HATM3504:11 - RESORT FACILITIES MANAGTEMENT & MAINTENANCE
WINTER 2025
ASSIGNMENT: MANAGEMENT REFLECTION LOG
*Individual Assignment
Value: 15% of final grade
Due: Friday, March 28, 2025
Learning Goals & Outcomes:
The ultimate objective and outcome is that students demonstrate understanding, critical thinking and analysis of course topics and can effectively relate them to current topics in the tourism and hospitality industry from a managerial / owner perspective.
Instructions:
• Choose 2 topics covered in the entire course that you feel will be most beneficial to you as a future manager/owner of a facility (hotel, resort, convention center, restaurant etc)
• Provide an explanation of each topic relative to why you feel it will be most beneficial, how it relates to your career in the tourism/hospitality industry etc.
• Find ONE current source of research from outside course materials/discussions that is no more than 24 months old that relates to each topic you reflect on and discuss how it ties in to your topic and how it will help you in the success of managing/owning/maintaining your facility.
*IMPORTANT NOTE: This is not a summary of what you learned about the topic and not based on an entire chapter. For example: we cover a whole chapter on workload planning and staffing your facilities department but it covers numerous topics. One topic example from this chapter could be “considerations when cross-training” .
Format & Submission Instructions:
1. Typed document using 12 pt. Times New Roman font
2. Double-spaced
3. Include a cover page with the following information:
- Course title/ course number
- Paper Title
- Name and ID number
- Date
4. Include a Bibliography with APA citations
5. Include your name and ID number on each page as a header or footer.
6. Include an overall introduction and conclusion
*Each topic will likely end up being about 3 pages double spaced so your whole assignment will be about 6 pages not including your introduction/conclusion, cover page and bibliography.
Submission:
• Upload your assignment to the designated folder in Moodle no later than 10:00 AM on Friday, March 28, 2025.
• Late assignments subject to penalty (see course syllabus)
Turnitin.com: The text matching software Turnitin will be used to screen assignments in this course. This is being done to assist the instructor in determining the work’s originality and if all materials used are properly documented. If students consent to submit assignments through Turnitin via Moodle, they should know:
• Files are housed on the Turnitin server based in California, and these files are subject to the USA PATRIOT Act, 2001.
• If students have concerns about their privacy and/or security, they may opt out of submitting assignments through this software and choose another alternative with their instructor.
Students who do not wish to submit assignments through this software should contact their instructor as soon as possible to discuss alternatives. Evaluation Criteria:
CONTENT: 80%
Relevant topics chosen Effective reflection
Relevant outside source / connection to topic
FORMAT: 20%
Spelling/Grammar/Sentence Structure Followed format instructions
Proper APA citations/bibliography format