Foundation Degree in Tourism Park Management » OR086

Tourism Park Management is a growing industry which is becoming more prominent in the public eye. There is therefore an expectation that all staff involved in the running of such establishments will be professionally qualified and fully aware of all the issues facing such an industry.

Knowledge within the industry is developing rapidly e.g. awareness of the environmental impact of caravanning. Such issues, plus regular changes in legislation, require up-to-date information and research to ensure that the complex legal obligations of a caravan park environment are met.

Year 1

Tourism Industry Environment 1
This unit aims to provide a broad perspective on the complex inter-relationships that exist between tourism and related service organisations and their environment. It aims to facilitate your understanding and application of basic economic concepts and analytical tools relevant to the study of tourism.

Tourism Operations
This unit aims to develop your knowledge of how the tourism industry operates and will examine the structure and organisation of the industry together with current trends in international tourism.

Organisational Behaviour
In this unit you will be provided with a basis for you to identify, examine and apply a range of transferable people skills which will enable you to work with, manage, lead and develop others in tourism and related service industries. It provides you with frameworks for analysing and making sense of organisational life and of your own personal experiences in the workplace. Finally, it also aims to give you an appreciation of the role of teams and managers within tourism and related service industries.

Accountancy
This unit will provide you with an underlying understanding of financial recording systems, the preparation and analysis of final accounts and their relevance within tourism, hospitality and leisure, organisations.

Marketing
This unit aims to provide you with an underlying understanding of marketing and its application within tourism and related service industries. The unit aims to enable you to appreciate the pivotal role marketing plays within an organisation and provide you with an understanding of the principles and practice of marketing as part of the business approach of tourism related enterprises.

Professional & Academic Development
This unit is designed to assist you in achieving the level of professional skills demanded by the programme and your potential employers. You will be encouraged in the development of useful transferable skills that can be used in the various contexts to which you will be exposed throughout your academic study.

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Year 2 - Level ITourism Industry Environment 2
The aim of this unit is to build on and develop the basic economic concepts and analytical tools introduced in Tourism Industry Environment 1 in Level C. It will provide a fuller understanding of the nature and characteristics of the competitive business environment in which tourism organisations operate and exist.

You will be required to build on and develop your skills initiated in Year 1 relating to the analysis of information, in order to make pro-active business decisions. In addition, it examines the wider environmental influences on tourism and related service organisations. Due to the dominance of the small and medium sized business within these industries, the unit also aims to give some focus on the particular issues impacting on the small and medium sized business.

Human Resource Management
This unit aims to provide an understanding of the need for effective management of human resources within tourism and related service industries. It will enable you to research, evaluate and apply appropriately a wide range of people management skills, techniques and practices. You will be encouraged to develop you self-management strategies, applicable to any management specialism and you will be able to assess practical human resource issues in the workplace.

Financial Management
This unit will build on the concepts covered in Accounting at Level C, in order to develop your ability to critically review, appreciate and report on management accounts. It will improve your handling of financial data and investigate commonly used methods of accounting calculations for evaluation and planning in tourism and related service industries.

Tourism Management
This unit seeks to examine the practical application of tourism management principles and provide you with an understanding of planning for tourism development and provision. It aims to equip you with the skills and knowledge necessary to deal with rapidly changing tourism environments at local, regional, national and international levels.

Research Methods and Project
This unit aims to provide you with the opportunity to undertake a detailed study of a specialised topic or project within tourism and related service industries dependent upon the pathway chosen by you. It also aims to develop skills in analysis, team working, problem solving, research and synthesis.

Work Placement
The work placement provides an opportunity for you to experience the working practices of tourism or related service industries. Within this context the aims of the unit are to enable you to experience the application of theory to practice through your own involvement in the day to day running of a company. You will be encouraged to analyse and evaluate the work-based application of the concepts, knowledge and skills developed in other units and develop your understanding of organisations at work