The Situation
You are employed as a junior consultant and your first role is to produce a report for an external organisation. The organisation, set within a sector context, is within the hospitality industry and you have been requested to submit a report of 2,500 words, which provides an academic insight, support and development of your professional reflections on the topic and its application to the specific sector of the hospitality industry.
The paper (Report Style) should be no more than 2,500 +\- 10% words in length (excluding references, visual aids, appendices (if applicable) and abstract); 1.5 line spacing; 12 point font. Please provide your word count on the front page of your report. Do not forget to include the assignment briefing sheet as a cover sheet.
2. Title
A title, prefixed with An investigation into operations management issues within the hospitality industry:…..
3. Headings and sub-headings
These should be short and to-the-point. Headings should be typed in capitals; sub- headings should be typed in upper and lower case in bold. Headings should not be numbered.
4. References
References to any publications, primarily journal articles and books should be complete and in the Harvard style. They should contain full bibliographical details. Further detail can be found on the University website. Do not use Wikipedia, Google or other generic search engines / blogs as references.
5. Executive Summary
Authors must supply an executive summary (abstract) of no more than 200 words (not included in the total word count). It should be a succinct, accurate representation of the content of the paper. Major results, conclusions and/or recommendations should be given. It should contain sufficient information to enable readers to decide whether they should obtain and read the entire article.