Views and Perceptions of Stakeholders on Industrial Attachment for Students Studying Tourism and Hospitality Management at the University of Zimbabwe – in Search for Smart Partnerships Between Industry and the University
Journal Title: International Journal of Engineering, Science and Mathematics - Year 2012, Vol 2, Issue 5
Abstract
This paper is based on research work carried out with the objective of establishing the perceptions of key stakeholders about industrial attachment for students studying tourism and hospitality management in the Faculty of Commerce at the University of Zimbabwe. The research involved the gathering of information on the views of students, lecturers and managers in the industry. It was discovered during the research that all stakeholders find the programme valuable and important to all stakeholders. All stakeholders nevertheless have issues they believe need to be attended to in order to enhance the relationships and nature of partnerships between the University and industry. The paper summarizes the findings and highlights recommendations from stakeholders. It ends with recommendations for all stakeholders, which if taken into consideration could significantly contribute to the establishment of meaningful smart partnerships between industry and universities, creating a win-win situation for all stakeholders.
Authors and Affiliations
Mr. Alick Mhizha and Golden Mandebvu
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP26634
- DOI -
- Views 369
- Downloads 6
ISDLCM: An Improved Software Development Life Cycle Model
Software development life cycle is the process of developing a software project using some activities. These activities include Requirements gathering, Specification, Designing, Coding, Testing and Maintenance, etc. Th...
Accession of Cyber crimes against Our Safety Measures
Cyber Crimes, or crimes perpetrated using digital technology and infrastructure, are rapidly growing problem. Yet digital evidence can be tied to more conventional crimes, so helping both police administrations, corpor...
SECURITY OPTIMIZATION of E-GOVERNANCE WEBPAGES.
ICT is being applied in various fields nowadays. Affected fields in this category include education, commerce, health and governance. Due to this effect day by day a number of websites and portals are taking birth. No...
VIDEO SHOT BOUNDARY DETECTION
Many algorithms have been proposed for detecting video shot boundaries and classifying shot and shot transition types. Here we are using two different methods for comparison, using GIST1, Color Histogram. Color histogr...
RECYCLING AND REUSING THE E-WASTE.
Every year industry develops a new technology & in the entire world the use of electronic products has grown substantially over the past two decades, changing the way & speed of communication. Rapid changes in technolo...