MKTG317-19S2 (C) Semester Two 2019

Sustainable Tourism Enterprises and Destinations

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2019
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2019
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 26 July 2019
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 27 September 2019

Description

This course offers an overview of macro marketing perspectives of sustainable tourism enterprises and destinations. The course prepares students for an in-depth understanding of how tourism marketing impacts and is impacted by the broader tourism system. Organisational and individual behaviours are discussed as well as mechanisms to enable sustainable tourism enterprises and destinations.

Workload
The estimated workload for this course is 150 hours:
Lectures: 24 hours
Assignments: 80 hours
Lecture preparation and follow-up: 46 hours

Learning Outcomes

BCom Learning Goals:
Goal 1: Graduates can demonstrate advanced knowledge of their selected subject
major, informed by the broader context of Commerce;
Goal 2: Graduates are able to use analytical thinking and problem-solving skills to
address specific problems;
Goal 3: Graduates can understand issues from a range of ethical, global and
multicultural perspectives;
Goal 4: Graduates are able to communicate effectively both orally and in written
form
Goal 5: Graduates are aware of and understand the relevance of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand

At the completion of the course students should have:

1. A critical understanding of macro-marketing concepts and their relevance to tourism businesses, destinations, and markets and to the broader society (assessed via: test, presentation, and report).
2. An understanding of the nature of the tourism marketing systems within New Zealand and beyond (assessed via: test, presentation, and report).
3. An ability to apply tourism macro-marketing concepts to analyse tourism and hospitality issues and generate and reflect on potential solutions (assessed via: presentation and report).  
4. A critical understanding of the relevance of biculturalism to the business of tourism in Aotearoa New Zealand (assessed via: presentation and report).

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Biculturally competent and confident

Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.

Engaged with the community

Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.

Globally aware

Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

(1) MKTG100; and (2) 60 points from any 200 level ECON, MGMT, MKTG, MSCI, POLS, PSYC, SOCI, GEOG or other social science subjects approved by the Head of Department. RP: MKTG314

Recommended Preparation

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Sam Spector

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Individual Essay 15 Aug 2019 30% Individual Essay
Test 23 Aug 2019 30% Test
Applied Project Presentation 04 Oct 2019 10% Applied Project Presentation
Applied Project Written Report 18 Oct 2019 30% Applied Project Written Report


Assessment 1: Individual essay (30%): due 5pm Thursday August 15th via LEARN
This individual 1000-1500 word essay will assess students’ ability to critique the concept of sustainable tourism development. Further details will be provided during the second lecture.

Assessment 2: Test (30%): in class – Friday, August 23rd, 14.00-16.00
This test will assess students’ understanding of the core concepts associated with macro-marketing in the context of sustainable tourism. The test will cover material from weeks 1-5 (inclusive). This is a closed book test and will include an essay, case study, and short-answer questions. The critical thinking aspect of the course will be specifically assessed through the essay and case study.

Assessment 3: Applied Project Presentation (10%): in class – Friday, October 4th, 14.00-16.00

Assessment 4: Applied Project Written Report (30%): due 5pm Friday October 18th
A major component of the course is an applied project on a particular macro-marketing issue affecting the tourism industry in a specific location in Aotearoa New Zealand. In groups of 3-4, students will undertake research related activities (e.g. website analyses, surveys, in-depth interviews) to complete the project. Students will need to show that they understand the relevance of biculturalism in the context of their topic of study and that they have applied perspectives of mana whenua.

Groups will complete an oral presentation (15 minutes) and a written report (3,000-4,000 words). The presentations will occur two weeks before the final report is due so that groups can offer constructive peer feedback to one another in order to enhance the quality of the final reports.

Grading
Grades will follow departmental policies with respect to the grading of undergraduate courses.

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Cohen, Scott A. et al; Understanding and Governing Sustainable Tourism Mobility : Psychological and Behavioural Approaches ; Taylor and Francis, 2014.

Hall, Colin Michael,1961- , Prayag, Girish, Amore, Alberto; Tourism and resilience :individual, organisational and destination perspectives ; Channel View Publications, 2018.

Additionally, highly recommended readings and other tasks will be distributed weekly via links on the lecture slides. It is essential that students regularly consult both LEARN and the lecture slides for information about readings and other tasks that are necessary to pass the course. In addition to academic sources, extensive use will be made of news articles, case studies, and online videos. Students will also be expected to conduct their own literature searches to identify, understand, critique, and apply relevant materials.

Notes

Class Representative
A class representative may be asked to volunteer in the first few weeks of class. Any problems with the course can be raised with the class rep. Their email can be found at UCSA http://www.ucsa.org.nz/support/. The class representative will take up any issues raised by class members with the lecturer concerned as they occur.

Departmental Academic Policies
The Department assumes that you have read this document.

You should also read the General Course and Examination Regulations

Dishonest Practice
The University of Canterbury considers cheating and plagiarism to be serious acts of dishonesty.  All assessed work must be your own individual work unless specifically stated otherwise in the assessment guidelines. Material quoted from any other source must be clearly acknowledged. You must not copy the work of another person (student or published work) in any assessment including examinations, tests and assignments. Any person, who is found to have copied someone else's work, or to have allowed their work to be copied, will receive a fail grade for that piece of assessment and may face disciplinary action which may lead to a fine, community service or exclusion from the university.

IMPORTANT: Where there are concerns regarding the authorship of written course work, a student can be required to provide a formal, oral explanation of the content of their work.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $806.00

International fee $3,513.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Management, Marketing and Tourism .

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