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 Analyse the management structure of a tourism or hospitality organisation using models of organisational behaviour.
• 1.2 Analyse the objectives of a tourism or hospitality organisation.
• 1.3 Evaluate how well the structure of an organisation helps it to achieve its objectives.
• 2.1 Appraise different types of tourism and hospitality organisations in an operational context.
• 2.2 Analyse the impacts of the external operating environment on tourism and hospitality organisations.
• 3.1 Critically analyse the performance of a tourism or hospitality organisation using company and market data.
• 3.2 Recommend and justify how a tourism or hospitality organisation can modify its structure or objectives to increase its profitability.
• 4.1 Critically analyse the role of leadership within tourism and hospitality organisations.
• 4.2 Apply theories from organisational behaviour to critically appraise the leadership and management of tourism or hospitality organisations.
• 4.3 Justify the role of Human Resources Management in developing leadership and management within tourism and hospitality organisations.

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
• 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