As a future hospitality manager, it is important that you are familiar with the published resources available. The length and depth is only limited by your time, effort and ambition. You will find more than enough resources to perform your research. The following guide is designed to assist you in writing your paper:
- You will choose a topic related to hotel operations. Once you have chosen your topic, plan on spending time familiarizing yourself with materials dealing with it.
- Make an outline of the paper. This outline will become the Table of Contents of your written report. The Table of Contents must include page numbers.
- Select a minimum of 10 publications/articles as references in writing the report. You may not use your class textbook as resource material. To the extent possible, please make use of refereed research journals – a minimum of ONE such journal MUST BE USED as a source. All resources will be included on the Reference page; a separate page to be included at the end of your written report.
- Prepare the written report. There must be a title page which contains the title of the paper, your name and student identification number. You must include an Introduction page which introduces your topic and briefly describes why you chose it; and, a Summary which follow the requirements indicated on the Research Paper Rubric. The paper must be narrative; do not use lengthy quotations or numerous bullet points in the body of the paper.