BA (Hons) International Hospitality Management with Sandwich placement

Module: 5LI005

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The aim of this module is to facilitate students to further develop a range of employability skills that will enable them to perform effectively in their work, academic and professional life by developing a deeper understanding of the world of work. Specific skills to be acquired will be in the area of people and financial management, thus enhancing employability.

Module: 5BE001

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module identifies creativity as the foundation of enterprise learning and all enterprise activities. Creative thinking and applied creative behaviour is the first important step in all new undertakings, the module explores various interpretations and theories about creativity, providing you with creative skills that will be applied in practice. Innovation is at the heart of ensuring business success and long term prosperity. The module explores the linkages between creative processes and how these result in applications of innovation; how technology is widely used as a driver for innovation and how global economies and markets respond to innovation. Understanding the talents, techniques and temperament employed by entrepreneurs will be the foundation for understanding the process of creativity and innovation.

Module: 5LI012

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

Hospitality managers and employees need to understand how hospitality operations management involves all the processes that produce and deliver food, beverage and accommodation goods and services to customers. This module develops the student’s knowledge and understanding of property operations management and prepare students with skills, knowledge and practical experiences (with focus on use of ICT) that will assist them for a successful career in the dynamic international hospitality industry.

Module: 5HR002

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The aims of the module are four fold: 1. Within a theoretical framework to develop an understanding of and can explain the need to manage self before embarking on the management of others, and how, to identify and select tools to better manage self. 2. To gain an appreciation and understanding of theoretical constructs of managing and leading others. To explore, to explain and select which approaches should be used in the management of others. 3. To assess the impact of how individual perceptions, beliefs and also factors outside the managers control can impact upon the management of others and is able to explain how others respond to being managed or led. 4. Students will be able to identify the fundamentals of change in a business environment and apply tools of change management to case studies

Module: 5LI011

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The module provides students with the opportunity to understand the main concepts and methods associated with leisure research. The module is designed to flexibly incorporate emerging concepts and context in leisure research. The contemporary themes within the module will explore a variety of academic debates and industry issues at the local, national and international levels.The module encourages students to embrace and engage with empirical research and debates in high impact journals and industry gazettes.

Module: 5LI018

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module aims to develop students understanding of services marketing theories& nbsp;and their applications in the real world.& nbsp;It will provide the student with an understanding of the complexities associated with defining and measuring relevant concepts& nbsp;and the steps taken in the process of developing a service provision& nbsp;in& nbsp;both the public and private sector contexts.& nbsp;The module will& nbsp;allow students to gain knowledge and understanding of& nbsp;services marketing tools and frameworks of analysis applied to real world situations. Students should become aware of relevant academic and other sources of best practice in the field of Services Marketing.

Module: 5BU005

Credits: 40

Period: 3

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module represents an opportunity for students to apply and develop, through work experience, the skills and knowledge they have gained on their course. This module involves a year long placement in a business related area, supported by a workplace mentor and UWBS Employability and Placement Unit (EPU). The year-long placement provides students with the opportunity to gain experience of graduate level work. In this way students can gain a second, world-recognised qualification with no extra work. Employers are very keen to employ graduates who have already had work experience as part of their course and this contributes to a student’s unique selling point.

Module: 6BU011

Credits: 20

Period: 4

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The Business Research Methods module is designed to equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills to undertake research at undergraduate level. This module will support students in their development of a range of skills to facilitate independent research-based learning and the interpretation of research findings. There is a 36 hours of scheduled teaching in class with an additional 12 hours of asynchronous activity. It will provide a vehicle for the students to demonstrate a range of both intellectual and practical skills, which will prove vital for future career development. The students will produce a research proposal that assess all the learning outcomes.

Module: 6LI007

Credits: 20

Period: 4

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module aims to analyse the role of Gastronomy and Menu Design in the context of post modern society. It addresses critical and contemporary issues such as changes in gastronomy and their effect on food and beverage offerings, taste and design of accommodation sectors, the role of alcohol in providing the wider hospitality product, the provision of hospitality to support major sporting events or festivals and defines & lsquo;hospitality& rsquo; within different global contexts of culture and contemporary consumer behaviour. Taking case studies from social life, for example changes to the hospitality tourism offer, the growth of food focussed holidays in western societies and different eating and food cultures, it illustrates the role of fashion in the formation of collective taste.

Module: 6LI008

Credits: 20

Period: 4

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

You will gain an critical viewpoint of the hotel and accommodation industry, in the context of the wider international hospitality environment, from a strategic perspective. & nbsp;You will critically analyse the management of diverse types of hotels and accommodation, drawing together from theories and concepts that underpin strategic approaches to international hospitality management, & nbsp; & nbsp;

Module: 6BU013...