EG404-5-AU-CO:
Continual Professional Development
2023/24
Edge Hotel School
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 15 December 2023
15
27 September 2023
Requisites for this module
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BA N863JD Hotel Management,
BA N863OS Hotel Management,
FDA N86GSS Hotel Management
The purpose of this module is to consolidate professional and personal learning
The module will also provide a focus on the development of techniques and strategies for self-management of your continuous professional development, critical self-reflection of professional experience and application within an organisational setting as well as provide an understanding of the role and relevance of research for managers. The module will also provide opportunity to develop a range of skills to prepare you for career advancement and employment opportunities.
This module aims to enable you to:
1. Critically reflect on professional and personal development:
The role of lifelong learning in career development;
Identification of career and personal goals.
2. Evaluate and review the key employment opportunities presented by the hospitality industry:
Understanding personal strengths and weaknesses in seeking employment opportunities;
Developing a professional cv;
Making a job application;
Interviewing techniques;
The role and importance of professional associations and networks;
The importance of ethics and values in personal and corporate behavior.
3. Construct a detailed personal development plan:
Developing a plan;
Monitoring a personal development plan.
4. Understand the principles of research design and evaluate a range of research
methods:
The role of research in supporting management decisions;
Research philosophy and strategies;
Research design and design criteria;
Qualitative and quantitative techniques;
Sampling and validity.
At the conclusion of this module you should be able to:
1. Critically reflect on professional and personal development.
2. Evaluate and review the key employment opportunities presented by the hospitality industry.
3. Construct a detailed personal development plan.
4. Understand the principles of research design and evaluate a range of research methods.
No additional information available.
Learning and teaching will take the shape of either classroom based or online lectures and seminars where Wivenhoe House will be used to contextualize theory and illustrate practice. Self-managed learning will supplement seminars where you will be provided with guidance on required reading and on-line learning resources.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Individual Presentation |
|
50% |
| Coursework |
Reflective Statement |
|
50% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Mrs Zoe Monk, email: zoe.monk@essex.ac.uk.
Edge Hotel School, ehs@essex.ac.uk
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Available via Moodle
Of 8 hours, 6 (75%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
2 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
Edge Hotel School
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