Unit of Study HOTL5004 Sustainable Hotel Management (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Educational Partnerships Board
Placement

No

Unit description

Examines the concept of sustainability from environmental , economic, social- cultural and historical perspectives. Students are introduced to sustainability issues facing the Tourism and Hospitality industries and strategic solutions are explored . Topics covered include environmental externalities, social entrepreneurship , eco-design and sustainable development as a business priority.

Unit content

Six modules comprise this unit:

1. Defining sustainability from a historical, environmental, economic and socio-cultural perspective
2. Corporate social responsibility, corporate governance and social entrepreneurship
3. Externalities of hotel operations and environmental accounting
4. Water, energy and waste management
5. Sustainability and the hospitality customer experience
6. Environmental management systems and certification

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Brisbane - The Hotel School	Term1,3,5	Term1,3,5
Melbourne - The Hotel School	Term1,3,5	Term1,3,5
Sydney - The Hotel School	Term1,3,5	Term1,3,5

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:

demonstrate knowledge of sustainability and sustainable development concepts and issues

demonstrate the ability to analyse environmental externalities

demonstrate the ability to develop strategies to make sustainability an integral component of business strategy and operations

demonstrate the ability to reflect on the challenges of integrating sustainability into business strategies.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 3 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	30%
Report	30%
Viva voce	40%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 3 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	30%
Report	30%
Viva voce	40%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 3 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	30%
Report	30%
Viva voce	40%

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