Hotel Management Students Assessment of their Industrial Training Exposure

Abstract

Industrial training (I.T) is an essential component in the course curriculum of hotel management. Students get the opportunity to learn and enhance their skill by working in real working situations and practice their theoretical knowledge that they have learnt in the classroom settings. Prospect employees must have necessary knowledge and skills before they go out into the working world once they graduated. In line with this, the Industrial Training component of the undergraduate hotel management program constitutes a vital component. Present paper aims to explore hotel management student’s industrial training experience in terms beneficial or not beneficial exposure. Final year hotel management students were randomly selected for data collection. Majority of the respondents found industrial training experience was not beneficial in terms of professionals were not cooperative, irrelevant tasks assigned and stress full conditions whereas 42% rated as beneficial experience in terms of opportunity to work in real setting, Professionals were cooperative and relevant tasks were assigned. There is a need to strengthen the current practices of I.T and more collaborative approach is required by all stakeholders concerned. Several researchers have emphases that dissatisfaction of I.T experiences may result in low commitment levels of graduates towards hospitality industry. Certain new practices are required to be adopted by stakeholders in order to enhance the I.T Exposure.