Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

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

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Evaluate the different approaches to tourism policy that can be taken.
• 1.2 Summarise the historical development of tourism policy.
• 1.3 Analyse the multi-scalar nature of contemporary tourism policy.
• 2.1 Describe a range of tourism policy instruments.
• 2.2 Analyse the issues involved in implementing tourism policies.
• 2.3 Evaluate the implementation of tourism policies.
• 3.1 Evaluate the different approaches to tourism planning.
• 3.2 Assess how the external environment influences tourism planning.
• 3.3 Evaluate the execution of a tourism plan.
• 4.1 Adapt models of tourism planning to a specific tourist destination.
• 4.2 Create a tourism plan document.

Activity

Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

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
• Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
• Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students