Project Management in Tourism
- Credits: 6
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 2P + 2C
- Semester: winter
- Year: 2
- Faculty of Commerce
Teachers
Included in study programs
Teaching results
The main educational goal of the course is to comprehensively and in context understand the principles of project management, to master and know how to use its selected methods and techniques and to integrate knowledge in project management in practice.
After completing the course, the student should be able to (level of knowledge and understanding):
- understand the project approach as a way of managing the organization
- understand the individual phases and processes of project management
- to master selected methods and techniques in individual phases of project management
- understand the project preparation process as a response to the call for projects from the European Structural and Investment Funds, its evaluation, implementation up to the completion and monitoring of the project
After completing the course, the student should be able to (skills and competences):
- plan the project and its individual phases
- demonstrate skills associated with the application of project management methods and techniques and make the right decisions about their use,
- use the support and functionality of the software solution in project management
- prepare a tourism project with the required project documentation on the basis of the conditions specified in the call
- be able to communicate their decisions in the various stages of project management in the project team and improve in soft skills, especially leadership, result orientation, creativity, conflict resolution, presentation skills
Indicative content
The subject Project Management in Tourism focuses on project management processes in the application for the use of European Structural and Investment Funds of the European Union in tourism projects. It specifies the individual phases of project preparation and solution, individual project management processes and used methods and techniques of project management.
Support literature
Základná literatúra:
1. DOLEŽAL, J. - KRÁTKÝ, J.: Projektový management v praxi. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2016. ISBN 978-80-247-5693-6.
Odporúčaná literatúra:
1. MICHÁLKOVÁ, Anna. Kam plynú prostriedky rozvoja cestovného ruchu zo štrukturálnych fondov EÚ? Regionálny aspekt. In Aktuální trendy lázeňství, hotelnictví a turismu: Cestovní ruch jako faktor regionálního rozvoje. Mezinárodní vědecká konference. Aktuální trendy lázeňství, hotelnictví a turismu: Cestovní ruch jako faktor regionálního rozvoje : recenzovaný sborník z 8. mezinárodní vědecké konference, 11. dubna 2019, (Opava, Česko). Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7510-359-8, s. 72-81 CD-ROM.
2. MICHÁLKOVÁ, Anna; KROŠLÁKOVÁ, Monika a FODRANOVÁ, Iveta. The importance of public resources for entrepreneurship and development of innovation. In Central and Eastern Europe in the changing business environment. International joint conference. Central and Eastern Europe in the changing business environment : proceedings of 16th international joint conference : May 27, 2016, Prague, Czech Republic and Bratislava, Slovakia. Prague: Oeconomica Publishing House, University of Economics, Prague, 2016. ISBN 978-80-245-2145-9. ISSN 2453-6113, s. 291-305. VEGA 1/0205/14.
3. PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE.: The Standard for Project Management and a Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. Pennsylvania: Project Management Institute, 2021. ISBN 978-1-62825-664-2.
Syllabus
1. Introduction to project management, project definition, tasks of project management, world standards and methodologies, certification in project management. 2. System of program documents for drawing public resources. Work with a specific operational program, orientation in its priorities and measures 3. Call for projects and its documents. 4. Project preparation. Project documentation. 5. Governance Vs. Project organization. 6. Project management. Project team. 7. Functionalities of the project management software solution. Working with software. 8. Project planning. 9. Communication and solving challenges. 10. Financial management of the project in terms of project management 11. Evaluation and selection of projects. 12. Implementation phase of projects. 13. Project completion, final phase and monitoring.
Requirements to complete the course
40 % semester project;
60 % examination – presentation and discussion of the project
Student workload
Total: 156 hours
Lectures: 26 hours
Seminars: 26 hours
Individual preparation for seminars: 13 hours
Processing of the semester project 50 hours
Individual preparation for the examination – presentation of the semestral project: 41 hours
Language whose command is required to complete the course
Slovak
Date of approval: 06.03.2024
Date of the latest change: 03.03.2024