Understand the principles of sustainable management Have a proactive and prospective vission Work within a context of social responsibility Read, understand and analyse scientific texts Diagnose opportunities and threads for a tourism destination Understadnd the tourism destination as a system Understand the relevance of networks in the management of tourism destinations Know how to represent the organization Make relationships with the actors involved in the development of a tourism product Use data recollection and analysis techniques Know the fundamentals and apply scientific methodologies Analyse complex situations and find strategies for their resolution, both individually and in group Use IT Use the English language
1. DAY 1: WHY SOCIAL NETWORKS ARE IMPORTANT 2. DAY 3: KNOWLEDGE AND GOVERNANCE OF NETWORKS 3. DAY 2: NETWORKS AND TOURISM 4. DAY 4: ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS IN SMALL BUSINESS 5. DAYS 5 TO 8: COMPLETION OF THE FIRST PART OF THE COURSE FINAL ASSIGNMENT 6. DAY 9: INTRODUCTION TO COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND ELEMENTARY GRAPH THEORY 7. DAY 10: GRAPH VISUALIZATION AND COMPLEX NEWORKS MODELS 8. DAY 11: INTRODUCTION TO PAJEK SOFTWARRE 9. DAY 12: NETWORK ANALYSIS OF A TOURISM DESTINATION 10. DAYS 13 TO 16: COMPLETION OF THE SECOND PART OF THE COURSE FINAL ASSIGMENT
Tipus d’activitat Hores amb professor Hores sense professor Total Anàlisi / estudi de casos 70,75 79,25 150,00 Total 70,75 79,25 150
Noel Scott, Rodolfo Baggio and Chris Cooper (2008). Network Analysis and Tourism: From Theory to Practice. Channel view publication.
Students will be required to complete two assignment, one regarding the first part of the course and the other the second. The quality of the assignments together with the participation in the discussions en the classroom will result in the mark points obtained. Participation Class participation is a very important part of the learning process in this course. Thirty percent of your final grade will be based on an assessment of the quality of your contributions to class discussions. Quality of contribution and insights is important to enhance our class. Quality comments possess one or more of the following attributes: They offer a unique, relevant perspective on the issue being discussed. They bring the conceptual issues treated in the readings to the analysis of the case They contribute to moving the discussion and analysis forward. They build on others’ comments. Too often managers and students fail to listen to what others are saying; simply repeating a previous comment is not participation.
This first part of the course will cover a number of concepts and ideas from the social sciences and management theory. Some prior knowledge or study in these areas is useful but not compulsory. It is expected that all students will contribute to the class discussion. The second part of the course is accessible to open-minded students with basic mathematical skills. Some familiarity with calculus, differential equations, linear algebra, and statistical methods is highly beneficial but not compulsory. An average computer literacy is also valuable for the hands-on sessions.