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Unit description

Examines strategic asset management practices within the hotel ecosystem. Students will develop multiple perspectives on the practicalities of adopting asset management principles, and engage with the tools and frameworks that may be used to create effective asset management strategies and drive asset management cultures.

Unit content

This unit contains six topics:

  1. Introducing asset management and its evolution
  2. Creating asset management culture
  3. The hotel property as an asset: valuation and acquisition
  4. Assuring asset management within the hotel ecosystem
  5. Regulating assets
  6. Predictive asset management

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.

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:GA1GA2GA3GA4GA5GA6GA7
1Explore principles of strategic asset management practices within the hotel ecosystemIntellectual rigourCommunication and social skills
2Evaluate and apply hotel asset management frameworksIntellectual rigourKnowledge of a discipline
3Examine lifecycle valuations of hotel assetsKnowledge of a disciplineCommunication and social skills
4Apply asset management principles to maximise asset utilisation for revenue optimisation within the hotel ecosystemIntellectual rigourKnowledge of a discipline

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

  1. Explore principles of strategic asset management practices within the hotel ecosystem
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
    • GA6: Communication and social skills
  2. Evaluate and apply hotel asset management frameworks
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
  3. Examine lifecycle valuations of hotel assets
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
    • GA6: Communication and social skills
  4. Apply asset management principles to maximise asset utilisation for revenue optimisation within the hotel ecosystem
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline

Prescribed texts

  • Prescribed text information is not currently available.
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%
Project report30%
Exam: closed book50%

Teaching method
Lecture on-site 1 hour (weekly x 12 weeks)
Tutorial on-site 2 hours (weekly x 12 weeks)
Assessment
Presentation20%
Project report30%
Exam: closed book50%

Teaching method
Lecture on-site 1 hour (weekly x 12 weeks)
Tutorial on-site 2 hours (weekly x 12 weeks)
Assessment
Presentation20%
Project report30%
Exam: closed book50%
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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Commencing 2020 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 3

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