DLKS1152 — Cruise Management
Course description
This course focuses on clarifying the content, nature, and characteristics of hotel business activities, especially the cruise ship type, also known as the Floating hotel; it points out the relationship between this type of business and other tourism service enterprises, the tourism industry, and the national economy.
This course studies the operation of objective laws and their impact on each production and business factor of enterprises providing accommodation and food and beverage services in the field of cruise business; it provides a methodology for management activities and for organizing the effective use of the input resources of hotel business activities. Through this, the Cruise Management course helps learners to study, analyze, and explain the real-world situations occurring in hotel business activities in Vietnam and worldwide. From there, it helps learners gain a deeper understanding of the theoretical basis and the ability to apply the knowledge learned in practice.
Course requirements
Regulations on conditions for taking the final course examination
The attendance score must reach 5 or above (according to the general regulations of the University)
Method of assessing the attendance score: see Appendix 2, rubric 1.
Regulations on class attendance
- Students are responsible for fully attending all class sessions. In case of absence due to force majeure reasons, they must provide full and reasonable proof documents.
- Students will be awarded points for each contribution to the lesson, which can compensate for the process score, the test score, and the group assignment score.
- Students who are absent for more than 3 sessions, whether with or without reason, will be considered as not having completed the course and must register to retake it.
- Students who do not participate in the group assignment will receive a score of 0 (zero) for the final assignment.
Regulations on behavior in the classroom
- The course is conducted on the principle of respecting the learner and the instructor. Any behavior affecting the teaching and learning process is strictly prohibited.
- Students must attend class on time as prescribed by the course. Students who are more than 10 minutes late after the class begins will not be allowed to attend the session.
- Absolutely do not make noise that affects others during the study process.
- Absolutely do not eat or drink, chew gum, or use devices such as phones or music players during class.
- Do not use laptops, tablets, or phones in class, except in cases with the lecturer's instruction.
11. SYLLABUS ADJUSTMENT TIME
June 2024
Learning outcomes and assessment
The training management system automatically assesses the level of CLO attainment according to the University's general algorithm. The learning outcomes of the course are assessed by the students and the University after the final course examination.
Teaching plan
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Learning resources
- Cruise Operations Management: Hospitality Perspectives — 1 Phillip Gibson, Richard Parkman, Routledge Publisher, 2019
- The Business and Management of Ocean Cruises — Michael Vogel, Alexis Papathanassis, and Ben Wolber, CAB International, 2012
- Textbook of Hotel Business Management — Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Manh, Dr. Hoang Thi Lan Huong, National Economics University Publishing House, 2023