Unit of Study HOTL6009 Strategic Rooms Division (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Educational Partnerships Board
Placement

No

Unit description

Introduces a practical strategic management approach to developing departmental initiatives, focussing on the rooms division, including strategic positioning of rooms division, external and internal environments, making operational strategies, the rooms division leader, and using the balanced scorecard for rooms division operations

Unit content

This unit contains 6 topics:

1. Introduction: rooms division and its strategic position within the hotel

2. External environment: strategy and the contemporary guest

3. Internal environment: inventory and design

4. Making strategic choice: rooms division and organisational strategies

5. Developing an action plan: the rooms division leader

6. Measuring success: a balanced scorecard approach to rooms division

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Brisbane - The Hotel School	Summer Term Term4	Summer Term Term4
Hayman Island - Hotel School	Term4	Term4
Melbourne - The Hotel School	Summer Term Term4	Summer Term Term4
Sydney - The Hotel School	Summer Term Term4	Summer Term Term4

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:

Identify and describe the key components of the strategic management process and how it can be applied to rooms division

Assess and judge external and internal environments and their impacts on rooms division leadership

Evaluate and create functional rooms division strategies

Demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively within a rooms division operation

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Tutorial 3 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	30%
Presentation	30%
Report	40%

Teaching method

Tutorial 3 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	30%
Presentation	30%
Report	40%

Teaching method

Tutorial 3 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	30%
Presentation	30%
Report	40%

Teaching method

Tutorial 3 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	30%
Presentation	30%
Report	40%

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