Description
Introductory Course of Tourism and Hospitality Businesses:
The Introductory Course of Tourism and Hospitality Businesses covers the subject of the application of the Science of Business Administration, specializing in companies and organizations providing services in the fields of tourism and hospitality. The main guiding principle of the curriculum is the tourism economy, competitiveness in terms of tourism businesses, hospitality businesses and tourist destinations, culture, environment, innovation and social acceptance.
This objective is achieved by the structure of the curriculum, which includes:
A. Two initial semesters that deal with core subjects of the sciences of Management, Economics, Statistics and Informatics.
B. Six semesters relating to specialized courses of tourism, designed to provide students with knowledge that will enable them to operate professionally in the multifaceted field of tourism.
General competences
1. Ability to analyse an operational problem and formulate a solution
2. Determination and use of appropriate tools and adequate techniques of research and statistical analysis.
3. Understanding and applications of modern technology
4. Understanding of the business operations of tourist business and their connection with the local, national and international environment.
5. Administration of tourist businesses, organizations and bodies (programming, planning and control subjects).
6. Operation and documentation of information systems related to the functioning and organization of tourism businesses (hotels, travel agencies and tour operators).
7. Definition of operating criteria for a tourism enterprise, bodies / organizations and matching them with similar cases at national and international level.
Special competences
1. Teamwork capacity within the context set by the modern multi-branch, multisectoral, multidisciplinary and multinational business environment where tourism enterprise operate.
2. Competence for autonomous work, initiative and specification of objectives.
3. Competence of written and oral communication and use of optical instruments.
4. Ability of critical analysis and identification of potential problems.
5. Competence of investigating, analysing and synthesising information from different sources.
6. Ability to communicate in more than one foreign language (English, French, Italian).
Relation to Employment
The Department of Business Administration has the cognitive subject of its Introductory Directions (Presidential Decree 95/2013, Article 2, par. G). Under the current institutional framework, every Introductory Direction (a. Administration of Tourism Businesses and Businesses b. Administration of Health and Welfare Units. c. Business Administration) is addressed to a separate number of admissions through a separate code of choice when completing the computerized admission card and has a curriculum based on its cognitive subject. At the same time, it is also expressly provided that the relevant Introductory Direction is indicated on the Department's Study Title. Also, the graduates of each Introductory Direction are bestowed with professional rights recognized in different PD.:
PD 107/ 1989 on Business Administration.
PD 351/1989 on the Management of Health and Welfare Units
PD 356/1989 on the Administration of Tourism Businesses and Hospitality Businesses
Access Requirements / Progression Opportunities
Knowledge
Skills
Competences