HOS802 Hospitality Management Simulations :
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| Subject Title | Hospitality Management Simulations | |
| Subject Code | HOS802 | |
| Assessment Title | Assessment 2 – Group Report | |
| Learning Outcome/s (found in the | a, b, & d | |
| Subject Outline) | ||
| Assessment type | Group (maximum five members) | |
| Weighting % | 50% | |
| Word count | 3,000 words (+/- 10%) | |
| Due day & date | Sunday of Week 10 (before 11:59 pm) | |
| Class submission | Lecture ☐ Tutorial ☐ | |
| Submission type | Paper copy ☐ Turnitin ☒ | |
| Format / Layout of Assessment | Report: ICMS Cover Page | ☒ |
| Table of Contents | ☒ | |
| Executive Summary | ☒ | |
| Introduction | ☒ | |
| Findings | ☒ | |
| Conclusion | ☒ | |
| Recommendations | ☒ | |
| Reference List | ☒ | |
| Appendices (if needed) | ☒ | |
| Assessment instructions | Strategic Business Plan Student groups (of no more than five members) will develop a 3000-word strategic business plan for a hospitality business using the software simulation program. This business plan will be presented in report format and will include an evaluation of your hotel performance using quantitative and qualitative data and key strategic management decisions that need to be implemented to improve the position of the hotel in the three years following the end of the simulation period. Your report should cover the following areas: Overall StrategyMarketingOperationsFinance You will need to utilise at least two theoretical models in each of these sections as a means of identifying the best strategy for the hotel moving forward. | |
| Present your findings as a research report (3000 words) using the following structure: Cover page: All group member’s names and student numbers, MGT802 and the title of the report: this should be a concise description of your reportTable of contents: list all major sections with page numbersIntroduction: Cover the Background (what has come before the report to make it necessary for you to write it?), Aim(s) (what is the main aim(s) of the report?) and Scope (how will you cover this aim(s), discuss sections and what will and won’tbe covered).Main body: This should be divided into four main sections. These being:Overall StrategyMarketingOperationsFinance There need to be the utilisation of at least two theoretical models per section as well as regular in- text referencing to support your writing. Conclusion and recommendations: Using the literature write a short summary of your findings as well as some concise and practical recommendations for further research on the subject matter discussed in your report.Reference list: use the APA referencing system.Appendices (if needed): If you have heavily referred to documents or other information in your report, you can add these items in as appendices items. Please note the following important points: The report should be in a clear, easy to read font, 12-point size, with 1.15 spacing. Overall presentation should reflect the appropriate business format.Unreferenced reports, or those that do not include a minimum of twelve (12) references, will receive a grade of 50% or less. The quality of your references will impact your grade (at least six (6) of your sources should be scholarly, i.e. peer-reviewed academic journal articles, to pass)Descriptive papers (i.e. not critical) will receive a grade of 50% or less | |
| Readings for the assessment | The HOTS system, the text and all relevant journals found through the Academic Databases (found via the ICMS Library and MyAthens (EBSCOHost). |
| Grading Criteria / Rubric | See below |
| Assessment Attributes | Fail (Unacceptable) 0-49% | Pass (Functional) 50-64% | Credit (Proficient) 65-74% | Distinction (Advanced) 75 -84% | High Distinction (Exceptional) 85-100% |
| (Grading Scheme) | Fail grade will be awarded if a student is unable to demonstrate satisfactory academic performance in the subject or has failed to complete required assessment points in accordance with the subject’s required assessment points. | Pass is awarded for work showing a satisfactory achievement of all learning outcomes and an adequate understanding of theory and application of skills. A consistent academic referencing system is used, and sources are appropriately acknowledged. | Credit is awarded for work showing a more than satisfactory achievement of all learning outcomes and a more than adequate understanding of theory and application of skills. A consistent academic referencing system is used, and sources are appropriately acknowledged. | Distinction is awarded for work of superior quality in achieving all learning outcomes and a superior integration and understanding of theory and application of skills. Evidence of in-depth research, reading, analysis and evaluation is demonstrated. A consistent academic referencing system is used, and sources are appropriately acknowledged. | High Distinction is awarded for work of outstanding quality in achieving all learning outcomes together with outstanding integration and understanding of theory and application of skills. Evidence of in-depth research, reading, analysis, and original/creative thought is demonstrated. A consistent academic referencing system is used, and sources are appropriately acknowledged. |
| Knowledge and Understanding 50% | Limited understanding of required concepts and knowledge. Key components of the assignment are not sufficiently addressed. | Adequate knowledge or understanding of the field or discipline. Resembles a recall or summary of key ideas. Often confuses assertion of personal opinion with information substantiated by evidence from the research/course materials. | Thorough knowledge or understanding of the field or discipline/s. Supports personal opinion and information substantiated by evidence from the research/course materials. Demonstrates a capacity to explain and apply relevant concepts. | Highly developed understanding of the field or discipline/s. Discriminates between assertion of personal opinion and information substantiated by robust evidence from the research/course materials and extended reading. Well demonstrated capacity to explain and apply relevant concepts. | A sophisticated understanding of the field or discipline/s. Systematically and critically discriminates between assertion of personal opinion and information substantiated by robust evidence from the research/course materials and extended reading. Mastery of concepts and application to new situations/further learning. |
| Content and Purpose 20% | Does not meet minimum standard. Lacks a clear focus with large sections of unnecessary or irrelevant | Meets minimum standard. Adequately defined focus and content with alignment to the Tourism and | Progressing beyond minimum standard. Broad focus with most content clearly aligned to the Tourism and Hospitality industries. Mostly | Significantly exceeds minimum standard. Clear focus with minimal unnecessary or irrelevant information included. All content is clearly | Outstanding standard and exhibits high levels of application. Consistently demonstrates a systematic and critical |
| information included. Content is disjointed and does not align to distribution in the Tourism and Hospitality industries. | Hospitality industries. | relevant academic sources used. | aligned to the Tourism and Hospitality industries. All academic sources used are relevant | understanding of content and purpose of the assignment. All academic sources used, showing depth of content and purpose. | |
| Structure | Discussion points | Minimal structure | Good structure | Very good | Excellent structure |
| 10% | do not flow | evident however | evident with some | structure evident | evident with all |
| smoothly or | applicable points | applicable points | with most | applicable points | |
| logically, no | loosely connected. | presented in a | applicable points | presented in a | |
| connection | Limited use of | logical order. | presented in a | clear and logical | |
| between ideas. | paragraphs. | Paragraph structure | clear and logical | order. Paragraphs | |
| Paragraphs not | used throughout. | order. All | well defined and | ||
| well used or | paragraphs are | organised to a | |||
| lacking structure. | well organised. | very high quality. | |||
| Research & | Insufficient | Limited evidence | Good evidence of | Clear evidence of | Evidence of in- |
| Referencing | evidence of | of research. | research and | research. Several | depth research. |
| 10% | research. | Minimal academic | academic sources | high-quality | Many high-quality |
| Insufficient | sources use. Many | use. Few errors in | academic sources | academic sources | |
| academic sources | errors in APA | APA referencing | used. One or two | uses. No errors in | |
| used. Sources of | referencing style. | style. | errors in APA | APA referencing | |
| information not | referencing style. | style. | |||
| referenced using | |||||
| the APA style. | |||||
| Format & | Many spelling | Adequate format | A few spelling | Minimal spelling | No spelling |
| Presentation | and/or | and presentation | mistakes and/or | mistakes and/or | mistakes or |
| 10% | grammatical | grammatical errors. | grammatical | grammatical | |
| errors and poor | Good presentation | errors. Very good | errors. Excellent | ||
| overall | with some relevant | use of engaging | use of engaging | ||
| presentation. | images or | and relevant | and relevant | ||
| multimedia used. | images or | images or | |||
| multimedia. | multimedia. |
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