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Level 5 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management

Midterm evaluation

THM502 · Operations Management — Midterm

CourseTHM502
Week8 of 16
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This week’s topics

Midterm evaluation

  1. Midterm assessment of the criteria taught so far
  2. Individual feedback and targets

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Describe the evolution of operations management from the manufacturing sector to the service sector.
  • 1.2 Explain how operations management has become a managerial function in the tourism and hospitality industry.
  • 1.3 Analyse the ways in which operations management can be used to create customer value and competitive advantage.
  • 2.1 Explain how systems design and process design relate to the tourism and hospitality industry.
  • 2.2 Evaluate the importance of ‘process’ and ‘product’ innovation as it applies to tourism and hospitality businesses.
  • 2.3 Describe the role and processes of logistics and the supply chain in the context of the tourism and hospitality industry.

Activity

Midterm assessment task and individual feedback.

Study materials

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Course plan
  • Week 1: Evolution and Foundations of Operations Management
  • Week 2: Strategic Operations and Competitive Advantage
  • Week 3: Operations Systems and Process Design
  • Week 4: Product and Process Innovation in Hospitality
  • Week 5: Supply Chain and Logistics Management
  • Week 6: External Operational Environment and Sector Comparison
  • Week 7: The Virtual Marketplace and Digital Operations
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Fundamentals of Visitor Attraction Management
  • Week 10: Visitor Attractions and Destination Development
  • Week 11: Management and Control Systems in Visitor Attractions
  • Week 12: Applying Operations Management in practice: case studies
  • 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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