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

    International Resort Management
  • Unit Code

    TSM3101
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    6
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Jun WEN

Description

This unit provides an overview of the international resort sector and explores the uniqueness of resort development, management and operations. Students are offered an opportunity to generate ideas and gain insight into the social, economic and environmental issues involved in resort planning and development. Contemporary issues that impact on the management of international resorts are discussed. Students will also be introduced to the Hotel Simulation software (HOTS) where they will manage and make strategic business decisions on a resort business in a virtual environment that mirrors the real business world.

Prerequisite Rule

Students need to have passed either TSM2111 Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism OR HOS2110 Food and Beverage Management before enrolling into this unit.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critique key features, theories, policies and practices relating to international resorts and their management.
  2. Evaluate the impact of internal and external factors on a propertys market position.
  3. Address challenging social, economic and environmental concerns in relation to the planning, development, management and operation of international resorts.
  4. Collaborate effectively in team settings to produce measurable outcomes.

Unit Content

  1. Sustainable practices associated with resort planning and development.
  2. External impacts on resort development and management.
  3. Marketing and the resort experience.
  4. Safety, security and risk management.
  5. Management and operations of resorts.
  6. Recreation activities in resorts.
  7. Resort planning and development.
  8. History and features of resorts.
  9. Evaluating teamwork in hospitality management.
  10. Problem solving for the management of international resorts.

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 18 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 15 x 3 hour tutorialNot 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 seminars. The teaching and learning approach in this unit is enhanced through in-class discussions of practical industry case studies and contemporary issues, where the skills of working effectively with others (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. Students are required to complete assessment items which are assessed for quality academic and professional standards, including oral and written communication (structure, language and conventions), ability to work effectively with others, 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
TestOnline Test30%
ReportIndividual Report on HOTS30%
ReportGroup Strategic Business Report30%
PresentationIndividual Presentation10%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline Test30%
ReportIndividual Report on HOTS30%
ReportGroup Strategic Business Report30%
PresentationIndividual Presentation10%

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

    International Resort Management
  • Unit Code

    TSM3101
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    7
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Jun WEN

Description

This unit provides an overview of the international resort sector and explores the uniqueness of resort development, management and operations. Students are offered an opportunity to generate ideas and gain insight into the social, economic, environmental and ethical issues involved in resort planning and development. Contemporary issues that impact on the management of international resorts are discussed. Students will also be introduced to the Hotel Simulation software (HOTS) where they will manage and make strategic business decisions on a resort business in a virtual environment that mirrors the real business world.

Prerequisite Rule

Students need to have passed either TSM2111 Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism OR HOS2110 Food and Beverage Management before enrolling into this unit.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critique key features, theories, policies and practices relating to international resorts and their management.
  2. Evaluate the impact of internal and external factors on a property's market position.
  3. Address challenging social, economic, environmental and ethical concerns in relation to the planning, development, management and operation of international resorts.
  4. Collaborate effectively in team settings to solve complex international resort management problems.

Unit Content

  1. Sustainable practices associated with resort planning and development.
  2. External impacts on resort development and management.
  3. Marketing and the resort experience.
  4. Safety, security and risk management.
  5. Management and operations of resorts.
  6. Recreation activities in resorts.
  7. Resort planning and development.
  8. History and features of resorts.
  9. Evaluating teamwork in hospitality management.
  10. Problem solving for the management of international resorts.

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 Report on Business Ethics40%
ReportGroup HOTS Report30%
PresentationIndividual Presentation30%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportIndividual Report on Business Ethics40%
ReportGroup HOTS Report30%
PresentationIndividual Presentation30%

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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