COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TOURISM AND INNOVATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TUR 4022 TOURISM AND INNOVATION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Tourism Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR OSMAN AVŞAR KURGUN

Offered to

Tourism Management

Course Objective

To explain the functioning and importance of the open innovation paradigm in the tourism ecosystem and to gain the ability to manage the innovation process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define the concept of innovation
2   Understanding innovation models
3   Be able to analyze open innovation paradigm
4   Define the innovation process
5   Manage the innovation process

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Innovation and related concepts
2 Innovation types I
3 Innovation types II
4 Innovation models I
5 Innovation models II
6 Innovation management I
7 Midterm exam
8 Midterm exam
9 Innovation management II
10 Innovation spiral
11 Open innovation paradigm
12 Innovation strategies
13 Innovation radar
14 Innovation practices
15 Final exam
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Inovasyon ve Inovasyon Yönetimi, Serkan Kılıç, Istanbul, 2015, ss.216.
Inovasyon Çemberi, Tom Peters, USA, 2008, ss.535.


Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and sample analysis

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.40+FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.40+RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

-

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Avşar KURGUN / avsar.kurgun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday / 13:30-14:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Teaching, course participation 12 3 36
Preparations for mid-term exam 1 12 12
Preparations for final exam 1 15 15
Preparations for course (textbooks, articles etc) 12 2 24
Web Search and Library Research 12 2 24
Reading 12 1 12
Mid-term exam 1 1 1
Final exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.11
LO.22
LO.33
LO.44
LO.55