Hospitality and Hotel Management Innovation Challenge

Unit code: VHH2004 | Study level: Undergraduate
Credit points
12
(Generally, 1 credit = 10 hours of classes and independent study.)
Location
Footscray Nicholson
Prerequisites
(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
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Overview

In this unit students will work in collaborative groups on problem-based learning tasks related to innovation and growth within the hotel and hospitality sectors. Students will be expected to draw on all of the theoretical and technical skills they have gained throughout their Associate Degree studies. Students will undertake career planning activities which will allow them to identify and define their own values, interests and skills against gathered information in order to make knowledgeable career decisions within their industry.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. Apply a range of business research skills, including data collection, analysis and evaluation of information;
  2. Analyse and interpret organisational information to identify opportunities for innovation and growth;
  3. Creatively scope, design and implement business-related action plans, strategies and projects that would promote innovation and growth within a hotel or hospitality business;
  4. Demonstrate effective interpersonal and professional collaborative skills to deliver intended business outcomes; and
  5. Develop an effective, coherent career plan, demonstrating the ability to identify and interpret evidence to substantiate this plan.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment type: Presentation
|
Grade: 10%
Innovation challenge pitch
Assessment type: Project
|
Grade: 40%
Innovation challenge project
Assessment type: Presentation
|
Grade: 10%
Innovation challenge presentation
Assessment type: Portfolio
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Grade: 40%
Career ePortfolio & career plan

Required reading

Strategies for Creative Problem Solving,
Fogler, HS, LeBlanc, SE, Rizzo, B. 2014 | Prentice-Hall Ed., New Jersey.

As part of a course

This unit is not compulsory for any specific course. Depending on the course you study, this unit may be taken as an elective.

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