Beta
186020

The Essential Managerial Competencies for Tourism and Hospitality Graduates: From the Perspective of Tourism and Hospitality Experts in Egypt

Article

Last updated: 27 Dec 2024

Subjects

-

Tags

Management and organizational behavior in tourism and hospitality

Abstract

When identifying and knowing the managerial competencies needed by the industry from fresh graduates and employees, it will be easy for educational institutions to prepare graduates for future entry-level managerial roles by adapting the curriculum according to industry expectations and through training programs. Therefore, this research aims to identify the essential managerial competencies needed from the tourism and hospitality industry graduates for the tourism labor market in Egypt. A Delphi technique was utilized in this research for collecting data from a group of sixty (60) experts and professionals from different tourism and hospitality sectors. Fifty- three (53) of the sixty (60) participants successfully completed the Delphi study. Three rounds of Delphi were conducted in almost thirteen weeks. For processing and analyzing collected data, the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26 has been utilized. Results identified four managerial competencies (problem-solving, decision making, client focus, and teamwork) as the most essential competencies with a consensus above 80%. Depending on the findings, it suggests that the tourism and hospitality curriculum can be modified to add these competencies.

DOI

10.21608/mjthr.2021.82406.1009

Keywords

Competency Development, Managerial Competencies, Delphi Technique, Tourism Education, Egypt

Authors

First Name

Wedad

Last Name

othman

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Tourism Studies Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Minia University

Email

wedad.osman@s-mu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

M

Last Name

Anter

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

tourism studies, tourism and hotels, Minia University, Minia, Egypt

Email

anter82@mu.edu.eg

City

minia

Orcid

0000-0002-6197-3944

First Name

Nevin

Last Name

Eid

MiddleName

Galal

Affiliation

Tourism Studies Department, Faculty of Tourism And Hotels, Suez Canal University

Email

nevien_eid@tourism.suez.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

11

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

25037

Issue Date

2021-06-01

Receive Date

2021-06-25

Publish Date

2021-06-01

Page Start

67

Page End

82

Print ISSN

2357-0652

Online ISSN

2735-4741

Link

https://mjthr.journals.ekb.eg/article_186020.html

Detail API

https://mjthr.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=186020

Order

5

Type

Original Article

Type Code

1,533

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Minia Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research MJTHR

Publication Link

https://mjthr.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

The Essential Managerial Competencies for Tourism and Hospitality Graduates: From the Perspective of Tourism and Hospitality Experts in Egypt

Details

Type

Article

Created At

23 Jan 2023