BUS434 - Tourism Entrepreneurship

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Subject Title
Tourism Entrepreneurship

Subject Description

This course is designed to introduce students to entrepreneurship in the tourism industry using a hands-on approach by developing their own new product or service business development and launch plan. Through the course the students are required to create one portion of their business development plan each week. Students will follow a step-by-step process of starting a new venture beginning with finding their own passion and current resources.

This course will help students understand how to observe the market and its unexposed needs, how to use disruptive technology to creatively envision a future society and how to use competitors as a source of direction. Innovation and foresight are key components of the course, required to meet the needs of current and potential opportunities in Tourism. The fundamentals of revenue forecast and financial analysis will be taught. Students will end with understanding how to manage personal existing financial resources, frugality and raising external funds.

Credit Status
One credit

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:


1. Know how to matching interests and passions to market needs in order to envision a new service.
2. Identify sources of creativity, inspiration, funding and competitive advantage.
3. Construct a ten-step development plan for their own new venture in the tourism industry.
 

Essential Employability Skills
    •  Respond to written, spoken, or visual messages in a manner that ensures effective communication.

    •  Apply a systematic approach to solve problems.

    •  Use a variety of thinking skills to anticipate and solve problems.

    •  Locate, select, organize, and document information using appropriate technology and information systems.

    •  Analyze, evaluate, and apply relevant information from a variety of sources.

    •  Show respect for diverse opinions, values, belief systems, and contributions of others.

    •  Interact with others in groups or teams in ways that contribute to effective working relationships and the achievement of goals.

    •  Manage the use of time and other resources to complete projects.

    •  Take responsibility for one's own actions, decisions, and consequences.

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