Your group will be required to identify a senior level position $($President$/$CEO$/$Director$/$GM$)$ in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry outside the Bryan$/$College Station area and interview them. The individual must be in the industry for at least $10$ years.$$ They can$$t be a family member. Please e$-$mail me if you need clarification.

Prior to your interview, the group needs to research a company.$$ They need to understand the background and history of the company.$$ One area on most websites is termed $$About$.$ What is their mission and vision and purpose? This will show the CEO that you have done some research.

$$ Your interview should last approximately one hour and should be conducted using prepared questions focusing on the leader$$s background, leadership and management style, challenges, successes, tips for success, etc. and may include a tour of their facility and$/$or program area.$$ Upon completion of the interview, the group will write a personal thank you letter and send via USPS.

Once completed, your group will prepare a presentation $(8-10$ minutes$)$ covering your interview including the leader$$s background, leadership and management style, challenges, successes, tips for success, a summary of the interview and lessons learned.$$ These lessons learned may include areas the leader was very successful in$,$ a description of their leadership style, policy implications, best practices, etc.$$ Your group will present your findings to the class.$$ Presentations should be delivered creatively.$$ Everyone in the group must be professionally dressed and present in the presentation. If a group member is not in class when the presentation is given $($due to an un$-$excused absence$),$ there will be an automatic $30-$point deduction for that group member only.$$

Your PPT slides should be organized as follows:

Slide $1$ Background

Slide $2$ Leadership$/$Management style $($Of the $10$ that we covered in class, where would the $$CEO$$ best fit and why.$$

Side $3$ Challenges

Slide $4$ Successes

Slide $5$ Tips for success

Slide $6$ Lessons that $$CEO$$ learned

Research Paper$$

The content of the paper should contain all the content that you have in your presentation and written in paragraph form.$$ It must be in a typed APA format utilizing $12-$size font and double$-$spacing on $8(1)/(2)$ x $11-$inch paper.$$

Cover Page:

List: Team, Students$$ Names, Class title, Instructor

Body of Paper:

In paragraph form please cover the area below. Please have headers for each section.$$

Background$/$History about company where the individual is employed.

Background of individual

Leadership$/$Management style $($of the $10$ covered in class, which one would best describe the $$CEO$$s$$ style and why$)$

Challenges$/$Successes

Tips for success

Lessons that the $$CEO$$ learned.

As a result of the interview, list three lessons that the group learned.

As a result of the interview, list three things each group member will seek to apply to their professional life.

Copy of letter sent to $$CEO$$

Copy of the presentation via a separate attachment. Please do not send a link. $$

Please make sure you upload the Research Paper as well as the Presentation into Canvas.$$ Both will be due by $11$:$59$pm two nights before your group$$s presentation.$$