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Unit of Study HOTL5004 - Sustainable Hotel Management (2020)

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Unit description

Examines the concept of sustainability from  environmental , economic, social- cultural and historical perspectives. Students  are introduced to sustainability  issues facing the Tourism and Hospitality  industries and strategic solutions are explored . Topics  covered include environmental externalities, social entrepreneurship , eco-design and  sustainable development as a business priority.

Unit content

Topic 1: Defining sustainability from a historical, environmental, economic and socio-cultural perspective.

Topic 2: Corporate social responsibility, corporate governance and social entrepreneurship.

Topic 3: Externalities of hotel operations  and environmental accounting

Topic 4: Water, energy and waste management

Topic 5: Sustainability and the hospitality customer experience

Topic 6: Environmental management systems  and certification

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Location Domestic International
Brisbane - The Hotel School
Session2,3
Session2,3
Melbourne - The Hotel School
Session2,3
Session2,3
Sydney - The Hotel School
Session2,3
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Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

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:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 demonstrate an understanding of sustainability and sustainable development concepts and issues
2 evaluate the positive and negative environmental externalities within hospitality and tourism operations
3 analyse sustainability as an integral component of business strategies and operations
4 propose solutions to the challenges facing tourism and hospitality industries in managing sustainability

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

  1. demonstrate an understanding of sustainability and sustainable development concepts and issues
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  2. evaluate the positive and negative environmental externalities within hospitality and tourism operations
    • GA1:
  3. analyse sustainability as an integral component of business strategies and operations
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
  4. propose solutions to the challenges facing tourism and hospitality industries in managing sustainability
    • GA2:
    • GA4:

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