International Hospitality Business Management Top Up

The dissertation or project draws upon and consolidates earlier work throughout the course and provides an opportunity to research a particular topic, which is of interest to students. The research project is an opportunity to work independently to conduct research into a particular topic and to demonstrate the analytical and evaluative skills, which are the hallmarks of an honours degree graduate. The scope for a topic is based on successfully completing the secondary research in the research design project module and moving forward with primary research.

This module will focus on the complex challenges of leadership and management of self/others and is a core module in developing personal and professional development skills needed to manage effectivity and efficiently in the workplace. This module will include elements of coaching, talent management, recruitment and retention strategies, motivation and empowerment in the context of management and leadership theory. The module will include aspects on theory and practice with relevant industry exposure through guest lecturers and managing an international workforce, training and development and performance management.

A number of key strategic and operational tourism and hospitality management issues and scenarios to support business decision making will be analysed in this module. It will also include important business models and tools from the hospitality business environment and wider tourism sector. These academic models and business tools will be critically analysed individually and then in context with relevant aspects of general international business operations.

This module will focus on the complex challenges of global mobility, managing across national borders in international hospitality careers. Areas of interest on this module are leadership concepts and practice, which include leadership styles, ethical leadership, organisational culture and cultural diversity. The nature of the international workforce in hospitality and tourism leads into cross-cultural management, international management and career development, issues in globalisation and global mobility trends. Cultural diversity; cross-cultural management; personality and psychology; management of change; power and politics; motivations for expansion; Internationalisation; globalisation; global mobility trends; culture shock and cross-cultural adjustment.