13596 (v.4) Transportation and Travel Management 304
| Area: | School of Management |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
| Seminar: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
| Prerequisite(s): | 12598 (v.3) Tourism Management (Principles and Practices) 102 or any previous version
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| Syllabus: | Transportation and travel management is not simply confined to supervision within the tourism Transportation and Travel work environment, but is closely involved with all the major functions, processes and procedures that are carried out by the various areas that are associated within this sector as a whole. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will be able to - Consider both a management perspective and a conceptual approach to the study of the principles, practices, and functions of tourism transportation and travel industry management. Specifically, students will have developed - The capacity to define and describe the main objectives and current challenges of tourism transportation and travel management. The ability to discuss the major factors involved and methods adopted in the activities oftourism transportation and travel management planning, organisation, co-ordination and control. A knowledge of the ways that recent associated industry trends, technology and information management developments have affected the role of tourism transportation and travel management in Australia and overseas. Skills to identify future challenges and directions that relate to tourism transportation and travel management in general. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | Airline Privatisation and Deregulation International Survey. Background Paper. The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. Banfe, C.F., (1992), Airline Management, Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall. Bovis Australia, (1996), Tourism Transport Needs Across Australia - A Study of the Financing and Development of Tourism Transport Infrastructure. Prepared for Tourism Taskforce Australia. Bull, A., (1995) The Economics of Travel and Tourism. 2nd ed. Melbourne, Longman Australia. Coyle, J. (1986) Transportation. 2nd ed. London, Western Publishers. Doganis, R. (1992) The Airport Business, London, Routledge. Doganis, R., (1993) Flying off Course - The Economics of International Airlines. London, Routledge. Gialloreto, L., (1988) Strategic Airline Management- The War Begins. Pitman, London. International Air Transport Association (Annual), World Air Transport Statistics. IATA, Geneva. International Air Transport Association (1944) The Chicago Convention. |
| Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. However, some Lecture Notes will be provided where relevant, and you are encouraged to take your own notes where appropriate. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | To achieve a pass grade students must complete requirements in relation to ALL of the following FOUR (4) assessment sections listed below and must achieve a mark of 50% or more in the total overall assessment. Class Participation and Class Exercises 10%.Group Project - Class Presentation 10%. Group Project - Written Assignment 40%. Semester Test 40%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | |
Current as of: February 2, 2004
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