of the literature
• presenting a coherent argument
All assignments must be submitted via Turnitin, an online text-matching software program.
Further information will be provided both in class and also posted on in Week 1.
References
Brown, E. A., Thomas, N. J., & Bosselman, R. H. (2015). Are they leaving or staying: A
qualitative analysis of turnover issues for Generation Y hospitality employees with a
hospitality education. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 46, 130-137.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2015.01.011
Farmaki, A. (2018). Tourism and hospitality internships: A prologue to career
intentions? Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education, 23, 50-58.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhlste.2018.06.002
Richardson, S. (2010). Generation Y’s perceptions and attitudes towards a career in tourism
and hospitality. Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality & Tourism, 9(2), 179-199.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15332840903383855
