The debates will cover themes within these broad learning outcomes. To critically examine the changing supply and demand for events, hospitality and tourism products within the dynamic global tourism environment.
2. To critically understand the influence of destinations and government policy and to develop sustainable and competitive strategies for relevant events,
hospitality and tourism businesses
3. To critically examine the implementation of strategies relating to the tourism futures agenda which minimise risk and respond to crisis,
4. To critically analyse sustainable tourism policies and their effects on events, hospitality and tourism businesses
Assignment Remit
The students will be split into small groups and will be allocated a motion to debate. Additional information and guidance on how to participate in this debate will
be provided on UCB Online prior to the launch of the debate. A member of the E-Learning team will provide students with the technical information during one of the
lectures.
Assessment Criteria
The Level 7 Generic Grade Criteria provide you with a guide to what is expected of you at this level of study. All features of the Level 7 Generic Grade Criteria are
relevant to these debates, with particular reference to the use of non-theoretical and theoretical arguments, supporting evidence, the ability to effectively
articulate your points and present counter-arguments.
In addition you are asked to note the following advice:
1. Please ensure that your points are kept as succinct as possible – maximum word count per posting is 100 words
2. Maximum number of postings is 10 (therefore, think carefully before you post your arguments) – it is advised that you spread your postings throughout the debate
period to ensure that you are a key contributor to the whole debate.
3. You must write the full details of all references used at the end of each posting following UCB’s guidelines (reference lists are NOT included in the word count).
4. Use of direct quotations should be avoided unless they are absolutely essential (quotations will be included within the word count)
5. Credit will be given for the quality of your arguments, counter-arguments and evidence used to support your points
6. Your final contribution should be posted at the END of the debate, summing up your overall position on the motion, based on all the arguments/counter-arguments
presented (this posting is INCLUDED within your 10 postings)
Points to consider during the preparation stage
– Effective research is an essential pre-condition to successful debating
– Avoid over-reliance on a few key sources
– Consider both the theoretical and non-theoretical aspects to your topic.
– Identify the key strands to your arguments with supporting evidence.
On Line Debate 1
We are working harder than ever and it’s killing us. We need more chill time
Long hours make us ill and ineffective. With greater space and flexibility, people could be more creative
Gaby Hinsliff: The Guardian, Thursday 27 November 2014
Sleep is overrated, according to Harriet Green, the departing chief executive of Thomas Cook, who famously survives on under four hours a night. The businesswoman is
in the gym at 5.30am and at her desk shortly after 7; she spends the working week living in a hotel (instead of returning home to her husband and stepchildren) so she
can fit more in. Somewhat ironically, Green can’t stay on the sun lounger for more than a few minutes on holiday without wanting to leap up and do something.
The results she achieves on this workaholic regime are little short of miraculous – the travel firm’s share price plummeted when she unexpectedly announced this week
that she was quitting – so it’s odd that she is leaving abruptly after only two years. Could it be that corporate Britain is no longer quite as comfortable with the
lunch-is-for-wimps culture as it was?
One in 10 Britons would like to work fewer hours (and take a pay cut to do so), according to a new Office for National Statistics survey – roughly the same as would
like to do more but can’t find a full-time job. Working hours in Britain have actually risen slightly overall since the crash, despite the boom in low-paid part-time
work, as full-timers spend longer at their desks – either from fear or necessity, as vacancies go unfilled and those left are expected to pick up the slack.
Even the French are now debating whether to ditch their cherished 35-hour working week, because in practice too few people are sticking to it. The world is polarising
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