ITM Master 1. Sem.
International Tourism Master Forum

Mi 10.00-11.30 h S 17

2 SWS Course

Workload:

30 h classroom work / 150 h self-study
(by the way, 150 hours equal ten hours work per week over 15 weeks in addition to the hours spend in the classroom)

ECTS points: 6

Examination:
- Presentation (45 min. + 45 min. structured discussion (including an active part for participants: for instance every participant has to tell a structured experience related to the topic; prepared role play or prepared debate etc.)
- Synopsis paper as Handout (2-3 pages) handed out to participants one week before presentation (Presentation+Synopsis 30%)

Assignment Paper
(12-15 pages per person) to be handed in before Jan. 31, 2012 (70%)

12.12. in S17

Global Tourism today

Review 14.12.

All information given in this lecture is available here (www.arlt-lectures.com) for download.

Please check the homepage of the website regularly for announcements about time changes etc.

Introduction

Who are we, Why are we here, what are we talking about

Introduction lecturer and participants

  Tourism Scientist.
  Born in West-Berlin 1957, married to Swiss novelist, no kids
  Since 2007 living in Meldorf (cultural capital of Dithmarschen, located south of Heide)
  Studies in Berlin, Taiwan, Hong Kong
  M.A. Sinology, PhD Political Sciences FU Berlin
  

  Former owner of specialized tour operator companies
  (Outbound/Inbound East Asia-Europe)
  Consultant for European companies (mainly Transport, Logistics) in China
  Organizer of fairs and exhibitions in East Asia and in Europe
  Publisher, bookseller, journalist
  

  Since 1997 lecturer (Intercultural Management, Tourism) in Europe and East Asia
  Since 2002 professor for Leisure and Tourism Management (FH Stralsund)
  Since 2007 professor for International Tourism Management (FHW)

  Research Fellow of Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (Tokyo)
  Research Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Study and Training of Leisure of
  Zhejiang University (Hangzhou/China)
  Fellow of Royal Geographical Society (London) FRGS
  Director of China Outbound Tourism Research Institute (COTRI) 
  Adjunct professor at Yanbian University of Science and Technology (Yanji/China)
  Visiting professor at Ningbo University (Ningbo/China)
  Visiting professor at University of Sunderland (Sunderland/UK)

  Since August 2008 member of Senate and Convent of FHW
  Since March 2011 Vice Dean Faculty of Economics

  Office at FHW: Business Tower, Second floor 2.018,
  Tel. -513, email: arlt@fh-westkueste.de
  Consultation hour during teaching period: We 13-14 h

 Teaching website: www.arlt-lectures.com

Introduction Participants:

 - Name, background, former studies 
 - Apprenticeship / work experience in a tourism related field?
 - Preference for what kind of job after finishing studies at FHW?
 - Planning to do a PhD?
 - Planning to start own company within the next 10 years?
 - Motivation to choose ITM Master in Heide

Vision 2021 (in writing) itmMA1vision.doc

International Tourism Master Forum goal:

Introduce different current discussions and methods used in tourism research.

Course structure: First two sessions introduction and overview

From session 3: Six Student presentations and four presentations by external experts

Student presentations (app. three students per group) based on 2010/2011 articles of the global No. 1 scientific tourism journal Annals of Tourism Research.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01607383

In FHW library: Z Anna

- Presentation (45 min. + 45 min. structured discussion (including an active part for participants: for instance every participant has to tell a structured experience related to the topic; prepared role play or prepared debate etc.)
- Synopsis paper as Handout (2-3 pages) handed out to participants one week before presentation
(exception: First presentation, handout possible just before presentation)
(Presentation+Synopsis 30% of total mark)

Assignment Paper
(12-15 pages per person) to be handed in before Jan. 31, 2012 (70%)

Synopsis paper:
Summary of content, split in
- research goal
- part of which scientific discourse
- methods discussed and used
- sources used
- topic discussed
- if needed explanation of unusual terms used in paper

Presentation:
45 min. presentation (using PowerPoint, MindMap or other visualization tool) of paper (same structure as Synopsis paper plus own discussion of methods and main findings)

45 min. discussion (chaired by Group speaker, discussion of content of presentation, including active part for participants: for instance every participant has to tell a structured experience relatedto the topic; prepared role play or prepared debate etc.)

Assigment paper (12-15 pages (app. 4000 - 5000 words):
Extended content of presentation and results of discussions
 

  Contact: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt FRGS
Bachelor and Master Program International Tourism Management
arlt@fh-westkueste.de, Office 2.018, Tel. 0481 8555-513
Consultation hours (during lecture period): Wed. 13.00-14.00 h