Block 2 | Business

Innovation and Culture in Hotels (5 EC)

This course explores the principles, theories and tools needed to create an innovative corporate eco-system for accelerating. You will work with a real-life case company from the hotel industry and will be challenged to think and innovate the corporate eco-system to propose/shape a more agile and lean approach to innovation

Circular Thinking in the Hotel Ecosystem (6 EC)

The aim of this course is to master the concept of triple bottom line thinking in the hotel ecosystem, with a specific focus on circularity from both an academic but also an industry perspective.

Sustainable Leadership of Internal Stakeholders (2 EC)

In order to adequately manage hotels’ internal stakeholders, this course raises awareness on ‘pressing issues’, in sustainable human resource management and provides an informed opinion on human resource management in the hospitality industry.

Design Based Research (DOResearch) (1 EC)

This course will introduce you to the principles of Design Based. This course functions as a building block in working towards the final thesis, at the end of the programme.

Personal Leadership (1 EC)

During this course you will become acquainted with influencing factors and biases that play a role in a managerial decision-making process. The courses focuses on the development of self-awareness as a leader and managerial decision-making skills in uncertain situations.