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Unit of Study HOTL1003 - Management Practices (2023)

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Unit description

Introduces students to the principles and practices of managing organisations in the hospitality industry. Students focus on: traditional management functions, contemporary management challenges, and principles and practices for managing individuals and managing teams.

Unit content

  1. The Competing Values Approach to Management
  2. Creating and Sustaining Commitment and Cohesion
  3. Establishing and Maintaining Stability and Continuity
  4. Improving Productivity and Increasing Profitability
  5. Promoting Change and Encouraging Adaptability
  6. Integration and The Road To Mastery

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Brisbane - The Hotel School
Term2,4
Term2,4
Hayman Island - 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 modern management practices

identify, compare and contrast the theoretical foundations of management and their impact on modern management practices.

demonstrate the capability to implement a modern management practice

demonstrate the knowledge and skills to reflect upon one's own preferences for modern management practices.

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Quinn, R.E., Clair, L.S.S., Faerman, S.R., Thompson, M.P. and McGrath, M.R., 2020, Becoming a Master Manager: A Competing Values Approach, 7th Edition, John Wiley & Sons.. ISBN: 978-1-119-71095-0.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Texts
  • Quinn, R.E., Clair, L.S.S., Faerman, S.R., Thompson, M.P. and McGrath, M.R., 2020, Becoming a Master Manager: A Competing Values Approach, 7th Edition, John Wiley & Sons.. ISBN: 978-1-119-71095-0.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.