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Unit of Study HOTL2010 - Food Services Management (2025)

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Unit description

Introduces students to a managerial perspective of Food Services operations.  Students use Design Thinking, Systems Thinking, and the Service Cycle to develop management solutions to the current and emerging challenges of the modern Food and Beverage operation.

Unit content

  1. Managing Food Service Businesses: Design Thinking and Systems Thinking perspectives
  2. Managing Quality
  3. Managing the Economics of a Food Service Business
  4. Managing Stakeholders
  5. Managing Compliance
  6. Contemporary Food Service Issues

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Brisbane - The Hotel School
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Melbourne - The Hotel School
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Sydney - The Hotel School
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On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

demonstrate knowledge of design thinking, systems thinking and the service cycle in food services;

identify and analyse a food service operation using financial and operational reports and economic theories;

demonstrate the capability to develop an operational service improvement program to increase customer satisfaction and profitability;

demonstrate the knowledge and skills to reflect upon evolving food service trends and the challenges in improving market performance, guest satisfaction and profitability.

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