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Level 4 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

THM402 · Business Environment for Tourism and Hospitality — Week 13 of 16

CourseTHM402
Week13 of 16
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This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

  1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
  2. Finding and evaluating sources
  3. Planning and referencing
  4. Craap Test for evaluating sources
  5. Citing and referencing using the Harvard Style

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Explain the role of the public sector in the tourism and hospitality industry.
  • 1.2 Describe the characteristics of public sector organisations in the tourism and hospitality industry.
  • 1.3 Describe common challenges faced by public sector organisations in the tourism and hospitality industry.
  • 2.1 Explain the role of the private sector in the tourism and hospitality industry.
  • 2.2 Describe the characteristics of private sector organisations in the tourism and hospitality industry.
  • 2.3 Evaluate the role of entrepreneurship in tourism and hospitality businesses.
  • 3.1 Explain key factors that influence the internal environment of tourism and hospitality businesses.
  • 3.2 Explain why it is important to measure a business’s internal environment.
  • 3.3 Apply a technique to quantify a business’s internal environment.
  • 3.4 Assess a business’s internal environment.
  • 4.1 Explain key factors in the external environment which influence tourism and hospitality businesses.
  • 4.2 Explain why it is important to measure a business’s external environment.
  • 4.3 Apply a technique to quantify a business’s external environment.
  • 4.4 Assess a business’s external environment.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Videos

  • Craap Test for evaluating sources · YouTube · Talking Libraries and Books · 7 min · for registered students
  • Citing and referencing using the Harvard Style · YouTube · UCDLibrary · 7 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 281–318 · for registered students
  • Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
  • Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: The Public Sector in Tourism and Hospitality
  • Week 2: Challenges in the Public Tourism Sector
  • Week 3: The Private Sector in Tourism and Hospitality
  • Week 4: Entrepreneurship in Tourism and Hospitality
  • Week 5: Internal Environmental Factors
  • Week 6: Internal Environment Measurement and Techniques
  • Week 7: The Macro-Environment in Tourism
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Micro-Environmental Dynamics and Monitoring
  • Week 10: Techniques for Quantifying the External Environment
  • Week 11: Strategic Environmental Assessment and Synthesis
  • Week 12: Applying Business Environment for Tourism and Hospitality i…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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