Unit of Study HOTL6013 Applied Hotel Research Part A (2025)

Future students:
T: 1800 626 481
E: Email your enquiry here

Current students:
Contact: Educational Partnerships Board

Students studying at an education collaboration:
Please contact your relevant institution

Show me unit information for year

View previous years of our units

Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Educational Partnerships Board
Placement

No

Anti-requisites

HOTL6005 - Applied Hotel Research

Enrolment information

Please note that Applied Research Project Part A is an advanced unit and should only be attempted towards the end of your course.

Unit description

Demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to apply research for real-life industry/business problems and solutions that support business decision making and outcomes. Students utilise knowledge gained from earlier units to prepare and present a research plan that investigates a hospitality-related problem. Students will present their proposals to academic and industry stakeholders.

Unit content

Part A of the Applied Hotel Research unit enables students to identify and generate a proposal for a ‘real time’ industry problem. The research project will be completed in Applied Hotel Research Part B.

This unit contains 6 topics

Introduction to applied research
Determining research scope and focus
Literature – what we know and need to know
Research design
Assessing data sources, quality and relevancy
Presenting the research proposal

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:

Identify, conceptualise, contextualise, and state a research-worthy hospitality-related problem

Critically review the literature relevant to the problem

Design a research project that addresses the problem and is feasible to undertake

Orally present a research proposal to both academics and industry stakeholders that addresses the research problem

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Tutorial 3 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Presentation	40%
Quiz	30%
Short written response	30%

Teaching method

Tutorial 3 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Presentation	40%
Quiz	30%
Short written response	30%

Teaching method

Tutorial 3 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Presentation	40%
Quiz	30%
Short written response	30%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

Prescribed text information is not currently available.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

Prescribed resources/equipment information is not currently available.

Prescribed Texts

Prescribed text information is not currently available.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

Prescribed resources/equipment information is not currently available.

Prescribed Texts

Prescribed text information is not currently available.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

Prescribed resources/equipment information is not currently available.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

Commonwealth Supported courses
For information regarding Student Contribution Amounts please visit the Student Contribution Amounts.

Fee paying courses
For postgraduate or undergraduate full-fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees.

Find out more for domestic fees