Tourism Project Management

Today any organization who wants to meet new challenges for the future in order to improve or accomplish a specific goal does so by implementing a project. Developing a project means the identification of objectives or goals, resource planning to achieve them and the following evaluation of the work done within a specific time framework. Project management, despite having its origins in disciplines of a more technical nature, also makes sense in service companies and more specifically in the tourism sector.

The basic idea of this course is to show and teach students everything that involves the management process of a tourism project from the most practical approach so that they can apply and develop the knowledge gained throughout the degree in a particular real context.

Students will learn about the different tools that contribute to the right planning of a project management as well as the key processes involved. Besides, students will be asked to carry out a mock group project based on the introductory theory and where they will have the opportunity to put into practice all the previous learning, developing and integrating all the different stages contained in the implementation of a project. Student work groups will be provided tutored monitoring, assistance and guidance from the beginning to the completion of their projects, which will be presented in the classroom at the end of the course.