Hospitality management program evaluations: Bases for curriculum enhancement
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https://doi.org/10.14295/bjs.v2i12.386Keywords:
internship, curriculum development, academic learningAbstract
Global standards in Hospitality Management in terms of academic learning and practical skills are very stiff competition in the industry. Interns' level of performance due to the individual KSA (Knowledge, Skill, and Attitude) evaluation CTU-Main HM collected. However, the internship performance of the Trainee depends individually in terms of KSA. A quantitative method structured questionnaire and distributed to evaluate how the individual factors of interns that would help determine the curriculum enhancement based on the results. Essential insights that advance understanding of the efficient design and informed management of internship programs based on evaluations among students can be invaluable in measuring outcomes from the internship program and the entire professional instruction program for future Hospitality Management professionals. It provides perspectives on coursework, activities, and suggested curriculum changes. Integrating program and internship assessment is appropriate since internships are part of the program. It attempted to explore the academic performance and internship performance in terms of KSA and personality of hospitality management students by examining their capacity before the internship and their skills enhancement needed for the internship experience following its completion. It reveals that an interaction that influence the individual factors is essential in shaping student expectations of the internship. Individual and organizational factors regarded as influencers on interns' experience, training factors about the transition of environment that regulate interns' experience and characteristics serve as mediators to the internship experience.
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