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    UNIT H01: Management Strategies in the Hospitality

    Organization

    COURSE WORK January semester 2010

    Prepared By

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    Mohammad Anisuzzaman

    College ID No: 00208246, Edexcel Reg. Yes

    Prepared for

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    Edexcel Level 7

    Advanced Professional Diploma in Hospitality Management

    Date: 09/06/2010

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    1.0 Introduction

    The strategic issue shows how feasible a new hotel can benefit the hotel market and

    customer satisfaction via strategy, research, and execution of promotion. The hotel

    will be placed within Weston-Super-Mare due to the amount of visitors it receives

    every year, and creating a deal with the local theatres, allowing those who are staying

    at the hotel will receive discount on theatre tickets, which could consist of up to 40%

    discount. This is to give a serious competitive advantage over the competition, to

    develop further to retain consumers, and will benefit by getting known, and will

    eventually increase profitability. A 5 per cent increase in customer retention could

    result in increased profitability of between 25 95 per cent (Reicheld, 1996). This is

    about having a focus strategy on consumers, once developed, then other developments

    and strategies, would occur to strengthen the business further.

    The main purpose of this business plan is to:

    Critically review the hotel industry, apply strategies, to research and listen to

    consumers needs and wants. This would have a specific focus on retaining

    consumers, and providing a strategy of overcoming predicted challenges and to

    develop realistic financial assumptions and financial plans.

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    2.0 Objective:

    In the hospitality and tourism industry, strategic planning is of utmost importance as ithelps an organisation keep up to date of with emerging trends and competitors whilst

    continuously keeping its customers happy.

    Strategic planning is a powerful marketing tool; which is used to identify the

    customer, the customers needs and wants and to provide for those needs and wants.

    Strategic planning helps to identify the right marketing mix of product, price,

    promotion and place. Mintzberg et al (1998 McGee, Thomas and Wilson Strategy

    Analysis and Practice 2005) developed a 5P strategy layout:

    Plan - laying out an agenda or scheme of action. This would entail knowing the

    organisations position or intended position in the global market.

    Ploy having a game plan or method for carrying out the plan of action.

    Pattern forming a routine for the execution of the plan.

    Position entrenching the organisation within the desired marketing niche.

    Perspective - having an overall view of the organisations goals and objectives.

    Strategic planning is the process whereby an organisation evaluates itself in order to

    determine its intended destination and formulates guidelines or ideas on how best to

    achieve it. It encourages the questions: where are we now? Where do we wish to go?

    And most importantly, how will we get there?

    OConnor (2000 Hospitality Management A Strategic Approach) defines strategy as

    an integrated methodology or a process upon which the longer term successful

    management of an organisation is based.

    Kotler, Bowen and Makens (2003 Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism) define

    strategic planning as the process of developing and maintaining a feasible fit between

    the organisations skills and resources and its changing marketing opportunities.

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    3.0 Labour Market trends in Royal garden Hotel:

    When analysing the information of the labour market statistics, it is noticeable that

    Royal Garden Hotel has explored national and local labour markets in relation to its

    workforce, which can be used in the nearest future. The relevant labour market trends

    are very important in human resources planning; because Royal Garden Hotel has to

    plan how they go on to conduct new recruitments, hiring the right people suitable in

    the labour market. The main initiative of Royal Garden Hotel using labour market

    statistics is to plan ahead of their current competitors and rivals. Therefore the Human

    resources will be able to forecast and carry out projections of its future staffing needs.

    By carrying out this, Royal Garden Hotel can develop the right strategies for

    recruitment, training and development of its employees.

    They use labour market trends, such as external labour market that show the amount

    of vacancies in a job centres, if they can see if they are able to plan to recruit.

    By looking at the availability of skills, Royal Garden Hotel can predict whether their

    future plans to employ certain number of people with certain skills can be attained,

    depending on the availability of workforce. Once Royal Garden Hotel has decided on

    the number and type of employees it needs in future, the next step is to ensure if they

    have the right people at the right time, to meet the work force planning requirements.

    3.0.1 Internal Supply

    Before Royal Garden Hotel decide to recruit any employees externally they need to

    consider whether they have the suitable candidates internally who could do the job

    efficiently. By doing this Royal Garden Hotel are saving money and time by

    shortening the process of recruiting. Recruiting internally saves time on advertisingand analysing the candidates, they will also take sometime before the new employee

    adapts to the working environment, therefore internal recruitment provides a lot of

    advantages. However, if the job on offer is highly specialised then the option of

    suitable candidates that match the criteria are much smaller. The personnel can do

    this by sifting through employees documentation that may contain past experience

    and skills gained before joining the company and appraisal reports.

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    Royal Garden Hotel is one of many hotels that ask employees to complete a skills

    questionnaire to see whether they possess the required skills to take up a vacant job.

    A skills questionnaire may also be of help to the Human Resource Department to

    identify possible mentors and to plan training events if skills shortages are identified.

    This information is of use to the Human Resource Department when deciding whether

    to advertise internally. (Unfortunately it was not possible to gain a skills

    questionnaire from Marks and Spencer).

    Statistics and information would be collected on employees already within Royal

    Garden Hotel, which would cover the following areas:

    The number of employees in particular job categories

    The skills available

    Skills analysis

    Performance results

    Promotion potential

    Age distribution and length of service

    Staff turnover

    3.0.2 The number of employees in particular job categories

    This figure will give a broad overview of the numbers in Royal Garden Hotel who

    already possess certain broad category skills, for instance in a Premier division

    football team this could be the number of strikers, midfielders, defenders or

    goalkeepers. Or it could identify those who already have Premier division experience

    and those who are novices at that level.

    3.0.3 The skills available

    It may be helpful to identify the current skills held by the labour force and see how

    many of these are transferable (a skill used in one particular job may be transferable

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    to another job). Looking at current available skills can help planning in order to

    predict how much training will be needed for future employment and whether any

    training or development will be needed at all.

    3.0.4 Skills analysis

    Royal Garden Hotel needs to be sure it has the right number of people available at the

    right time but also with the right skills. The hotel, therefore, needs to assess its

    present supply of skills across the companys workforces and to identify the sorts of

    skills it will require in the future.

    A skills inventory of current employees will indicate those who have received recent

    training and those who will require training. It may be possible to meet the human

    resource requirements of the organisation by training and developing current staff

    rather than recruiting externally. (This is often a cheaper option and also helps to

    motivate people who are already working for the company).

    4.0 Performance results

    Royal Garden Hotel will want to gather information about the level of performance of

    various categories of current employees. This sort of information may be collected in

    a quantitative form (e.g. numbers of items produced of acceptable quality, number of

    rejected items because of poor quality etc). In addition information may be collected

    that is of qualitative nature (e.g. information from appraisal interviews).

    4.0.1 Promotion potential

    Internal promotions will change the availability of existing resources. It is useful toknow how many employees have the skills and aptitude for promotion to more

    demanding roles. In addition, it is useful to know how many employees have the

    potential, with suitable training, for promotion.

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    4.0.2 Age distribution and length of service

    This is a very important factor for Royal Garden Hotel because it is possible to have

    too many experienced workers and too many inexperienced workers within an

    organisation.

    If Royal Garden Hotel has too many experienced workers there is a danger that they

    will retire at similar times leaving the organisation in a chaos to sort out by recruiting

    more staff with no experience. It is therefore important for Royal Garden Hotel to

    have a workforce of mixed ages so that the danger of experienced workers retiring at

    the same time is avoided. If the organisation has too many inexperienced workers it

    may show a slow progress of advancement in the business objectives which mayinfluence employees to quit their job and look somewhere else offering them more job

    satisfaction.

    4.0.3 Staff turnover

    Staff turnover should be analysed in order to identify the reasons people leave Royal

    Garden Hotel and to help it forecast future losses. A degree of staff turnover may be

    beneficial to the organisation, as fresh staff can be recruited, promotion channels may

    be opened up and it may allow for natural wastage when Royal Garden Hotel is trying

    to reduce its workforce. Too high a level of staff turnover will mean that there will be

    high additional costs of staff replacement and recruitment, additional training costs

    and disruption to the quality of service or to production.

    5.0 What is Leadership?

    Leadership means working with and through people by providing them with a vision

    of the future which is meaningful to them and motivating. Leadership is both strategic

    and pragmatic and encourages all members of a team to deliver their best as an

    individual and as a team member. By having a good leader means more work will be

    done and there will be a high level of productivity. Being a leader does not necessarily

    mean being a manager. Mangers work to carry out aims of the business the leader

    intends to make new aims and change old ones and take upon new courses of action.

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    6.0 Human Resource Plan in Royal Garden Hotel:

    Human resource management is people element in organizations. Organizations need

    people to achieve its objectives and so do people need organizations to satisfy their

    needs. Human resource management is concerned with people dimension in Royal

    Garden Hotel. Since HRM is an integral part of hotel job, todays human resource

    manager should be able to understand the basic needs of his employees, their types

    and emotions so that proper techniques could be used to motivate them towards their

    work to result a better output. Moreover, it is very essential for a manager to

    understand the requirement of the job so that the proper job specification and analysis

    can be done towards the employees and an evaluative job description can be placed

    before the job applicants stating their requirements.

    Having said this, it becomes very essential to study the factor that helps the managers

    to maintain a proper human resource system in the organizations. Human resource

    development is that tool that helps the Royal Garden Hotelmanagement to keep its

    human resource always at get- set- go stage. In other words, Human resource

    development (HRD) is a function of HRM, mainly concerned with training and

    development of employees to ensure that organizations have adequate human

    resources with needed capabilities.

    Human resource development is about two things:

    (a) Training: helping employees do their present job.

    (b) Development: helping managers handle future responsibilities

    Training seeks to improve ability to perform present jobs. It is

    skills- oriented, generally given to operative employees who do not

    supervise the activities of others. It is remedial in nature.

    Development seeks to improve experience to handle future

    challenges and responsibilities. It is education- oriented, given to

    managerial employees who supervise the activities of others. It is

    also called management development.

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    7.0 Market analysis of Royal Garden Hotel:

    7.0.1 SWOT analysis

    This technique provides a framework that enables an organization to assess their

    position within a market in relation to the competition (Page and Connell, 2006).

    Strengths of the Royal Garden Hotel is having a variety of rooms, several conference

    rooms, which are hi-tec, high quality service, training programmes for staff and

    effective strategies in place. This will help to retain consumers and with research on

    consumers and competitors, the business will be able to enhance finances. Firms that

    generate disseminate and meaningfully respond to market intelligence and planning

    inputs are likely to enjoy enhanced financial performance. (Jaworski and Kohli,

    1993).

    Weakness of the hotel is mainly signage, as it is not cheap and processes though the

    hotel mangement can take time. Other weaknesses are finance. The hotel will be

    seeking finance from banks and investors, to help start their business perfectly.

    Such firms, which generate valuable knowledge about both customer preferences

    and competitor intents by integrating planning and intelligence inputs/views, can

    optimize the fit between their capabilities and external opportunities and thus achieve

    superior performance (Novicevic et al, 2004)

    Opportunities for the Royal Garden Hotel is developing links with other attractions,

    to help out in further projects within the town especially with the lead up of the 2012

    Olympics as this will help to bring in more custom and also benefit the local

    attractions. The Euro is becoming stronger against the Pound forming an era of an

    affordable England for international tourists, which helps to have the opportunity of

    develop a good financial stance within the market. According to Day and Nedungadi

    (1994) the opportunities are intended to provide options for the firms to exercise in

    order to maximize the fit between its capabilities and future opportunities.

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    Threats for the Royal Garden Hotel are the competition as they will up their game to

    ensure that a new business does not succeed, especially within a recession. The local

    authority will be a threat via planning permission may not be given for certain

    development plans. The idea of these threats is to acknowledge them until resources

    allows them to be minimised. According to Liedtke (2000) synthesizing process

    creates value, not only in aligning components, but also in creatively re-arranging

    them.

    7.0.2 PEST analysis

    Political issues for the Royal Garden Hotel is ensuring all licences required are put

    into place, this includes selling of alcohol, health and safety fire exits, supervision

    of swimming pool, CBR checks, hygiene certificates, different licences for opening

    and closing times of facilities. Grants and funding is also an issue as government

    have made several ways to get a hold of funding for Royal Garden Hotel, via the

    banks. Executives evaluating potential mergers or acquisitions must consider

    antitrust suits and other legal matters, and political issues in addition to financial

    aspects (Keeney, 1982).

    Economical issues for the Royal Garden Hotel getting a hold of loans from the banks,

    but a main concern would be interest and inflation rates, after the current economic

    climate of the recession, causing unnecessary leakages within the finance budgets of

    the business. Future implications of alter- natives now being considered should be

    accounted for in the decision-making process(Keeney, 1982).

    Sociological issues for the Royal Garden Hotel is more people are staying at FRs

    more and cheaper holidays are making it harder, therefore gathering and analysing

    data is imperative to success, for the business. In any case, the process of obtaining

    and combining the available information is a difficult task that requires balancing all

    the pros and cons (Keeney, 1982).

    Technological issues for the Royal Garden Hotel are costly when technology

    advances are made, and systems have to be updated. This involves changing all

    computer systems, reprogramming, and retraining of staff. Different individuals,

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    however, have expertise in disciplines such as economics, engineering, and other

    professions which should be incorporated (Keeney, 1982).

    8.0 DIFFERENT MARKETING STRATEGIES

    8.0.1 THE ANSOFF MATRIX

    Each business wanting to expand will have a choice of marketing strategies. These

    were arranged in a matrix by business writer Igor Ansoff. The matrix plots how safe

    or risky various marketing objectives are and can be used by a business to judge the

    likelihood of success. The marketing strategies ofRoyal Garden Hotelhave followed

    the following matrix system:

    THE ANSOFF MATRIX

    Lowest risk EXISTING PRODUCTS NEW PRODUCTS

    EXISTING MARKETS Market penetration Product development

    NEW MARKETS Market development diversification

    Highest risk

    MARKET PENETRATION This is trying to penetrate a market which already

    exists. This means competing with those hotel businesses already in the market. The

    strategy carries the least risk of failure and probably the lowest level of reward.Marketing expenditure does not have to be high so this is a strategy that can suit small

    businesses seeking new market opportunities.

    NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT This is developing new products to add to

    existing markets. For example Royal Garden Hotel introduced a gorgeous spa which

    has also the possibility of high rewards. Marketing expenditure will need to be high

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    to establish the new product. However, it will benefit from carrying an existing brand

    or reputation.

    ENTERING NEW MARKETS This is using an existing product to enter a new

    market, perhaps finding or suggesting a new use for a product, or repositioning a

    product ie changing its image or characteristics so that it appeals to a wider market

    segment. Royal Garden Hotel has recently re-positioned its product to take advantage

    of an emerging market. This can often be an expensive strategy.

    DIVERSIFICATION This is the introduction of completely new products into new

    markets. It can be expensive and dangerous. The risk of entering untried markets can

    be minimised through good market research but cannot be eliminated altogether. The

    Royal Garden Hotel group has followed a policy of diversification for a number of

    years, always seeking to invest profits from existing products in new markets

    8.0.2 THE BOSTON MATRIX

    If a business was looking to make a decision about a marketing strategy it would

    need to know the current strengths and weaknesses of all its products. The Boston

    matrix was developed by management consultants in Boston, USA. It is used to plot

    the percentage of the market enjoyed by each product in a businesss portfolio against

    the type of market that it is in. It allows businesses to see:

    Which products are achieving their potential

    Which products may need to be helped with extra advertising or marketing

    expenditure

    Which may need to be dropped altogether

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    THE BOSTON MATRIX

    HIGH MARKET SHARE LOW MARKET SHARE

    HIGH MARKET

    GROWTHStars Problem children

    LOW MARKET

    GROWTHCash cows Dogs

    STARS These products have a high market share in a fast-growing market. They

    may have been the first of their kind an innovation in a hotel market in which

    case they could have been launched with little in the way of marketing expenditure.

    However, they will need high marketing and advertising expenditure to keep them

    competitive as new entrants, attracted by their success come into the market. One

    example is the Royal Market Hotel, the first really gorgeous health club.

    PROBLEM CHILDREN Sometimes also known as question marks. These

    products have a small market share of a fast-growing market. These could be the

    competitors that are trying to gain a foothold in a blue sky market dominated by its

    initial entrant. For example, Royal Garden Hotel may be created by a new application

    of technology. The market will then attract competitors who will remain as problem

    children unless they establish themselves in the market. The market itself is a

    growing one, and therefore a market to be in, but the hotel must get the product right.

    CASH COWS Every established business longs to keep or develop at least one

    cash cow. These products have a large market share or market leadership of a mature

    or slow-growing market. Cash cows represent established product lines which need

    little in the way of marketing expenditure and which produce cash which can be used

    to support other products. Royal Garden hotel has held its market leadership for 23

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    years and provided the cash for the launch of many new product lines and

    innovations.

    DOGS These could be problem children who have not made the grade or potential

    stars in a market that has failed to materialise. They are products with a small share

    of a slow-growing market and probably cost more in marketing and support to

    maintain their position than they actually return to the business.

    9.0 Strategies to set goal in Royal Garden Hotel:

    The Royal Garden Hotel recently introduced a loyalty card scheme, which allows

    guests to register via Amateo and then for every pound they spend, they get l0p worth

    points, this can be spent on any item purchased in the hotel and gives extra value for

    money. The loyalty card scheme is run off of mix of Amateo and PMS to constantly

    update with every penny spent, while also matching details of customers to their cards

    using complex relational databases through the two programs.

    The impact of ICT:

    The impact of ICT does not only mean ICT used by the hotel, it means how any ICT

    affects it and the invention of laptops has immensely changed the hotels priority and

    ways of working. With most businessmen now owning a laptop, the hotel realizes that

    guests will want to work on it in their rooms; cleverly, the hotel has decided to hugely

    extend their room service menu, this has obviously been quite costly, but room

    service costs more than the restaurant so they will make their money back. This way

    customers can use their laptops while eating an evening meal managers at the hotel

    also have their own laptops, so they have far more free time and more freedom of

    movement as their computers come with them.

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    Department staff meetings:

    The whole department of Royal Garden Hotel attends these meeting and they happen

    at least once a year. While these meetings happen, someone else has to control the

    department as the people that usually run the departments are in the meeting. These

    meetings happen between April and June because of the financial budget. In these

    meeting, they discuss the budget, department goals, and budget goals. The department

    head does the meetings and the general manager does a little presentation in these

    meetings. The benefits of this are that everyone knows whats going on, improve

    financial knowledge, discuss the problems, are being involved in the running of the

    hotel, and makes them happy.

    Departmental Supervisory Discussions:

    These happen once a month unless certain standards of the hotel say they have to have

    them more recently. They are held so they understand their objectives for next month

    and so that previous months objectives are met. They communicate verbally and

    sometimes written in the meetings. The heads of departments and the supervisors

    agrees objectives of the department.

    Customer Comment Circulation:

    These are what the customers fill in to tell the hotel if their stay was a good one or

    not. This information comes from head office and it comes in a printed information

    style. Heads of departments look at good and bad points and then tell their staff in the

    meeting verbally at how well they are doing. This builds on moral and this can show

    the poor areas so it can be de-motivating.

    Weekly Bulletin:

    The weekly bulletin comes from head office. It is printed and regarding the general

    hotel. Any relevant points that effect the department will be discussed at the briefing

    in verbal communications. The company information is included on it.

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    Financial Information Circular:

    Is weekly and printed, goes on notice board and is sent from head office. This shows

    how the hotel and departments are doing in their budget. Each month the figures are

    sent to all staff with a comment from general manager. IT is used to maintain

    financial awareness of the staff. It identifies shortfalls of finances so that immediate

    action can be taken.

    Operations Meetings:

    These happen every morning Monday through to Friday at hast past nine. There are

    also ops meetings at 2pm on Thursdays. These meeting are held for shift changes so

    that everyone knows what is happening. This is so everyone is aware of the daysevents and activities coming up in the week and any dodgy customer comments. The

    person that chairs the meeting can either be the hotel admin or the C&B manager

    (conferencing and banqueting). Printed materials are used, these are called

    functioning sheets. This over views of the weekly events and what is happening. It is

    performed with a verbal communication. They are given the right information so that

    the events are run smoothly.

    Product changes:

    Different products are the rooms, facilities, spa and other things within the hotel.

    Product changes are printed off from head office and are displayed on the notice

    boards. Need to be aware so they know about the changes in products other wise the

    staff members would get unhappy.

    Personnel Information:

    These are printed off monthly and displayed on display boards. Displays moves,

    leaves, and new members of staff. This notifies what is happening within the

    company. The reason for it is so that the staffs dont feel been kept in the dark.

    Production Process and Quality Control:

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    Royal Garden hotel look to give the customers the best they can. Good food, good

    service etc. They try to deliver some factor with hope of bringing back the customers.

    They know they are successful in this as they have a lot of customers. One of the

    areas of the hotel is corporate which means it is a business. A lot of weekend break

    people use the hotel as they have stayed there before on business and have liked it so

    they go back. There is also a loyalty points system where the customer can save up

    their points and get a special discount on the cost of the hotel. Another area of the

    hotel is the wedding side of the hotel. This isnt a repeat business but they still give

    the best service they can. They do this, as they will get a good reputation. A lot of

    these special events are local.

    Conflict Resolution and Problem Solving:

    Conflict management is one of the many important aspects of an effective

    manager. If conflict is disregarded, it can slow down the achievement of goals. Properly

    managed, conflict can be constructive and helpful.

    Conflict resolution is a process that focuses on regulating disputes so that people

    in opposition can rise above their individual viewpoints and see possibilities of working

    together in a mutually supportive ways. Each manager that was interviewed cited

    conflict as a significant aspect of management in the hotel industry. At Royal Garden

    Hotel, all managers manage conflict using the same tactics. They resolve conflicts by

    attempting third-party conflict negotiation. As a neutral person, managers at Royal

    Garden can resolve differences efficiently, effectively, and fairly. If a conflict cannot

    reach the area of potential agreement; the individual department head forwards the case

    to the HR Department. HR will evaluate the situation and take the necessary action,

    which may result in the employee termination.

    9.0.1 Quality and Performance:

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    As of today, organizations are satisfied if their customers are satisfied. However,

    many organizations like Hilton believe that their goal is to achieve its customers loyalty.

    Royal Garden Hotel serves its customers by addressing the customers needs and set their

    environment in such a way that their customers always leave the hotel with a sense of

    satisfaction. They believe that in an industry like that of hotel industry the winners -

    those companies who can deliver for their guests, customers, employees, shareholders and

    owners - will be those with the best brandsthe best locationssize and scalethe best

    peopleattractive marketing programsand financial strength. Few fit the bill. Royal

    Garden Hotel stands above the rest.

    In order to ensure this type of quality, Royal Garden tracks internal and external

    performance along with customer satisfaction and loyalty through a number of processes.

    They follow the Strategic Performance and Management System, which uses the

    Balanced Scorecardand the Customer Satisfaction Tracking System (Exhibit J). They

    also use OnQ, which is an IT driven tool. This tool helps Royal Garden Hotel to keep

    track their guests and their preference from all over the nation. OnQ is extremely helpful

    in judging the level of satisfaction that was achieved by staying at Royal Garden Hotel.

    Royal Garden Hotel also established an institute called the Royal Garden Quality Service

    Institute that provides intensive service workshops. It also educates each employee on the

    hospitality programs and service philosophy. They also have an ongoing cultural

    philosophy called the 100% Satisfaction Guarantee through which they commit to

    high quality accommodations, friendly and efficient service, and clean comfortable

    surroundings, for all guests.

    Conclusion:

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    At Royal Garden Hotel, the organizational culture fosters an environment that is

    connected with the hard variables and soft variables of the Seven S Model. Royals

    friendly, one big happy family culture motivates team members to work effectively

    together and remain with the organization. All the managers effectively lead their team

    members democratically as well as coaching to create a strong bond. Quality and

    performance directed toward customer service is an important aspect at Royal Garden

    Hotel. They successfully achieve this goal by implementing several information

    technology tools. Although Royal Garden Hotels organization is aligned with the Seven

    S Model, communication should be improved between team members and their

    managers. With the employees giving feedback to managers, a closer network and

    working environment should be created to achieve organizational goals. Furthermore,

    Hilton should also involve their employees in the decision making process. This will only

    lead to a stronger staff with more motivation and job satisfaction. In conclusion, we feel

    that Royal Garden Hotel has aligned the Seven Ss in their organization. It is evident that

    their management works as a system and their vision is aligned in every aspect of the

    company.

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