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Unit description

Introduces students to the Australian legal system and key areas of law that affect commercial operations in the hospitality sector. Students also focus on management principles and practices in a hospitality management context by introducing ethical behaviour as a foundation for leadership.

Unit content

  1. Introduction to the Australian legal system
  2. Contracts in the context of the hospitality sector
  3. Consumer rights and the hospitality sector
  4. Principles of negligence and their application to the hospitality sector
  5. Principles of ethics and their application in the hospitality sector
  6. Ethics, law and leadership in the hospitality sector

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:
1demonstrate knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment in the modern hospitality industry;
2identify and analyse the role of the regulatory environment in shaping operating practices in the hospitality industry;
3demonstrate the capability to identify and propose a leadership practice that demonstrates ethical behaviour;
4demonstrate the knowledge and skills to reflect upon the challenges of compliance and ethics.

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

  1. demonstrate knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment in the modern hospitality industry;
  2. identify and analyse the role of the regulatory environment in shaping operating practices in the hospitality industry;
  3. demonstrate the capability to identify and propose a leadership practice that demonstrates ethical behaviour;
  4. demonstrate the knowledge and skills to reflect upon the challenges of compliance and ethics.

Teaching and assessment

Notice

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Fee information

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