Discuss:
Critique the costs of paying sooner than necessary and of paying too late. Give specific examples to support your response.
Compare and contrast the bill-paying procedures that can be employed by hospitality operators.
Select a restaurant with which you are familiar and determine the top five supplier selection criteria on which you would rely to select a supplier. Explain your rationale for the five criteria you selected.
Imagine you are the buyer for the restaurant you discussed above. Describe the ideal supplier-buyer relationship and how it would benefit your establishment.
Describe the advertisement example that you located.
Identify the fallacy you observed in the advertisement and describe how this is an example of this type of fallacy.
Explain whether or not you believe the fallacy is effective in persuading customers to purchase or use the product or service being promoted in the ad.
Some evidence suggests that there is a direct and positive relationship between a firm's size and its top-level managers' compensation. Explain what inducement you think that relationship provides to upper-level executives.
Recommend what can be done to influence the relationship so that it serves shareholders' interests.
The case study outlines six specific strategies that the firm has chosen to support its strategic direction. Determine which strategy is most likely to benefit the firm. Explain your rationale.
Briefly outline at least one other strategy the firm could take to support its strategic direction. Illustrate why this new strategy would be successful.
From the case study, explain why managing information is a challenging issue for hospitality organizations in regard to the three elements of the guest experience: the service product, the service setting, and the delivery system. Give examples with your response.
Imagine you have ordered food in a restaurant, and you discover it is undercooked and unappetizing. Provide two examples of how information through a service delivery system could correct these errors efficiently.
From the e-Activity, read each Website and identify the types of information the Website provides. Suggest two additional features, such as larger font sizes, improved organization, more color, etc. that could be applied to each Website you reviewed in order to make it more attractive or easier to use.
One of the most effective strategies for increasing the flow of information within a hospitality organization is to give all employees access to the company intranet and all corporate information. Describe three ways how allowing access to the company intranet could help communication and three ways how it could hinder communication within a hospitality organization.