Title: Project Management for the Hospitality Industry
Singapore (January 11-13, 2010)
Course Cost
US$2,500 -
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Course Focus:
The Great Wall of China, the Pyramids of Egypt, the sequencing of
Human Genome, the development of the International Space Station,
and the development of the Palm Jumeirah islands – each of these
examples illustrate human accomplishments in many different fields.
Yet, that have something in common – they are all examples of
extremely successful projects. A Project can be defined as a
non-standard set of inter-related activities necessary to achieve
established goals using a specified amount of time, budget and
resources. In today’s global and multi-functional hospitality
business environment, managing projects is no longer an exception.
Projects in hospitality industry include opening of a new hotel or a
restaurant; introduction of new service offerings; implementation of
new managerial or staff training/change management program; and so
on. This course will discuss the concepts and techniques for
effective project management within the context of hospitality
businesses. The format of the course involves case studies,
readings, class-discussion, and a series of hands-on exercises and
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Key Benefits:
This course is to provide the participants with the necessary
background of project management for the hospitality industry. The
participants will learn many hands on techniques and software
(Microsoft Project) that can be directly applied to their
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Topics Include:
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Understand the unique aspects of projects in
hospitality businesses.
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Discuss the managerial concepts associated with
different phases of projects.
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Learn critical and necessary skills for a project
manager.
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Learn project management techniques such as work
breakdown structure; Gantt chart, critical path analysis,
program evaluation and review technique, cost and time tradeoff
analysis, and resource and risk management.
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Faculty
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Rohit Verma, Ph.D., Associate Professor:
Singapore, (January 11-13, 2010)
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Level
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PDP Schedule for Singapore
January 2010
PDP Schedule for Ithaca, New York*
*You will be re-directed to the School
of Hotel Administration website of Cornell
University |
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