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 Evaluate the objectives of a tourism or hospitality organisation.
• 1.3 Critically evaluate how well the structure of an organisation helps it to achieve its objectives.
• 2.1 Analyse the performance of an international tourism or hospitality organisation using company and market data.
• 2.2 Recommend ways for an international tourism or hospitality organisation to modify its structure or objectives to increase its profitability.
• 3.1 Critically review theories of cross-cultural management.
• 3.2 Review the emergence of the cultural diversity concept and its implications for the tourism and hospitality workforce.
• 3.3 Critically evaluate how tourism and hospitality organisations can implement models of cross-cultural human resource management.
• 4.1 Review the emergence of international human resources management in tourism and hospitality organisations.
• 4.2 Discuss the importance of leadership and management skills in the international tourism and hospitality industry.
• 4.3 Critically analyse models of motivation and teamwork that are important to the tourism and hospitality industry.

Activity

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

Study materials

Further resources

• Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
• 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