Research on Operation Mechanism of New Apprenticeship in Cultivating Model in Hospitality Management of High Vocational

1. 4th INAP Conference in Beijing Research on Operation Mechanism of New Apprenticeship in Cultivating Model in Hospitality Management of High Vocational College Chongqing Industry Polytechnic College China Yulin Jin May 27th, Beijing

2. Introduction This paper introduces a case of a new apprenticeship program implemented between a vocational college and a hotel. The students will work as apprentices in the real work environment 3 days per week (hotel), and learn theory in college 2 days per week. It is called “3+2” working-learning alternate cultivating model.

3. Background 4th INAP Conference in Beijing Vocational Colleges Education Apprenticeship Training Vs

4. 4th INAP Conference in Beijing What is a new apprenticeship? Implementing school-enterprise cooperation, working-learning alternation cultivating model

5. 4th INAP Conference in Beijing Hospitality Industry in China The hospitality industry has been very prosperous in China in the recent years. All big international hotel groups started their business in China.

6. Hospitality Industry in China 4th INAP Conference in Beijing (National Tourism Administration, 2009 Tourism Statistic Bulletin)

7. Hospitality Industry in Chongqing 4th INAP Conference in Beijing Chongqing is the biggest city in western China. (Chongqing Tourism Administration, 2010 Chongqing Tourism Statistic Bulletin)

8. 4th INAP Conference in Beijing Hospitality Industry in Chongqing 100 Five-star hotels, 2020 14 Five-star hotels, 2010

9. 4th INAP Conference in Beijing Hospitality Industry in Chongqing Human resource of hospitality industry (Chongqing Tourism Administration, 2010 Chongqing Tourism Statistic Bulletin) Short supply in well educated HR

10. 4th INAP Conference in Beijing Requirements of Hospitality Industry HR • High quality and high skills personnel — Ministry of Education of China • Knowledgeable • Skillful • Empathetic • Passionate • Creative — Intercontinental Hotel Group

11. How to cultivate the qualified personnel to meet the hospitality industry requirements ? School –enterprise cooperationimplement a new apprenticeship

12. Implementation of “3+2” working-learning alternate cultivating model 4th INAP Conference in Beijing 2days Learning in College 3days Working in Hotel +

13. Implementation of “3+2” working-learning alternate cultivating model 4th INAP Conference in Beijing Three partners cooperation of student, college and hotel

14. Implementation of “3+2” working-learning alternate cultivating model

15. Implementation of “3+2” working-learning alternate cultivating model 4th INAP Conference in Beijing “3+2” program cultivating plan in 3 years

17. Implementation of “3+2” working-learning alternate cultivating model 4th INAP Conference in Beijing “3+2” program apprentice training plan in hotel Get a Comprehensive Vocational Competency

18. Implementation of “3+2” working-learning alternate cultivating model 4th INAP Conference in Beijing When students successfully finish these four training categories, they get a fixed contract in the hotel in the 6th semester.

20. Possibility of Experience Share 4th INAP Conference in Beijing Choose an adaptive hotel as a partner • The general manager of the hotel should fully approve the working-learning alternate cultivating model and greatly support the program. • The enterprise should employ a large number of people and have a collectivist management, so that there is flexibility of personnel demand to offer more training opportunities to the students

21. Possibility of Experience Share 4th INAP Conference in Beijing • Program Coordinators (College & Hotel) Responsibility Regulation • Tutor Guidance Regulation • Student Individual Apprentice Training Plan • Special Assessing Regulation • Conclusion Conversation Establish a series of innovatory regulations for the “3+2” program

22. Possibility of Experience Share 4th INAP Conference in Beijing • “Compass Prize” in the Holiday Inn • “IHG Academy Scholarship” for the trainees • The opportunities to employment and practice in other cities • The opportunities to participate in the service for large-scale international events Methods to encourage the students

23. Issues in the “3+2” program • Should we select students to participate the apprenticeship program? • How to select and what is standard? • If we select, whether there is a problem of access and equity ? • Should the apprentices be paid by the hotel during their apprenticeship program?

24. Problems in the “3+2” program 4th INAP Conference in Beijing • Vocational identify of many student decline obviously at the beginning of the program • Same students probably exit the program because they can not fit in with this model • Managers and staffs of the hotel don’t like to do extra training and organizing the trainees • Possibility about more practical working, and less academic knowledge learning

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