The data were collected through personal interviews using a structured
questionnaire with the General Managers (GMs), Food and Beverage Department
and Rooms Department (RD) managers working in four and five star hotels in
Brisbane and Gold Coast regions of Australia. There are two main reasons to
personally interview the managers using the structured questionnaire. First, the
number of luxury hotels located in Brisbane and Gold Coast area is limited to 25 and
we were concerned that the use of a postal survey would yield too small a sample for
any meaningful data analysis. Second, the personal interview gives researchers an
opportunity to personally explain to the managers the purpose of the research and
the benefits that it will generate, thereby improving the response rate (Babbie, 1992).
All the 25 four and five star hotels with 140 or more bedrooms were approached
for the purpose of the study and 19 hotels agreed to participate. The smaller hotels
with less than 140 bedrooms and having less than four stars were excluded from the
sample. This is because, the small hotels were considered unlikely to have the
complex structures and extensive range of products and services, such as multiple
food and beverage outlets, 24 hour service and highly personalised levels of other
services. Therefore, it was considered that operational complexities requiring
implementation of sophisticated management control systems would not be present.
A total of 35 managers participated in the study. The sample represents luxury
international hotels found worldwide. A list of the hotel chains that participated in
the study and their profile is provided in Table 1.
A pilot study was conducted in three hotels to pre-test and refine the instrument
used to collect data for the study. These organisations were not included in the
sample.
The data were collected through personal interviews using a structuredquestionnaire with the General Managers (GMs), Food and Beverage Departmentand Rooms Department (RD) managers working in four and five star hotels inBrisbane and Gold Coast regions of Australia. There are two main reasons topersonally interview the managers using the structured questionnaire. First, thenumber of luxury hotels located in Brisbane and Gold Coast area is limited to 25 andwe were concerned that the use of a postal survey would yield too small a sample forany meaningful data analysis. Second, the personal interview gives researchers anopportunity to personally explain to the managers the purpose of the research andthe benefits that it will generate, thereby improving the response rate (Babbie, 1992).All the 25 four and five star hotels with 140 or more bedrooms were approachedfor the purpose of the study and 19 hotels agreed to participate. The smaller hotelswith less than 140 bedrooms and having less than four stars were excluded from thesample. This is because, the small hotels were considered unlikely to have thecomplex structures and extensive range of products and services, such as multiplefood and beverage outlets, 24 hour service and highly personalised levels of otherservices. Therefore, it was considered that operational complexities requiringimplementation of sophisticated management control systems would not be present.A total of 35 managers participated in the study. The sample represents luxuryinternational hotels found worldwide. A list of the hotel chains that participated inthe study and their profile is provided in Table 1.A pilot study was conducted in three hotels to pre-test and refine the instrumentused to collect data for the study. These organisations were not included in thesample.
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