Unit of Study HOTL6004 Disruption in Global Hospitality (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Educational Partnerships Board
Placement

No

Unit description

Challenges students to reimagine the diversity of disruptive agencies, including cultural, political, social and technological structures that exist within hospitality contexts. Students will explore the changing supply and nuanced demand options across hospitality organisations and their stakeholders, including accommodation, food and beverage services, and the economics of operations.

Unit content

There are 6 topics in this unit:

Introduction and the disruptive landscape
Sources, patterns and models of disruption
Hospitality disruption – internal stakeholders
Hospitality disruption – external stakeholders
Strategic responses to disruptors within hospitality organisations
Future casting global hospitality disruption

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Brisbane - The Hotel School	Term1,3,5	Term1,3,5
Hayman Island - Hotel School	Term3,5	Term3,5
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:

Critically review the impact of disruptions in the hospitality industry

Evaluate disruptive models and their impact on hospitality organisations

Identify a disruptive challenge to, and recommend an appropriate solution for, the hospitality industry

Investigate emerging disruptive trends as they apply to hospitality contexts

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Tutorial 3 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Case study	10%
Case study	60%
Presentation	30%

Teaching method

Tutorial 3 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Case study	10%
Case study	60%
Presentation	30%

Teaching method

Tutorial 3 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Case study	10%
Case study	60%
Presentation	30%

Teaching method

Tutorial 3 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Case study	10%
Case study	60%
Presentation	30%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

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Prescribed Resources/Equipment

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Prescribed Texts

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Prescribed Resources/Equipment

An overview together with readings and resources are provided for each topic / module in this unit. See MySCU for details

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

An overview together with readings and resources are provided for each topic / module in this unit. See MySCU for details

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

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