ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES

Catalog description

This course examines the leadership role in the implementation of environmental management systems in a tourism/hospitality operation. Student will engage in discussions about environmental dilemmas enhancing their ethical competencies. This course will give emphasis to human resources, promotion-marketing and financial factors of a sustainable business operation promoting good communication skills. Actual resources consumption audit will be performed as part of course requirements. This course provides the tools to audit resources consumption and discusses strategies for environment conservation enabling the students to engage in profound critical thinking, scientific and quantitative reasoning. Students will have the opportunity to have field visits, case studies and group projects. Student will acquire innovative and technical skill in accordance to the industry’s future tendencies. The course will use the Internet as a research tool, e -mail and Blackboard as means of communication, and MS Word and PowerPoint for projects and presentations. This will help the student acquire more strong research skills.