The Importance of Human Resource Management in the Hotel industry in Sierra Leone
Keywords:
Motivation, Growth, Hotel industry, Human InteractionAbstract
Human Resources are the most valuable and unique assets of an organization. The successful management of an organization’s human resources is an exciting dynamic and challenging task, especially at a time when the world has become a global village and economies are in a state of flux The purpose of this research is to examine the roles and functions of human resource management in the hotel Industry. It also detailed with the methods used together with all relevant information about the importance of human resource management in the hotel sector and how the collected data was analyzed with the use of simple percentages tables to illustrate the research findings. Finally, are the summary, conclusion and references made by the researcher based on the findings.
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