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Brisbane - The Hotel School
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Melbourne - The Hotel School
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Online
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Sydney - The Hotel School
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Unit description

Provides a comprehensive understanding of the multi-dimensional characteristics, influences, challenges, and obstacles facing a contemporary global hotel leader. Students will develop leadership knowledge, which includes perspectives and theories of leadership, leader behaviour, stakeholder and reputation management, power and ethics, and the role of future leaders in global hotels.

Unit content

This unit contains 6 topics:

  1. Introduction and the context of leadership
  2. Leadership perspectives
  3. Leader behaviour
  4. Power, culture and ethics
  5. The leader and the stakeholders
  6. The future global hotel leader

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:
1Identify and reflect on leadership theory and its application to the successful management of culturally-diverse hospitality organisations
2Discuss authentic leadership and ethical reflection decision making processes
3Examine leader behaviour within 21st century hotels
4Analyse contemporary hospitality leadership challenges

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

  1. Identify and reflect on leadership theory and its application to the successful management of culturally-diverse hospitality organisations
  2. Discuss authentic leadership and ethical reflection decision making processes
  3. Examine leader behaviour within 21st century hotels
  4. Analyse contemporary hospitality leadership challenges

Prescribed texts

  • Prescribed text information is not currently available.

  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method
Lecture on-site 1 hour (weekly x 12 weeks)
Tutorial on-site 2 hours (weekly x 12 weeks)
Assessment
Presentation20%
Report40%
Case study40%

Teaching method
Lecture on-site 1 hour (weekly x 12 weeks)
Tutorial on-site 2 hours (weekly x 12 weeks)
Assessment
Presentation20%
Report40%
Case study40%

Teaching method
Lecture online 1 hour (weekly x 12 weeks)
Tutorial online 2 hours (weekly x 12 weeks)
Assessment
Presentation20%
Report40%
Case study40%

Teaching method
Lecture on-site 1 hour (weekly x 12 weeks)
Tutorial on-site 2 hours (weekly x 12 weeks)
Assessment
Presentation20%
Report40%
Case study40%
Notice

Intensive offerings may or may not be scheduled in every session. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Southern Cross University employs different teaching methods within units to provide students with the flexibility to choose the mode of learning that best suits them. SCU academics strive to use the latest approaches and, as a result, the learning modes and materials may change. The most current information regarding a unit will be provided to enrolled students at the beginning of the study session.

Fee information

Domestic

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Fee paying courses
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International

Please check the international course and fee list to determine the relevant fees.

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