TO5101 - Tourism Systems Analysis

Credit points:	03
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	School of Business

Tourism is a global economic activity that occurs within complex socio-cultural, political and operational systems. The aim of this course organising subject is to enhance student awareness of these complex and dynamic tourism systems and to analyse these systems within a Pressure-State-Response framework. The subject will explore the forces that create, sustain, shape and limit tourism. It will then link these pressures to the nature of tourism organisations and their operations before analysing how tourism enterprises respond to these forces. A substantial focus of the subject will be on cross-disciplinary approaches to the analysis of tourism systems to enhance their sustainablity.

Learning Outcomes

• identify and describe detailed tourism systems models;
• use these systems models to understand the forces on, and responses to, sustainability and operational issues in tourism systems;
• be able to apply a range of analysis tools to identify issues in tourism operations and management.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to evaluate that information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to work individually and independently.

Availabilities
JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21
Census Date 11-May-2007
Coordinator:	Professor Gianna Moscardo
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials
Assessment:	other exams (30%); presentations (30%); assignments (40%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	nil
JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Coordinator:	Professor Gianna Moscardo
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials
Assessment:	other exams (30%); presentations (30%); assignments (40%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	nil
JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23
Census Date 14-Dec-2007
Coordinator:	Professor Gianna Moscardo
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials
Assessment:	other exams (30%); presentations (30%); assignments (40%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	nil

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.