ENHANCING PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY IN THE HOTEL AND RESTAURANT BUSINESS

Abstract

The paper discusses the ways to enhance the personnel management efficiency in hotel and restaurant business by suggesting an integrated method of traditional personnel management and new strategies and techniques affecting the employee motivation in the hotel and restaurant sector. The relevance and the need to implement the key personnel management tools in the hotel and restaurant business to increase its competitiveness in the services market have been grounded. It has been estimated that human resources management in the hotel and restaurant business employs a range of methods and managerial decisions which directly affect the overall business processes arrangements for hospitality industry personnel to attain the organizational objectives through ensuring high service quality. During the study, the following research methods have been applied: analysis and synthesis – to identify the strengths and weaknesses of personnel management methods and styles in the hotel and restaurant business; a method of statistical observations – to analyze the HoReCa hospitality industry development indices. Based on the study of best practices of HoReCa world market leaders, the most effective management styles have been identified. It is argued that successful and efficient use of primary, fundamental theoretical concepts in the personnel management context will facilitate further economic development and business stability under market uncertainty and volatility. Evidence is provided that the modern personnel management process in the hotel and restaurant business accumulates the major research findings on employee management and a set of contemporary mechanisms associated with their interaction, promoting creativity of staff, integration of efforts to achieve the goals set. Proactive employee-management interaction proves to be a positive indicator of hotel or restaurant effective performance.