School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    International Resort Management
  • Unit Code

    TSM3101
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    5
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Oskaras VOROBJOVAS-PINTA

Description

This unit provides an overview of the international resort sector and explores the uniqueness of resort development, management and operations. Students are offered an opportunity to generate ideas and gain insight into the social, economic and environmental issues involved in resort planning and development. Contemporary issues that impact on the management of international resorts are discussed. Students will also be introduced to the Hotel Simulation software (HOTS) where they will manage and make strategic business decisions on a resort business in a virtual environment that mirrors the real business world.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critique key features, theories, policies and practices relating to international resorts and their management.
  2. Evaluate the impact of internal and external factors on a propertys market position.
  3. Address challenging social, economic and environmental concerns in relation to the planning, development, management and operation of international resorts.
  4. Collaborate effectively in team settings to produce measurable outcomes.

Unit Content

  1. Sustainable practices associated with resort planning and development.
  2. External impacts on resort development and management.
  3. Marketing and the resort experience.
  4. Safety, security and risk management.
  5. Management and operations of resorts.
  6. Recreation activities in resorts.
  7. Resort planning and development.
  8. History and features of resorts.
  9. Evaluating teamwork in hospitality management.
  10. Problem solving for the management of international resorts.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

The mode of delivery for this unit is through weekly on-campus seminars. The teaching and learning approach in this unit is enhanced through in-class discussions of practical industry case studies and contemporary issues, where the skills of working effectively with others (task collaboration and working productively with people from diverse cultures), communicating effectively, critical appraisal and the ability to generate ideas are emphasised. This unit also provides for engaged teaching and learning where guest lecturers from industry are invited to share experiences, providing students with industry relevant information. Students are required to complete assessment items which are assessed for quality academic and professional standards, including oral and written communication (structure, language and conventions), ability to work effectively with others, critical analysis (depth of thought, development of argument, logical analysis and insight), depth and breadth of coverage, the ability to research effectively using both academic and contemporary sources and industry relevance.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestIn-Class Test30%
ReportIndividual Report on HOTS30%
ReportGroup Strategic Business Report30%
PresentationIndividual Presentation10%

Core Reading(s)

  • Mill, R. C. (2008). Resorts: Management and Operation. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/191719866

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    International Resort Management
  • Unit Code

    TSM3101
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    5
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Oskaras VOROBJOVAS-PINTA

Description

This unit provides an overview of the international resort sector and explores the uniqueness of resort development, management and operations. Students are offered an opportunity to generate ideas and gain insight into the social, economic and environmental issues involved in resort planning and development. Contemporary issues that impact on the management of international resorts are discussed. Students will also be introduced to the Hotel Simulation software (HOTS) where they will manage and make strategic business decisions on a resort business in a virtual environment that mirrors the real business world.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critique key features, theories, policies and practices relating to international resorts and their management.
  2. Evaluate the impact of internal and external factors on a propertys market position.
  3. Address challenging social, economic and environmental concerns in relation to the planning, development, management and operation of international resorts.
  4. Collaborate effectively in team settings to produce measurable outcomes.

Unit Content

  1. Sustainable practices associated with resort planning and development.
  2. External impacts on resort development and management.
  3. Marketing and the resort experience.
  4. Safety, security and risk management.
  5. Management and operations of resorts.
  6. Recreation activities in resorts.
  7. Resort planning and development.
  8. History and features of resorts.
  9. Evaluating teamwork in hospitality management.
  10. Problem solving for the management of international resorts.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

The mode of delivery for this unit is through weekly on-campus seminars. The teaching and learning approach in this unit is enhanced through in-class discussions of practical industry case studies and contemporary issues, where the skills of working effectively with others (task collaboration and working productively with people from diverse cultures), communicating effectively, critical appraisal and the ability to generate ideas are emphasised. This unit also provides for engaged teaching and learning where guest lecturers from industry are invited to share experiences, providing students with industry relevant information. Students are required to complete assessment items which are assessed for quality academic and professional standards, including oral and written communication (structure, language and conventions), ability to work effectively with others, critical analysis (depth of thought, development of argument, logical analysis and insight), depth and breadth of coverage, the ability to research effectively using both academic and contemporary sources and industry relevance.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestIn-Class Test30%
ReportIndividual Report on HOTS30%
ReportGroup Strategic Business Report30%
PresentationIndividual Presentation10%

Core Reading(s)

  • Mill, R. C. (2008). Resorts: Management and Operation. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/191719866

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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