Tourism and Hotel Management study course
Study Subjects Delivered in English (Autumn semester)
The course is designed for undergraduate students who come on exchange programmes to the Faculty of Business.
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| 15 | 55% – Mid-semester tests; 45% – Case analysis (project) | The aim of the module is to provide the knowledge and skills to understand and analyse the tourism system, its elements and their interrelationships. Students will learn about types of tourism services, infrastructure, Lithuanian and international tourism resources and their management. They will study travel geography and excursion organisation methodologies, classification of hospitality services and their regulation. | Module consist of Tourism Services and Infrastructure, Tourism resourses, Travel Geography and Tours | Monika Sadauskaitė-Pocė |
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| 5 | 55% – Mid-semester tests; 45% – Case analysis (project) | To develop skills to understand the elements of the tourism system and their interconnections. Be able to identify and evaluate types of tourism services and infrastructure. Students will be able to critically evaluate and solve problems in the tourism sector. | Forms and categories of tourism: business and leisure tourism, Types of tourism services and their place in the tourism system; Classification and standards of tourism services; Tourism infrastructure: main elements, challenges and development perspectives; Travel management and tourism information services; Transport services: analysis of air, water and land transport. | Monika Sadauskaitė-Pocė |
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| 5 | 55% – Mid-semester tests; 45% – Case analysis (project) | To develop the skills to classify and distinguish objects of natural and cultural tourism resources, to compare the features and development of cultural heritage of different epochs, to evaluate the peculiarities of Lithuanian natural resources and cultural heritage | Concept of natural and cultural tourism resources and their importance for the tourism system; Classification of natural tourism resources, The most important natural tourism resources in Lithuania; Forms of natural tourism; Classification of cultural resources; Concept and types of cultural heritage, UNESCO heritage and its impact on tourism, challenges of preserving the cultural heritage; Adaptation of natural and cultural resources to tourism. | Rolanda Kupčikienė |
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| 5 | 55% – Mid-semester tests; 45% – Case analysis (project) | It provides an overview of global tourism trends and the factors influencing them, an overview of the world’s main tourism regions, an overview of Europe as the most popular tourism region, North America with Mexico and the Caribbean, East Asia, and the Pacific Ocean. The tourism peripheries – Sub-Saharan Africa, Central and South America, the Middle East, and South Asia – are discussed as well. | Tourism development trends, forecasting of tourist flows; Classification of the world’s tourism regions, the most popular regions and their features. Classification of excursions. Tour structure. Objects, logical connections; Route development; Popular Lithuanian excursion routes. Natural, cultural and historical sites in the routes; Methods of leading the excursion and Geography of excursions: museums, ethnographic regions, cities – cultural centres. | Rolanda Kupčikienė |
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| 15 | 55% – Mid-semester tests; 45% – Case analysis (project) | The aim of the Business Management module is to provide the knowledge and skills to understand management, marketing, finance and accounting processes. It covers the accounting management system of a company, the organisation of the accounting process and methodology. It analyses and evaluates the external and internal environment of the company. It discusses and analyses the functions of management, the stages and methods of the process of strategic analysis of management and marketing, and the process of developing a strategy plan. It analyses organisational management structures, human resource management, control, motivation and the concept of total quality management. The elements of the marketing complex are discussed: product, price distribution and promotion. | Module consist of Management, Marketing, Accounting and Finance | Aušrinė Černiauskienė |
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| 5 | 55% – Mid-semester tests; 45% – Case analysis (project) | The course analyses and evaluates the external and internal environment of the company. It discusses and analyses the functions of management, the stages and methods of the process of strategic analysis of management and marketing, and the process of developing a strategy plan. It analyses organisational management structures, human resource management, control, motivation and the concept of total quality management. | The concept of management; Legal regulation of organisations; Organisational environments, methods of their assessment; Analysis of the competitive situation; Decision-making process, methods; Organisational structure, its relationship to strategy; Leadership style and its impact on performance; Management in the 21st century – social responsibility, organisational culture, managing a multicultural organisation. | Martynas Radzevičius |
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| 5 | 55% – Mid-semester tests; 45% – Case analysis (project) | The course discusses and analyses the stages and methods of the process of strategic analysis of management and marketing, and the process of developing a strategy plan. The elements of the marketing complex are discussed: product, price distribution and promotion. | Marketing concept: aims, objectives, principles, functions; Marketing environment: macro and micro environment; Elements of the marketing mix: the concept of the product, life cycle, Assortment, Product identification, Positioning, Pricing, Distribution of goods, Promotion, Advertising, Sales promotion, Personal Selling, Public Relations; Marketing planning process. | Aušrinė Černiauskienė |
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| 5 | 55% – Mid-semester tests; 45% – Case analysis (project) | The course covers the accounting management system of a company, the organisation of the accounting process and methodology. | Accounting governance framework and general accounting principles; Accounting cycle; Accounting for Fixed Assets; Accounting for current assets; Accounting for liabilities; Financial concept and objectives; Household finances; Corporate finance; Public finance; State tax system. | Indrė Knyvienė |
Free Electives:
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| 3 | 60% – Mid-semester tests; 40% – Case analysis (project) | After completing this course, the student will be able to identify environmental issues, sustainable development, and social responsibility in society; | Waste management; Sustainable Development Goals; Business Social Responsibility; Lithuania’s priority areas for sustainable Development; Sustainability; | Gintarė Žilinskienė |
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For more information, please, contact:
Kristina Kavaliauskaitė, International Coordinator
Faculty of Business, KK
Pramonės pr. 20, LT 50468, Kaunas, Lithuania
E-mail: kristina.kavaliauskaite@go.kauko.lt ; Phone: +370 37 75 11 46
Faculty of Arts and Education: A. Mackevičiaus g. 27, LT-44259 Kaunas
Puodžių g. 11, LT-44295 Kaunas
Muitinės g. 15, LT-44280 Kaunas
Faculty of Medicine:
K. Petrausko g. 15, LT-44162 Kaunas
Faculty of Technologies:
Pramonės pr. 22, LT-50387 Kaunas
Faculty of Business:
Pramonės pr. 20, 50468 Kaunas ir Gedimino g. 41, 44240 Kaunas
Main address:
Pramonės pr. 20, LT-50468 Kaunas
Kauno kolegija Higher Education Institution
Pramones pr. 20, LT-50468 Kaunas, Lithuania
