Industry Leader/Organization Profile
15% of total grade
Due week 4
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Task
You have recently been hired by _____ [choose an industry leader or leading organization in the field you wish to start your career with]. As part of the orientation process you are asked to write an essay explaining what you know about the leader/organization and what your career goals are.
Role and Audience
The essay is to be written as if the department head of your desired work location will be reading it.
Format
Follow APA Standards including but not limited to:
- Title page
- Proper page numbers, spacing and font
- Citations
- Reference page
- Minimum of ~250 words
- Submit a rough draft, reviewed by a writing tutor, to the back of the final submission.
Expectations
- Inclusion of three (2) reliable/academic sources with reference page
- Proofread and free of typos and grammatical errors
- Effective sentence structure
- Inclusion of proper industry terminology and the understanding of the impact the chosen person or organization has had on the hospitality industry
- Thoughtful and coherent communication of career goals
Criteria for Assessment
See information literacy and writing rubrics
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this assignment, students will be able to:
- Discuss the scope of the hospitality and tourism industry through written business communication
- Gather information from observation in regard to the hospitality and tourism industries from a local, national and international perspective and his/her role within the industry
- Understand and discuss the roles and responsibilities of key executives and department heads in the hospitality and tourism industries and their impact on trends in the industry
- Describe key management functions using professional terms and communication standards
Adnan Ahmed
Prof. Akana
HMGT1101
February 24, 2016
Lawrence Page, widely known as Larry Page was born in Michigan in 1973, Larry Page’s parents were both computer experts, so it wasn’t really a surprise that he studied computer engineering at Stanford University. He met a man named Sergey Brin, and together, Page and Brin created a search engine that listed results according to the popularity of the pages, calling it Google. After raising one million dollars from family, friends and other investors, the pair launched the company in 1998. Google has since become the world’s most popular search engine, receiving an average of 5.9 billion searches per day in 2013, making Page and Brin billionaires. A research project at Stanford University, Page and Brin created a search engine that listed results according to the popularity of the pages, after concluding that the most popular result would often be the most useful. They called the search engine Google after the mathematical term googol, which is the number one followed by on hundred zeros. In 2006, Google purchased the most popular website for user-submitted streaming videos, YouTube, for $1.65 billion in stock. In October 2013, he was ranked No. 17 on Forbes’ 2013 “Most Powerful People” list. Larry Page being one of the world’s most famous billionaires, has a net worth of over 30billion dollars. Larry Page, along with Sergey Brin, invented the world’s most popular search engine to date, “Google”. Google has an estimated 300 million users per day, with more than 2 billion searches conducted in a day, making Google one of the most visited websites on the internet. The amount of money that is grossed creates high amounts of expenditures and Larry has the plan of giving free Wi-Fi for the whole world. Also an internet service his company offers called Google Fiber, serves 1 GB per second download speed and even TV now at a much lower price than conventional brands. Google Maps and Google Earth were also ground breaking programs Larry has founded. All in all an overall perceptional business man to a kind hearted person that wants to make the world a better place.