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Hotel Operations Management: Tactics for Profitability

Hotel Operations Management
Dates:June 23-July 14, 2012 (3 weeks)
Credits:3 (see course)
Eligibility:Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors
(see eligibility requirements)
Status:This program is now full and no longer accepting applications.

Course

You'll be enrolled in Hotel Operations Management: Tactics for Profitability (HADM 1101)

This course is an interdisciplinary introduction to the theory and practice of management in the hospitality industry as defined through leadership, managerial communication, and business analysis. It comprises four components:

  1. Hospitality Industry Overview and Trends
  2. Hotel Operations: Tactics for Profitability
  3. Computing: Microsoft Office 2007
  4. Computing: CHESS Hotel Simulation

This course meets Mondays through Fridays, 8:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:00-4:00 p.m. In addition, there are required study hall hours from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday. Faculty office hours and teaching assistant help sessions will be announced. Please note: This program is very rigorous, with six hours of class time and two hours of study hall each day.

Credit note: The use of this course to fulfill basic core requirements or to grant academic credit is solely at the discretion of the university or college that admits you as a degree candidate.

Computing labs in the Hotel School support Windows PCs only. (Unfortunately, they do not support Macs.)

Maximum enrollment: 80

Required 2012 Textbook and Materials

Price will be available soon.

Title Author Cost
Reading packet designed especially for this program $21.25

This packet will be available at The Cornell Store.


Students are asked to read “Four Seasons: The Story of a Business Philosophy” by Isadore Sharp before the start of class.