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Syllabus For Strategic Management in Tourism and Hospitality (SMMN20) 15 Credits. Level: Second Cycle
Syllabus For Strategic Management in Tourism and Hospitality (SMMN20) 15 Credits. Level: Second Cycle
HBG 2011/312 1
Course details
The course is not included in the mail field of study.
This course is a mandatory course and is given within the the Master of Science
Programme in Service Management.with specialisation in Tourism and Hospitality
Management.
Learning outcomes
After completion of the course, students shall be able to:
Course content
The course aims to provide students with a more in-depth knowledge of
various strategic management theories and their applications in general as
well as within organisations in tourism and hospitality sector. Both micro
perspectives and macro perspectives of strategic management will be treated
during the course. As micro perspectives, theories of Quality Management,
Lean philosophy, Learning & Knowledge Management,
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Business/Organisational excellence, Strategic Human Resource
Management will be introduced, including the main concepts, principles,
methods and techniques that can be applied in relation to organisational
strategic change and improvement programmes. As macro perspectives,
different internationalization strategies as well as the factors that influence
the internationalization processes will be handled.
Grades
The grades awarded are A, B, C, D, E or Fail. The highest grade is A, and the
lowest passing grade is E. The grade for a non-passing result is Fail.
The internship report is exempted from the grading scale above. The grade
awarded for the internship report is Pass or Fail. For the grade of Pass the student
must show acceptable results. For the grade of Fail the student must have shown
unacceptable results.
At the start of the course students are informed about the learning outcomes stated
in the syllabus and about the grading scale and how it is applied in the course.
Admission requirements
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Other instructions
It is the student’s own responsibility to find a suitable organisation for the
internship.
Literature
See list of required readings.
The literature list was approved by the Board of the Department of Service
Management, 27 October, 2011.
Research articles:
Buhalis, Dimitrios (1998) Strategic use of information technologies in the tourism
industry, Tourism Management, Vol. 19 (5): 409-421
Camison, Cesar (1996). Total quality management in hospitality; an application of
the EFQM model, Tourism Management, Vol. 17 (3) : 191-201
Cooper, Chris (2006). Knowledge management and tourism, Annals of Tourism
Research 33 (1): 47- 64
Dahlgaard, Jens, J. & Dahlgaard-Park, SuMi. (2004). A Comparison between
European business leaders and top Swedish healthcare managers, European
Quality, Vol. 11 (1): 58-75
Dahlgaard, Jens, J & Dahlgaard-Park, Su Mi. (2004). The 4P quality strategy for
breakthrough and sustainable development, European Quality, Vol. 10 (4): 6-20
Dahlgaard-Park, Su Mi. (2008). Reviewing the European Excellence Model from a
Management Control View, The TQM Journal, The international review of
organisational improvement, Vol. 20 (2): 98-119.
Dahlgaard-Park, Su Mi. (2009). Decoding The Code of Excellence – for achieving
sustainable excellence, International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences,
Vol. 1 (1): 5-28
Dahlgaard-Park, Su Mi & Dahlgaard, Jens J. (2003). Toward a holistic
understanding of human motivation: core values – the entrance to people’s
commitment?, The Int. Journal of AI (Artificial Intelligence) and Society, Vol
17(2): 150-180
Dahlgaard-Park, Su Mi & Dahlgaard, Jens J. (2007). Excellence – 25 years
evolution, Journal of Management History, Vol.13 (4): 371-393
Liu, Zhenhua. (2003). Sustainable tourism development: a critique, Journal of
Sustainable Tourism 11 (6): 459-75
McLaughlin, Curtis P & Fitzsimmons, James A. (1996). Strategies for globalizing
service operations, International Journal of Service Industry Management, Vol.
7 Iss: 4:43 - 57
Nonaka, Ikujiro. (1991). The Knowledge-Creating Company, Harvard Business
Review, Nov.-Dec. pp. 96-104
Pine, Joseph & Gilmore, James. (1998). Welcome to the Experience Economy,
Harvard Business Review, July-August, 97-105, 1998.
Solnet, David, Kandampully, Jay and Kralj, Anna (2010). Legends of service
excellence: the habits of seven highly effective hospitality companies. Journal
of Hospitality Marketing and Management, Vol 19 8: 889-908.
Telfer, David J. (2001). Strategic alliances along the Niagara Wine Route, Torism
Management, Vol. 22 (1): 21-30
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Wirtz, Jochen & Johnston, Robert. (2003). Singapore Airlines: What it takes to
sustain service excellence – a senior management perspective, Managing
Service Quality Vol. 13 (1): 10-19
Approx. p: 1600