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Core Module Information
Module title: Business Skills for Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management
SCQF level: 11:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10
Module code: TSM11121
Module leader: Kelsy Hejjas
School The Business School
Subject area group: Tourism and Languages
Prerequisites

N/A
Description of module content:

The module covers the various issues involved in the planning, development and management of those events specifically designed for the tourism industry. Specifically, the module considers the sources of funding, budgetary and other financial issues associated with planning and managing an event for tourism; it examines the people skills, quality issues, employment contracts and other human resource development concerns that need to be taken into account by events managers and organisers within the tourism industry; it addresses logistical issues such as crowd control, venue selection, staging and lighting which must be addressed in event management for tourism; it considers the various aspects of risk management for events designed for tourism, specifically the financial, legal and ethical safeguards required.
Learning Outcomes for module:

LO1: Critically assess the financial issues involved in events planning and management for the tourism industry
LO2: Develop a critical understanding of the various human resource issues crucial to the planning and management of events for tourism
LO3: Critically evaluate the logistical aspects of event planning and management within a tourism industry context
LO4: Demonstrate a critical understanding of risk management issues relevant to the planning and management of events for tourism

Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2023/4, Trimester 1, FACE-TO-FACE, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence: 001
Primary mode of delivery: FACE-TO-FACE
Location of delivery: CRAIGLOCKHAR
Partner: Edinburgh Napier University
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Kelsy Hejjas
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)
Face To Face Lecture 24
Face To Face Seminar 12
Independent Learning Guided independent study 164
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words
Report 40 2 8 HOURS= 0, WORDS= 2000
Project - Written 60 1-4 13 HOURS= 0, WORDS= 5000
Component 1 subtotal: 40
Component 2 subtotal: 60
Module subtotal: 100

Indicative References and Reading List - URL:
TSM11121 Business Skills for Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management
 

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