COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN TOURISM BUSINESS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TUI 5066 SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN TOURISM BUSINESS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Tourism Management

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜRHAN AKTAŞ

Offered to

Tourism Management

Course Objective

The objectives of this course include to introduce students to the concepts, practices, opportunities, and challenges of social entrepreneurship in tourism business and provide frameworks and tools that will help students better understand social, environmental, and economic problems, both locally and globally, and to see new opportunities to create innovative ventures to address these problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Determine the nature and significance of enterprise and social responsibility in the hospitality and tourism industries and judge the implications of entrepreneurial activity
2   Assess the nature of the enterprise environment
3   Explain the concepts of the entrepreneur, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, including social entrepreneurship
4   Reflect upon and develop personal entrepreneurial attributes and competencies
5   Critically evaluate a theoretical contribution to the area of study, present findings clearly and lead an informed discussion

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to social entrepreneurship in tourism business
2 Basic functions of social entrepreneurship in the tourism sector
3 What is social entrepreneurship in tourism business And Who is a social entrepreneur in tourism business
4 Factors affecting social entrepreneurship in tourism sector
5 Perspectives on social problems in tourism business - perspective on entrepreneurship in tourism business
6 Establishment of social entrepreneurship in tourism business
7 Opportunities for social entrepreneurship in tourism business: Civil Society Organizations
8 Opportunities for social entrepreneurship in tourism business: Corporate Social Responsibility
9 Opportunities for social entrepreneurship in tourism business: Social mission with profit mechanism
10 Administrative processes for social entrepreneurship in tourism business: Mission, Structure and Management
11 Recovery of social entrepreneurship investment in tourism business
12 Funding sustainability in social entrepreneurship in tourism business
13 Presentations
14 Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Articles from academic journals

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures
Case analysis

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Organization should reflect team study. Students are expected to participate actively in the organization.
2. Organization should be composed of all processes and activities that a professional one consists of. Students are responsible of planning, organizing, evaluating, finding sponsors and preparing emergency plans in case of crisis.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ebru.gunlu@deu.edu.tr, 02323018239

Office Hours

Tuesdays, 15:00 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 132

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15
LO.255
LO.3454
LO.454
LO.545

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