Locate a topic, you need to become familiar with the research, trends, issues and challenges facing professionals in the Hospitality field and setting you are most interested in. Analyze current, credible literature directly related to your selected HRT setting. Look for patterns in the literature, main ideas or findings, and gaps in the literature that identify a need for further study. Provide an analysis and review of a minimum of 15-20 current, academic references focused on the hospitality industry and sustainability initiatives in food and beverage operations. Identify a problem, issue or challenge of critical importance in your field. What gap in the literature have you identified that needs to be studied further? Learning more about the problem, issue or challenge you identified should be a starting point for your research, to answer questions, make necessary changes or improvements. Acceptable references: Include a current date (the majority of references should be published within the past 10 years); contain the name of the author, editors or organization; contain data, research and reference citations; are available to you in full text; are two or more pages in length. Acceptable types of references: Peer-reviewed journal articles; trade or industry publication articles (designed for professionals); data, research or articles from a .edu or .org web page with a current copyright/publication date; thesis; dissertation; academic books; or conference proceeding articles. Unacceptable references: Do not contain a current publication or copyright date; do not contain the names of authors, editors or the organization; are not available to you in full text; are less than two pages in length; do not contain the depth of information necessary, such as research, data and reference citations. Unacceptable types of references: General information from a web page that is not academic in nature, newspapers, magazines (designed for the public), blogs, videos, YouTube, Wikipedia, dictionary, encyclopedia, book review, abstract.WritingaLiteratureReview.docx
