Read the chepter Critical Issues in Human Resources Management and the answer the following question
1. Assume that you were beginning your first (entry - level) management position at a hospitality organization that is unionized. How, if at all, do you think your initial work experiences would be different than if your initial employment! Critical Issues in Human Resources Management was with a nonunionized property? Which type of beginning management position would you most like? Why?
2. How do you think your perspectives about an organization would be affected if you were an employee and you heard rumors about the possibility of downsizing? What kind of facts would you want to know about the situation? What would be your priority concerns if you were to be terminated? If you were a survivor?
3. How, if at all, could a career development process such as that noted in this chapter benefit you if you were just beginning your hospitality management career? If you were in an entry - level (nonmanagement) position in an operation? If you were in a middle - management position with an organization?