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Unit of Study MNG20006 - The Sustainable Hotel Environment (2014)

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Unit description

Introduces students to hotel operations within the framework of sustainable business. The unit examines a variety of concepts and issues such as sustainability, corporate social responsibility, the sustainability of hospitality and tourism, planning and policy for sustainability as well as the management and implementation of environmental management systems.

Unit content

Sustainability and corporate social responsibility: The business response
Tourism and the Environment : A two- way relationship
Environmental accreditation and certification
Developing an Environmental Management System: Process , Barriers and Drivers
Water energy and waste management
Integrating service quality and environmental management

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 2 Session 2
Sydney - The Hotel School Session 2,  3 Session 2,  3

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:

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GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 Demonstrate an understanding of the key concepts of sustainability, corporate social responsibility and environmental management
2 Demonstrate an understanding of the importance and interdependence of the relationship of Tourism and Hospitality to the environment
3 Analyse the environmental impacts of hotel operations and evaluate operational constraints in implementing environmental management systems
4 Propose appropriate ways of applying sustainability principles to hotel organisations
5 Evaluate professional and academic publications on hospitality management and the environment

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

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of the key concepts of sustainability, corporate social responsibility and environmental management
    • Not applicable
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of the importance and interdependence of the relationship of Tourism and Hospitality to the environment
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  3. Analyse the environmental impacts of hotel operations and evaluate operational constraints in implementing environmental management systems
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  4. Propose appropriate ways of applying sustainability principles to hotel organisations
    • GA4:
  5. Evaluate professional and academic publications on hospitality management and the environment
    • GA5:

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.