Sustainable Hotel Operations Management

Unit code: VHH1002 | 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

This unit will provide students with the opportunity to acquire a skills-based, practical understanding of the planning, management and operational requirements of running a successful and sustainable hotel. Working individually and in teams, students to create operational plans and strategies that balance the general business operations of a hotel with contemporary environmentally sustainable approaches.

Learning Outcomes

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

  1. Locate and interpret hotel environmental and sustainable benchmarks to respond to short and long term operational issues and problems as they relate to sustainability within hotel operations;
  2. Develop a hotel operational plan, including resourcing requirements, work health and safety, environmental sustainability and a monitoring/review cycle;
  3. Strategise and communicate a plan to minimise food and beverage waste and improve efficiencies within a hotel environment; and
  4. Identify appropriate models of management to support successful and sustainable hotel operations.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment type: Test
|
Grade: 10%
Online Test
Assessment type: Assignment
|
Grade: 30%
Case Study
Assessment type: Project
|
Grade: 60%
Part A: Group Industry Report (40%) Part B: Group Oral Presentation (20%)

Required reading

Recommended readings will be provided via VU Collaborate.

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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