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2023/2024

Staff Management and Labour Relations

Code: 103758 ECTS Credits: 6
Degree Type Year Semester
2502904 Hotel Management OB 3 1

Contact

Name:
Maria Dolores Ruiz Lozano
Email:
dolores.ruiz@uab.cat

Teaching groups languages

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Prerequisites

The subject, as it emerges from its name, aims to give students the knowledge and tools necessary to be able to manage companies and institutions in the hotel sector, in particular, and leisure. These skills will also enable the Student  to manage companies and institutions from other intdustries. The most significant prerequisite is having knowledge of human resources management.


Objectives and Contextualisation

At the end of the course the student must be able to:

1. Know what the personnel management consists of.

2. Know how to detect and apply the main managerial skills.

3. Be able to create and coordinate work teams.

4. Know the profiles and methods that define the jobs in a business organization.

5. Know the modern techniques of negotiation and conflict resolution.

6. Discover and strengthen your own leadership abilities.

7. Know how to apply vertical and horizontal communication processes in the company, as well as detect possible barriers in business communication.

8. Be able to apply the main strategies of personnel management to a sector with such a complex idiosyncrasy, such as hotel and tourism in general.

9. Have the sensitivity to apply and transmit respect for issues related to the environment.

10. Gender perspective- Knowledge of gender equity values in professional practice.


Competences

  • Analyse, summarise and evaluate information.
  • Be able to self-evaluate knowledge acquired.
  • Define and apply the policies and management of human resources for companies in the hotel and catering sector.
  • Demonstrate ethical behaviour is social relations and the ability to adapt to different intercultural situations.
  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of and apply standards of quality and sustainability in the process of company management in the hotel and catering sector.
  • Demonstrate leadership abilities in the management of human resources in hotel and catering companies.
  • Develop a capacity for independent learning.
  • Identify and apply the elements that govern activity in the hotel and catering sectors, their interaction in the environment and their impact in the different business subsystems in the sector.
  • Manage and organise time.
  • Manage communication techniques at all levels.
  • Manage techniques of internal and corporate communication in hotel and catering companies.
  • Work in teams.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Acquire communication and conflict management skills.
  2. Analyse, summarise and evaluate information.
  3. Apply management, evaluation and coordination techniques for human resources in the companies of the hotel and catering sector.
  4. Apply personal management techniques which promote good management though the application of internal information systems.
  5. Be able to self-evaluate knowledge acquired.
  6. Demonstrate ethical behaviour is social relations and the ability to adapt to different intercultural situations.
  7. Demonstrate leadership abilities in the management of human resources in hotel and catering companies.
  8. Develop a capacity for independent learning.
  9. Identify the specific differentiating characteristics from a human resources point of view of the different business subsystems in the sector.
  10. Identify the specific differentiating characteristics from an internal and external communications point of view of the different business subsystems in the sector.
  11. Manage and organise time.
  12. Manage communication techniques at all levels.
  13. Use communication techniques applicable in human resources management in hotel and catering companies.
  14. Work in teams.

Content

1 / Personnel management styles
2 / Teamwork in organizations
3 / The negotiation
4 / Corporate Communication
5 / Crisis Management in the company
6 / Time management as a managerial skill
7 / Total quality management in the hotel sector
8 / Management of virtual teams
9 / Emotional Intelligence
10 / Collective agreements for hospitality and cleaning


Methodology

TEACHING  LANGUAGE:  ENGLISH

 

Three teaching methodologies will be fundamentally developed:

 

1. Methodology of the theoretical part of the subject:

The professor will explain theoretical contents of the different subjects of which the subject consists. This theoretical aspect will be complemented with real examples. Part of the subject will be found in the Virtual Campus available to the student.

 

2. Methodology of the practical part of the subject:

Practices will be carried out, inside and outside the classroom, both individually (especially when what is intended to enhance their own abilities), as well as in groups (when it comes to applying the theoretical concepts or the fundamental principles of the management of a business). The result of these practices will be analyzed jointly in class and the conclusions of these will be incorporated into the theoretical contents.

 

3. Methodology of the non-attendance part:

Most of the information related to the subject will be posted on the Virtual Campus. This will be the theoretical contents, individual and group exercises to be carried out, and practical cases that must be done inside and outside the classroom, etc. In addition, complementary references of bibliographic type, infographic, web pages, etc. will be incorporated.

 

In the three methodological sections, there is always the possibility of including real life events, since this subject can incorporate into its contents aspects related to the dynamic and changing aspects of the tourism and hotel sectors.

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.


Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Theoriticalclasses 50 2 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 6, 8, 12, 11, 10, 9, 5, 13
Type: Supervised      
Tutorials 15 0.6 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 6, 8, 12, 11, 10, 9, 5, 13
Type: Autonomous      
Assignments 30 1.2 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 6, 8, 12, 11, 10, 9, 5, 14, 13
Study and readings 33 1.32 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 6, 8, 12, 11, 10, 9, 5, 14, 13

Assessment

The evaluation of this subject follows the following system:

 

1. CONTINUOUS EVALUATION

The evaluation system consists of requirements A, B, C and D.

 

A. Completion, a minimum of 80%,  of the practical and individual exercises to be developed in the classroom (20% of the final grade).

 

B. Completion.a minimum of 80%, of the group dynamics that will be carried out in the classroom. If you have to make a presentation to the class, it will be mandatory. (20% of the final grade).

 

C. Participation in the CIEU Awards for individuals and the most entrepreneurial idea (10% of the final grade).

 

D. Theoretical test, knowledge of the contents of the subject. (50% of the final grade)

 

To pass the subject through the continuous assessment system, it is essential to approve the theoretical part separately (section D) and the practical part (sections A, B and C).

 

2. UNIQUE EVALUATION

Final exam of the subject will be the day and hour established in the official program of the Center. Questions will include contents explained by the teacher, as well as aspects derived from the practical part of the subject. This exam will combine "test-type" questions with others to be developed.

 

3. REEVALUATION

Students who have obtained a grade equal to or greater than 3.5 and less than 5 will be able to be presented for reevaluation. The maximum grade of this re-evaluation will not exceed 5 as the final grade. The date will be the day and time established in the academic calendar in the official program of the Center.

 

 


Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Individual practical exercises 25% 10 0.4 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 6, 8, 12, 11, 10, 9, 5, 13
Practical exercises in group and oral presentation 25% 10 0.4 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 6, 8, 12, 11, 10, 9, 5, 14, 13
Test 50% 2 0.08 2, 3, 4, 7, 6, 8, 11, 10, 9, 5, 13

Bibliography

AGUIAR QUINTANA, Teresa (2002). El liderazgo y la calidad en el sector hotelero. Edita Fundación FYDE Caja Canarias. Tenerife.

Asociación Española de Expertos Científicos en Turismo (AECIT) (2015). La actividad turística española en 2014. Madrid.

BAYÓN MARINÉ, F. & GARCIA ISA, I. (2015) Gestión de Recursos Humanos. Manual para técnicos en empresas turísticas. Editorial Síntesis, Madrid.

BERLINCHES CEREZO, Andrés (2005). Casos y supuestos en dirección y gestión de recursos humanos. Rústica. Ediciones Díaz de Santos.

BORRELL, Francesc (2001). Comunicar bien para dirigir mejor. Ediciones Gestión 2000, Barcelona.

BOYATZIS, Richard y GOLEMAN, Daniel (2010). El líder resonante crea más. Editorial Debolsillo, Madrid.

BOYETT, Joseph i Jimmie (1999). Lo mejor de los gurús. Ed. Gestión 2000, Barcelona.

CONFEDERACIÓ EMPRESARIAL D’HOSTALERIA DE CATALUNYA (2018)  “Convenio Colectivo para la Industria de Hostelería y Turismo de Cataluña”

DEL VALLE, V. (1997) Economía y Organización de Empresas Ed. Mc Graw Hill, Barcelona.

DOMÍNGUEZ, F. (2005). Derecho Administrativo y Legislación Turística. Ed. Centro de Estudios Ramón Areces. Madrid.

GOLEMAN, Daniel (2005). La práctica de la inteligencia emocional. Ed. Kairós. Tercera edició, Barcelona.

GÓMEZ GARCÍA, Roberto (2008). Contratación laboral 2008. Editorial Fundación Confemetal, Madrid.

HUNT, John (2007). Dirección de personal en la empresa. Editorial McGraw-Hill, Barcelona.

LÓPEZ-CÓZAR, Cristina (2009). Negociación inteligente. Edita Delta Publicaciones. Madrid.

LUNA, Roberto y PARDO, Manuela (2006). Recursos humanos para turismo. Ed. Prentice Hall, Madrid.

MARTÍN, Inmaculada (2004). Dirección y gestión de empresas del sector turístico. Editorial Pirámide. Tercera edición, Madrid.

MONTANER, Ramón y asociados (1998): Manual del directivo eficaz. Ed. Gestión 2000, Barcelona.

PÉREZ GOROSTEGUI, E (2006). Economía de la empresa. Ed. Centro de Estudios Ramón Areces, Madrid.

PUCHOL, Luis (2005): Nuevos casos en Dirección y Gestión de Recursos Humanos. Ediciones Díaz de Santos, Madrid.

PUCHOL, Luis (2003): Dirección y gestión de Recursos Humanos. Ediciones Díaz de Santos, Madrid.

RICART, GALLO, FRAGUAS (2007). Diseño de Organizaciones Ed. Folio Colección IESE, Barcelona.

ROBINS,  Stephen P. (2007). Supervisión. Editorial Pearson, México.

SAAVEDRA ROBLEDO, I. (2007) Dirección de Recursos Humanos. UNED, Madrid

SERRAT JULIA, J. (1996). La Gestión de Personal en la Empresa Turística. Ed. Centro de Estudios Ramón Areces.

A rigorous text-topic correlation cannot be established, since most of the books analyze content and assumptions applicable to the subject in general.

 

 


Software

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