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Unit of Study HOTL6005 - Applied Hotel Research (2023)

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    Please note that Applied Research Project is a double-weighted advanced unit and should only be attempted towards the end of your course.

Unit description

Explores the value of scientific research in supporting decision making in hospitality organisations, and engages with essential skills including research methodologies and the process of informing a research project. Students will undertake a research project applying the key stages of the research process through integrating skills gained in earlier units.

Unit content

There are six (6) topics in this unit:

  1. Introduction to research
  2. The research process
  3. Designing and conducting research
  4. The elements of successful research
  5. Research methodologies
  6. Writing a professional research report

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Not currently available in 2023

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:

Develop and present a proposal for a hospitality research project that addresses a "real world" problem

Using various research methodologies, collect and critically analyse relevant information to inform a research question

Follow the research process to develop an informed and professional report addressing a real-time research problem and provide recommendations that are evidence-based

Communicate and present research findings (orally, written) across various settings (academia, hospitality industry)