INTERNATIONAL HOSPITALITY OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT - 2019/0

Module Overview

This module provides for a synthesis of work in the area of operations management through the introduction of key concepts and frameworks drawn from the operations management and hospitality operations literature. It explores the key concerns of managers who have a senior operations management responsibility within international hospitality concerns and draws on examples and illustrations from all sectors of the industry.

Module provider

Hospitality, Tourism & Events Management

Module Leader

RAMAKRISHNAN Sumeetra (Hosp & Tour)

Number of Credits: 15

ECTS Credits: 7.5

Framework: FHEQ Level 6

Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A

Module Availability

Semester 1

Prerequisites / Co-requisites

None.

Module content

Indicative content includes:

• Operations strategy and service concept


• Asset management and technology


• Managing hospitality employees


• Capacity management


• Improving productivity


• Managing income and profitability


• Delivering service


• Quality management systems


• Managing the key result areas

Assessment pattern

Alternative Assessment

Group assignment will be replaced by requiring an individual assignment that discusses two different cases and how they should manage 2 out of 7 key result areas.

Assessment Strategy

The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate that they can review the operational characteristics and issues facing a range of ‘ideal type business operations and propose appropriate operational policies and approaches to the effective management of these while drawing on the theoretical concepts of hospitality operations management.  The individual report is designed to require students to review the service concept of a restaurant operation through observation and additional research and to assess the extent to which the operation is delivering on this service concept.

Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of:

• A group assignment where students, having formatively discussed six ideal type case studies of hospitality operations and how each KRA is managed within them, then produce a 3000 word report to compare and contrast the operations management of two of these case study businesses.  They are given formative feedback on this throughout the semester. 


• Individual report on the service concept and operation of a restaurant 2000 words

Formative assessment and feedback

Students are placed in groups at the beginning of the semester and discuss the case studies in SurreyLearn each week in relation to the lecture topic of the week.   They will receive weekly feedback on this activity, which then informs the preparation of the report. Due to the holistic nature of the framework, the assignment cannot be submitted until the end of the module. Feedback on the group discussions will also help students prepare for the more theoretical approach in the final examination.

Module aims

• Identify seven key result areas
• Explain how each of these are managed
• Integrate the management of KRAs into a successful operations strategy for operations across the international hospitality industry

Learning outcomes

Methods of Teaching / Learning

The learning and teaching strategy is designed to:

Present students with a framework through which they can explore the many facets of operational issues within the international hospitality industry. Each week students will have a lecture/workshop session which will typically include discussion about a video clip of a real life operation.  This will be supported by a chapter in the recommended text and additional SurreyLearn materials (handouts, weblinks, Powerpoints, and etc.). 

The learning and teaching methods include:

• Lectures


• Discussions


• Online discussion fora


• Visits

Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.

Reading list

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Programmes this module appears in

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