Degree | Type | Year |
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Hotel Management | FB | 1 |
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There are no prerequisites
This course aims to offer students of the first year of the Degree in Hotel Management the tools and basic concepts used in the field of economics, with particular attention to their application for the analysis of the Tourism Sector. Concepts related to Offer, Demand, Markets, Economic Policies, Inflation or Statistics will be considered.
The course places special emphasis on two issues: firstly, the student must use the vocabulary and economic language with correctness and precision, dominating the meaning of the most relevant concepts related to the economic reality that surrounds us. Finally, the analysis of examples and the confrontation of knowledge with the real world are prioritized.
The basic training objective is to provide students with knowledge of the basic concepts of economic theory, both in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Learning will be geared towards providing students with the knowledge that will allow them to know and interpret the economic aspects that will surround their subsequent degree courses, but also in their professional future.
Topic 1: Introduction to Economics
Concept of economics: scarcity and choice. Economic agents. The Production Possibility Frontier. Opportunity cost. Factors of production. Macroeconomics and Microeconomics. Economic systems. The economy of tourism. Economic Sectors: Agriculture, Industry, and Services.
Topic 2: Microeconomics (I): Consumer Theory
Consumer decision. Individual Demands and Indifference Curves. Income Effect and Substitution Effect. Laws of Supply and Demand. Factors of Demand and Supply. International tourism demand, in Spain and Catalonia.
Topic 3: Microeconomics (II): Theory of the Firm
Production, the cost of production, and profit maximization. Factors of production (L, K). Evolution of international and Spanish tourism supply. Indicator of supply.
Topic 4: Microeconomics (III): Markets.
Analysis of competitive and non-competitive markets. Market power and types of markets. Application to the tourism sector.
Topic 5: Macroeconomics (I): Macromagnitudes.
GDP and disposable income. Balance of payments. Aggregate Output and Income. Inflation. Employment. Exchange rates. Interest rates. Public deficit. External sector. Calculations of rates and indices. Macroeconomic values of the tourism sector.
Topic 6: Macroeconomics (II): Money, financial system, and inflation.
Economic policy. Function of money. Causes and effects of inflation. Taxes and tariffs. Tourist taxes and inflation. Economic impacts of tourism.
Topic 7: Macroeconomics (III): Labor market.
Unemployment. Main problems of the Spanish and Catalan labor market, productivity, qualifications, temporariness. The problem of seasonality.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Theory | 44 | 1.76 | CM07, CM08, KM06, KM07, KM08, SM09, SM10, SM11, CM07 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorials | 22 | 0.88 | SM09, SM09 |
Works | 15 | 0.6 | CM07, KM06, KM07, SM09, SM11, CM07 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Self-study | 50 | 2 | CM07, SM09, SM10, SM11, CM07 |
Language: catalan
Every topic will be introduced by the teacher and the students will prepare every topic's point.
Given the practical application, it will be several practices.
On the other hand, the material subject to the sessions will be complemented by the distribution oof compulsory readings, wich will serve not only as a foundation of knowledge but also to promote the reading of subjects.
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.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Exam 1 | 30 | 2 | 0.08 | CM07, CM08, KM06, KM07, KM08, SM09, SM10, SM11 |
Exam 2 | 30 | 2 | 0.08 | CM07, CM08, KM06, KM07, KM08, SM09, SM10, SM11 |
Group work | 20 | 8 | 0.32 | CM07, CM08, KM06, KM07, KM08, SM09, SM10, SM11 |
Individual works | 20 | 7 | 0.28 | CM07, CM08, KM06, KM07, KM08, SM09, SM10, SM11 |
Bologna process encourages continuous assessment of students, so it is recommended that students follow the continuous evaluation of this subject. However, the final exam in January is still offered for those students who have not passed the continuous assessment or those who have not followed the continuous assessment.
The continuous assessment of this subject will be done in the following way:
The only evaluation will be for those who has expressed this option in the period defined by the Administrative Calendar:
The single evaluationwill consist of:
A final exam of the entire coursesyllabus.
Presentation of 4 practical exercises (individually).
Delivery of the course work (individually).
Not to present one of these activities conducts to a "Non assessable"
The grade for the subject will be NOT EVALUABLE when the student attends less than half of the assessment activities and/or does not attend the final exam.
BASIC
Krugman, P (2020): "Essential of economics" Ed. Macmillan
Mankiw, N. (2018): Principles of Economics Ed. Thomson, Cengage Learning
Mochón, F. (2010) :”Principios de economía” McGraw Hill 4ª edición https://bibcercador.uab.cat/permalink/34CSUC_UAB/1c3utr0/cdi_askewsholts_vlebooks_9788448192976
Ramón, A. & Such, M.J. (2022): "La economía del turismo" UAH 1ª edición
COMPLEMENTARY
Alegre, J., M. Cladera i C. Juaneda, (2003), Análisis Cuantitativo de la Actividad Turística, ed. Pirámide, Madrid.
Blanchard, O (2009): “Macroeconomía), Pearson Prencite Hall. Madrid
Bull, A., (1995), La economía del sector turístico, ed: Alianza Economía, Madrid
Figuerola, M., (1992), Manual de Economía Turística, Organización Mundial de Turismo
Lorenzo, M., J. Calvo i R. Osuna, (2003), Economia del Turismo, ed. CERA. Madrid
Mankiw, N.G. (2010): “Principios de economía”. McGraw-hill 5ª ed.
Mochón, F., (1994), Economía. Teoría y Política, McGraw-Hill.
Mochón, F (2008): Economía y Turismo, McGraw-Hill
Pedreño, A. i V. Monfort (coord), (1996), Introducción a la economia del turismo en España, Civitas.
Rivas, J., (2003), Estructura y Economía del Mercado Turístico, Ed: Septem, Oviedo
Samuelson, P. i W. Nordhaus, (1999), Economia, McGraw-Hill
Tribe, J., (2000), Economía del ocio y el Turismo, Ed. Síntesis
Uriel, E., (2001), El SectorTurístico en España., Ed. Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo (CAM).
Vallés, J., (coord), (1997), Economía Española, McGraw-Hill
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Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |