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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

314021 (v.1) Dynamics of Hospitality Industry Management 300

Area: School of Management
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Seminar: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: This unit is designed to equip students with the strategic management, practical and personal skills necessary to work successfully in a highly competitive global environment within the hospitality industry. In order for students to successfully complete this unit, it is recommended that students have prior basic understanding of the hospitality industry. This unit provides a student-centred and academically rigorous program, which seeks to develop students’ competencies and encourage their intellectual skills in examining the planning, organizing, leadership and control functions associated with the management of hospitality organizations. The aim of this unit is to create an awareness of the management issues as they relate to areas of lodging, food service, travel, tourism and recreation. In addition, students will develop an understanding of the major influences affecting the international hospitality business environment which will facilitate the assessment of strategic issues resulting from globalisation.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 080300 Business and Management (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External