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Unit of Study HOTL3003 - Action Research for the Hospitality Industry (2023)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Enrolment information

    This is an advanced unit. It is highly recommended that students take this unit after having completed an tourism or management unit.

Unit description

Introduces students to the principles and practices of “action research” as an informed and structured process of enquiry, analysis, synthesis, communication and implementation within the hospitality industry. Student focus on the mechanics of identifying and solving problems and then designing and implementing solutions.

Unit content

  1. Introduction to action research
  2. Determining project scope and focus
  3. Reviewing literature related to research problem
  4. Project design and planning
  5. Analysing data and interpreting findings
  6. Presenting findings and evaluation plan

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Brisbane - The Hotel School
Term2
Term2
Melbourne - The Hotel School
Term2,4
Term2,4
Sydney - The Hotel School
Term2,4
Term2,4

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

demonstrate knowledge of the "action research" process and the roles of the key stages

identify and abstract a problem and critically analyse the underlying issues

demonstrate the capability to design, propose and undertake an action research project

demonstrate the knowledge and skills to reflect upon the organisational and operational challenges in undertaking an action research project.

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • You are required to complete the information literacy tutorial “Research Ready” (four modules) designed to help you understand scholarly sources, find and evaluate information, correctly reference and avoid plagiarism. Further details are provided under Assessment 1 in the Assessment details section below.

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • You are required to complete the information literacy tutorial “Research Ready” (four modules) designed to help you understand scholarly sources, find and evaluate information, correctly reference and avoid plagiarism. Further details are provided under Assessment 1 in the Assessment details section below.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.