The Hospitality Industry, Industrial Placement and Personnel Management

This article aims to identify the contribution that industrial placement makes and the experience it provides to the per- sonnel management function in the hospitality industry. In particular, it considers the especially significant potential benefits in the areas of recruitment, training and labour turnover. Influential factors in these areas, correlated with the industrial placement experience, are examined and discussed. Recommendations are presented in terms of the personnel policies and practices which can lead to the realisation of the benefits identified and in the long term encourage enhancement of the personnel function.