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Hospitality Management
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hospitality
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Offering rewards or favors to achieve the desired behavior.
entrepreneur
Bargaining
economic multiplier
geographics
2. METHODS by which managers use their sources of power to influence the behavior of their employees - peers - and supervisors.
chain
experimental method
Enhancing Power through Alliances
globalization
3. Involving the other person in decisions that directly relate to the desired behavior
Consultation
hub-and-spoke system
charter tour
front of the house (lodging)
4. An authorization stating that one has fulfilled the requirements for practicing in a feild or career
Enhancing Power through Alliances
benefit
Personal Power
certification
5. An expression of the standards of right and wrong based on conduct and morals in a particular society or a system or theory of moral values and principles
ethics
intermediary
demographics
incentive
6. The amount or quanity of goods and services that consumers are willing to buy at various prices
hub-and-spoke system
Reflective
demand
goal
7. The final stop of a journey - or the goal for travelers
destination
Personal Power
customer satisfaction
destination marketing
8. The type of selling whereby one buisness sells goods or services to another buisness
geographics
destination resort
buisness-to-buisness selling
distribution
9. A restaurant where a customer sits at a table - gives an order to a server - and is served food at the table
full-service restaurant
Enhancing Power through Alliances
diversity
ethics
10. The spoiling or contamination of the natural beauty and features of an enviorment - due to poor planning and design of tourism projects
Coercive Power
goal
infrastructure
aesthetic pollution
11. The variation of consumer demand due to a change in price
elasticity of demand
entry-level
destination resort
commercial site
12. The area in a hospitality establisment that guests view - such as the entrance and dining room
franchise
Coercive Power
front of the house
direct mail
13. Ability to influence the behavior of others
intangibility
demographics
Power
institutional advertising
14. A condition of being subject to change or alteration
charter tour
customer loyalty
changeability
business travel
15. The position of an employee at the beggening level of a particular career
entry-level
guest service agent (GSA)
elasticity of demand
guest or uniformed services
16. Low levels of dominance and Low levels of Sociability - Avoid decisions - stiff
Reflective
e-tail
benefit
pprenticeship
17. A form of payment that may include wages - benefits - and/ or incentives in return work.
chain
goal
compensation
front of the house (lodging)
18. Ethnic variety as well as socioeconomic and gender variety in a group or society
Consultation
ethics
indirect channel
diversity
19. The process of developing - promoting - and distributing specefic locations to satisfy travelers and maintain appeal as long as possible
destination marketing
back of the house
experimental method
Power and Communication Styles
20. Have power structures that place decision-making authority at LOWEST ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS.
Decentralized Organization
intangibility
competitive advantage
Ingratiating Appeal
21. A type of buisness that is set up through a franchise agreement - Which is a contract between a franchisor and franchisee to sell a companys goods or services at a designated location
dependables
franchise
Reasoning
commercial recreation
22. A basic - physical - or extended attribute of a product or purchase
channel of distribution
ecotourism
Delegation
feature
23. A positive feeling or reaction customers have when a buisness or product meets their needs
Peer pressure
intermediary
customer satisfaction
compensation
24. The area in a lodging facility where support services take place which guests usually do not view
back of the house (lodging)
intermediary
Reasoning
competitive advantage
25. A fee or payment based on a percentage of products sold
Power Tactics
commission
front of the house
direct channel
26. Generally characterized by multiple levels of management and managers who must manage large numbers of people
amateur sports
Excessively centralized organization
front of the house
convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
27. Ability to punish
Directive
back of the house
globalization
Coercive Power
28. Influencing behavior by presenting facts and appealing to logic.
changeability
Emotive
buying signals
Reasoning
29. Statistics that describe a population in terms of personal characteristics - such as age - gender - income - ethinicity - or education
bed-and-breakfasts (B&Bs)
Ingratiating Appeal
demographics
facilitating products
30. An organization that works with meeting planners to provide tourist information services to business and leisure travelers
convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
diversity
destination resort
Empowering Others
31. Low levels of dominance and High levels of Sociability - Wants approval - insecure - apologetic
direct channel
commission
Power Tactics
Supportive
32. A feature advantage of a product
Decentralized Organization
destination
benefit
ecotourism
33. Statistics about where people live.
compensation
institutional advertising
geographics
convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
34. Statistics about consumers based on their knowledge - attitudes - use - or response to a product
behavioristics
Expert Power
consumer show
Delegation
35. The path a product takes using intermediaries between the producer and consumer
Delegation
indirect channel
Coercive Power
elasticity of demand
36. The eventual desired outcome
goal
exemplary guest service
Empowering Others
customized tour
37. Generating enthusiasm and commitment by appealing to the other's values or emotions
Enhancing Power through Alliances
Inspirational Appeal
Power
Reward Power
38. Position - Reward - Coercive
incentive
Organizational Power
entry-level
distribution
39. A phone call or thank-you note from the interveiwee to the interveiwer after the interveiw takes place
empowerment
follow-up
entry-level
front of the house (lodging)
40. A rate based on total sales for the day divided by the total number of sold rooms.
advertising
average daily rate (ADR)
front of the house (lodging)
Directive
41. Verbal or nonverbal signs of a customer's readiness to buy
geographics
buying signals
guest or uniformed services
customer satisfaction
42. The process of getting the product to the consumer
Expert Power
distribution
Decentralized Organization
ethics
43. Travelers who prefer familiarity and creature comforts and seldom try anything new or different
disposable income
Reward Power
dependables
direct channel
44. Staff member in uniforms - including the bell staff - valets - security offers - concierge - and door or garage attendants
infrastructure
guest or uniformed services
Ingratiating Appeal
Peer pressure
45. High levels of dominance and Low levels of Sociability - Arrogant - stubborn - dry
commission
Directive
Inspirational Appeal
job application
46. Influencing others to accept greater responsibility and exercise more control over the way they perform their jobs.
ethics
demographics
amateur sports
Empowering Others
47. The process of how money filters through a local economy and is spent and re-spent - creating income for other businesses.
economic multiplier
buisness-to-buisness selling
career plan
guest satisfaction
48. The physical components of a destination - such as hotels - resturants - roadways - and transportation - that support tourism
infrastructure
Supportive
destination resort
incentive
49. The sale of goods or services to the customer by means of the Internet.
e-tail
Decentralized Organization
commercial recreation
exemplary guest service
50. The increasing integration of the world economy
benefit
back of the house (lodging)
globalization
exemplary guest service