School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Rooms-Division Management
  • Unit Code

    HOS2220
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Joanna PEARCE

Description

This unit is an introduction to the management of the accommodation sector of the hospitality industry. Sustainable business practices, including the principles and procedures involved in the provision of quality tourist accommodation are studied with emphasis on the front office, housekeeping and security. Students are introduced to industry standard property management system software where they will learn to manage customer reservations and rooms division needs.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded HOS5706

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Describe the principles and procedures used in the provision of safe and secure guest accommodation.
  2. Calculate and interpret operating statistics and ratios used in evaluating the performance of a rooms division.
  3. Apply principles and procedures in planning activities for efficient operation of the front office and housekeeping departments.
  4. Analyse front office operations based on the use of a property management system according to the guest cycle.

Unit Content

  1. Composition of the accommodation industry.
  2. Planning activities of the front office: determining room rate and forecasting room availability.
  3. Planning the work of the housekeeping department: area inventory lists, frequency schedules, performance standards, productivity standards, equipment and supply inventory levels.
  4. Budgeting for rooms division: revenue and expense items.
  5. Legislation and the provision of safe and secure guest accommodation.
  6. Yield management: basic concepts and calculation of yield.
  7. Evaluation of the performance of the rooms division: calculation and interpretation of operating statistics and analysis of a rooms-division schedule.
  8. Hotel and rooms division structures, functions, relationships and staffing.
  9. Managing the cleaning activities of the housekeeping department: guestrooms, public areas and other types of cleaning.
  10. Front office operations: guest cycle and computer applications available.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 1 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

The mode of delivery for this unit is through weekly on-campus lectures and tutorials. The teaching and learning approach in this unit is enhanced through in-class discussions of practical industry case studies, where the skills of working effectively with others (specifically team work, task collaboration and working productively with people from diverse cultures), communicating effectively, critical appraisal and the ability to generate ideas are emphasised. This unit also provides for engaged teaching and learning where guest lecturers from industry are invited to share experiences, providing students with industry relevant information and opportunities for networking. The lectures and tutorials are also supported by relevant field trips. Students are required to complete individual assessment items. These items are assessed for quality academic and professional standards, including written communication (structure, language and conventions), critical analysis (depth of thought, development of argument, logical analysis and insight), depth and breadth of coverage, the ability to research effectively using both academic and contemporary sources and industry relevance.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportIndividual Report30%
AssignmentIndividual Opera Report40%
AssignmentGroup Analysis30%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportIndividual Report30%
AssignmentIndividual Opera Report40%
AssignmentGroup Analysis30%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Rooms-Division Management
  • Unit Code

    HOS2220
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Joanna PEARCE

Description

This unit is an introduction to the management of the accommodation sector of the hospitality industry. Sustainable business practices, including the principles and procedures involved in the provision of quality tourist accommodation are studied with emphasis on the front office, housekeeping and security. Students are introduced to industry standard property management system software where they will learn to manage customer reservations and rooms division needs.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded HOS5706

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Describe the principles and procedures used in the provision of safe and secure guest accommodation.
  2. Calculate and interpret operating statistics and ratios used in evaluating the performance of a rooms division.
  3. Apply principles and procedures in planning activities for efficient operation of the front office and housekeeping departments.
  4. Analyse front office operations based on the use of a property management system according to the guest cycle.

Unit Content

  1. Composition of the accommodation industry.
  2. Planning activities of the front office: determining room rate and forecasting room availability.
  3. Planning the work of the housekeeping department: area inventory lists, frequency schedules, performance standards, productivity standards, equipment and supply inventory levels.
  4. Budgeting for rooms division: revenue and expense items.
  5. Legislation and the provision of safe and secure guest accommodation.
  6. Yield management: basic concepts and calculation of yield.
  7. Evaluation of the performance of the rooms division: calculation and interpretation of operating statistics and analysis of a rooms-division schedule.
  8. Hotel and rooms division structures, functions, relationships and staffing.
  9. Managing the cleaning activities of the housekeeping department: guestrooms, public areas and other types of cleaning.
  10. Front office operations: guest cycle and computer applications available.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 1 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

The mode of delivery for this unit is through weekly on-campus lectures and tutorials. The teaching and learning approach in this unit is enhanced through in-class discussions of practical industry case studies, where the skills of working effectively with others (specifically team work, task collaboration and working productively with people from diverse cultures), communicating effectively, critical appraisal and the ability to generate ideas are emphasised. This unit also provides for engaged teaching and learning where guest lecturers from industry are invited to share experiences, providing students with industry relevant information and opportunities for networking. The lectures and tutorials are also supported by relevant field trips. Students are required to complete individual assessment items. These items are assessed for quality academic and professional standards, including written communication (structure, language and conventions), critical analysis (depth of thought, development of argument, logical analysis and insight), depth and breadth of coverage, the ability to research effectively using both academic and contemporary sources and industry relevance.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportIndividual Report30%
AssignmentIndividual Opera Report40%
AssignmentGroup Analysis30%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportIndividual Report30%
AssignmentIndividual Opera Report40%
AssignmentGroup Analysis30%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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