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  Course Description
Course Name : Hospitality Management

Course Code : KON205

Course Type : Compulsory

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 2

Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 3

Name of Lecturer(s) : Instructor DİĞDEM TECER ESKİYÖRÜK

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Reviews the concepts of management and leadership
Explains and reviews management theories
Recognizes the key issues in the field of hospitality and makes suggestions for solutions to these problems
Knows executive types and administrator roles
Evaluates the administrator must have administrative capabilities
Recognizes management theories
Learns the functions of management in detail
Recognizes the concepts and theories of motivation and leadeship and builds a solid foundation for the use of work life.
Knows communication processes and organizational communication in accomodation enterprises

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : To provide students with a deeper understanding of the management and functioning of accommodation enterprises. Students gain management skills in business life

Course Contents : Hospitality industry, features of the hotel enterprises, hotel management, human resources management, hotel management marketing, guest relations, public relations, hotel management accounting, financial management, front office, reservation, housekeeping, food and beverage management

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Classroom 102


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 The development of the hospitality industry, hotel management definition and classification Learn about the related topic Lecture, discussion, question-and-answer technique
2 Hotel management features, hospitality industry in Turkey Learn about the related topic Lecture, discussion, question-and-answer technique
3 The classification of hotels in Turkey, to determine the place of establishment, the opening of hotel management operations Learn about the related topic Lecture, discussion, question-and-answer technique
4 Hotel management Learn about the related topic Lecture, discussion, question-and-answer technique
5 Human resources management at a Hotel establishment. Learn about the related topic Lecture, discussion, question-and-answer technique
6 Hotel management marketing Learn about the related topic Lecture, discussion, question-and-answer technique
7 Guest relations management in a Hotel establishment. Learn about the related topic Lecture, discussion, question-and-answer technique
8 Midterm exam review related topics Written exam
9 Public relations in a hotel establishment Learn about the related topic Lecture, discussion, question-and-answer technique
10 Accounting in a hotel establishment Learn about the related topic Lecture, discussion, question-and-answer technique
11 Finacial management in a hotel establishment Learn about the related topic Lecture, discussion, question-and-answer technique
12 Front office and reservation Learn about the related topic Lecture, discussion, question-and-answer technique
13 Housekeeping in a hotel establishment Learn about the related topic Lecture, discussion, question-and-answer technique
14 Food and beverage management Learn about the related topic Lecture, discussion, question-and-answer technique
15 Hotel management approaches in the world Learn about the related topic Lecture, discussion, question-and-answer technique
16/17 Final Exam Review related topics Written exam


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  KOZAK, Meryem Akoğlan(Editör), Hotel Management, Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2012
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 60
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 1 40
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 Understands basic terms of business, comprehends strategical, tactical and operational aspects and local, national, international and global aspects of business management. 5
2 Has sufficient knowledge and conscious about issues which interest society such as job security, worker health, social security rights, quality control and management and protection of natural and cultural environment. 5
3 Comprehends, explains and applies planning, organization, execution, coordination and control management of accommodation enterprises. 5
4 Has the skill of nominal and statistical research and thinking skill, predicts results of decisions to be taken and makes correct estimations, considers cause-effect relationship, has the skill of analytical thinking and develops strategical approach. 5
5 Is open to innovation and change, enterprising, has the behavior of life long learning, thinks analytically, uses modern methods and technologies of business primarily information technologies. 4
6 Has basic computer using knowledge and knowledge about information systems used in hotel management and has the skill of using these softwares. 0
7 Has quality conscious, executes and completes qualified works and makes and manages activities for the improvement of employees under his/her responsibility. 5
8 Creates solution and takes responsibility in unpredictable and complex situations about hotel management, travel management and other touristic managements. 5
9 Thinks critically, creates alternative solutions and obtains information from different resources and makes analyzes; has the capability of considering social, scientific and ethical values about announcement and interpretation of results. 5
10 Comprehends legal, social and moral responsibilites of business life and perceives social transformation. 0
11 Has the capability of verbal and written communication in Turkish, speaks correctly and effectively, conveys information and thoughts in a way that others can understand, has the skill of interpretation and criticism, has high persuasiveness. 4
12 Is prone to teamwork, has leadership skills and skill of communicating with experts in other fields and specializes in specific field of a tourism enterprise and also has sufficient knowledge about other departments. 5
13 Evaluates concepts, ideas and data in tourism management with scientific methods, determines and analyzes complex problems and subjects, develops suggestions. 5
14 Understands socio-economic structure of tourism and within this scope its importance for the country and designs skills about investment of a new enterprise to be founded in otherfields of tourism and service sector. 5
15 Knows sectoral conditions to cope with continuous fluctuation depending on flexible demands in a tourist facility and has the knowledge to use and evaluate tools which would analyze a tourism management together with its internal and external environment. 5
16 Additional to vocational development, through his/her interest and traits, in scientific, social, cultural and artistic areas, contuniously develops himself/herself by determining his/her learning needs. 0
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 16 2 32
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 16 1 16
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 10 10
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 5 5
    Final Exam 1 5 5
Total Workload: 68
Total Workload / 25 (h): 2.72
ECTS Credit: 3