69231 - Tourism Management

Academic Year 2012/2013

  • Moduli: Manuela Presutti (Modulo 1) Manuela Presutti (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Rimini
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Tourism Economics and Management (cod. 8609)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student develops skills and technical abilities related to: strategies of business development, innovation, and internationalization in the tourism sector. More specifically, the student is able to: apply the proper analytical tools to the tourism sector; to competently evaluate the technological and organizational process of change within the firm; to critically evaluate the management of internationalization.

Course contents

1) Executive Summary of business plan

2) Business description

3) Industry analysis

4) Market analysis

5) Marketing plan

6) Competitive analysis

7) Organization

8) Operations/ logistics

9) Financial plan


Readings/Bibliography

The Complete Book of Business Plans (Small Business Sourcebooks), editd by Joseph A. Covello, Brian J. Hazelgren

Teaching methods

Face to face lessons Presentation of new business idea

Assessment methods

Development of a business plan: presentation and formal preparation

Examination at the end of the course

Teaching tools

Articles of business journals some specific readings concerning business plan

Office hours

See the website of Manuela Presutti