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Level 7 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management

Structural Realignment for Profitability

THM705 · Organisational Behaviour in Tourism and Hospitality — Week 4 of 16

CourseTHM705
Week4 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Structural Realignment for Profitability

  1. Business process re-engineering
  2. Decentralisation and cost-rationalisation models
  3. Restructuring service portfolios
  4. Strategic pivoting in volatile tourism markets
  5. Organisational structure - ACCA Strategic Business Leader (SBL)
  6. APM Topic Explainer: Business process re engineering
  7. CIMA P2 Business Process Engineering BPR

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Recommend ways for an international tourism or hospitality organisation to modify its structure or objectives to increase its profitability.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: recommend ways for an international tourism or hospitality organisation to modify its structure or objectives to increase its profitability.

Study materials

Videos

  • Organisational structure - ACCA Strategic Business Leader (SBL) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 35 min · for registered students
  • APM Topic Explainer: Business process re engineering · YouTube · ACCA Student Study Resources · 15 min · for registered students
  • CIMA P2 Business Process Engineering BPR · YouTube · OpenTuition · 20 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • MIT OpenCourseWare 15.320 Strategic Organizational Design (Spring 2011) · Reading · MIT OpenCourseWare, course · for registered students
  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 14: Organizational Structure and Change · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 593–639 · for registered students
  • Mastering Strategic Management, ch. 5: Selecting Business-Level Strategies · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 135–179 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Organisational Structure and Design in Hospitality
  • Week 2: Evaluating Organisational Objectives and Structural Fit
  • Week 3: Performance Analysis in International Tourism
  • Week 4: Structural Realignment for Profitability
  • Week 5: Theories of Cross-Cultural Management
  • Week 6: Workforce Cultural Diversity in Hospitality
  • Week 7: International Human Resource Management Implementation
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Global Leadership and Management Competencies
  • Week 10: Motivation and Retention in Service Organisations
  • Week 11: Team Dynamics and Teamwork Models
  • Week 12: Applying Organisational Behaviour in Tourism and Hospitalit…
  • 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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