Hospitality Management (TUR513) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Hospitality Management TUR513 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language English
Course Type N/A
Course Level Social Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gonca Güzel Şahin
Course Assistants
Course Objectives The aim of the course is to explore and give information about accommodation companies which are the one of the three basic elements of tourism in level of postgraduate.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • To have the abilities of argument and criticize on basic tourism management and improve skills on finding scientific solutions to recent problems, to achieve information and practice them.
  • To improve skills to explore primary data sources to produce original information about tourism management.
  • To interpret analyzes the relationship between parts of the hotel.
  • To examine Turkey´s superior and weaknesses on hospitality management
  • To analyze comparing the accommodation businesses in Turkey, with accommodation establishments in the world.
Course Content Basic concept of accommodation info, the classification of accommodation companies in Turkey and in the world; the concepts of management and managing, the functions, organizational theory and the organization analysis.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Place of accommodation in tourism. Chapter 1
2 The classification of accommodation companies in Turkey and in the world. Chapter 2
3 Management and managing concepts in Hotels. Chapter 3
4 The managerial functions in Hotels. Chapter 4
5 The theory of organization in hotels, basic principles, to design the organization structures, segmentation. Chapter 5
6 To shape the organization of hotels. Chapter 6
7 The analyze of hotel organization and communication between departments Chapter 7
8 Mid-Term Exam Mid-Term Exam
9 Presentation of Seminars. Presentation of Seminars.
10 Presentation of Seminars. Presentation of Seminars.
11 Presentation of Seminars. Presentation of Seminars.
12 Presentation of Seminars. Presentation of Seminars.
13 Presentation of Seminars. Presentation of Seminars.
14 Presentation of Seminars. Presentation of Seminars.
15 Presentation of Seminars. Presentation of Seminars.
16 Final Exam Final Exam

Sources

Course Book 1. Kaye Sung Chon,Clayton W Barrows,Robert H Bosselman(2009); Hospitality Management Education. The Harworth Press, New York

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 20
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation 1 50
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 30
Toplam 3 100
Percentage of Semester Work 60
Percentage of Final Work 40
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 The skills of understanding, explaining, and using the fundamental concepts of tourism management X
2 Analyzing and designing management techniques and practices in tourism organizations X
3 Understanding the planning, organizing, executing, coordinating and control functions of tourism management, along with explanation and implementation of them X
4 Understanding the strategic, tactical and operational dimensions of the tourism management X
5 Ability to use the modern techniques and technological devices of tourism industry X
6 Improving the ability to effectively implement the knowledge and skills in alternative tourism areas X
7 Concentrating practice along with theoretical frame of tourism management X
8 Developing the skills of communication X
9 Understanding the trends in the tourism industry X
10 Having the quality consciousness in the tourism industry X
11 Adopting work ethic and social responsibility in the tourism industry X
12 Ability to effectively implement the business knowledge and skills in at least one of the following fields: service, marketing, finance, human resources and accounting in tourism management X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project 13 3 39
Report
Homework Assignments 7 6 42
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury
Total Workload 129