EHL Course Catalogue 2011-2012 - Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne
EHL Course Catalogue 2011-2012 - Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne
EHL Course Catalogue 2011-2012 - Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne
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5251 – Language II<br />
30 hours of contact – 2.0 US semester credits – 2.2 ECTS semester credits<br />
� Summary<br />
This unit enables stu<strong>de</strong>nts to communicate effectively in a broad range of hospitality situations<br />
including being a member of and managing a team. They will learn to write simple external<br />
documents and improve their „soft‟ skills with English as the common language of communication.<br />
� Objective<br />
Upon successful completion of this unit, stu<strong>de</strong>nts should have acquired more advanced business<br />
vocabulary and sentence structure nee<strong>de</strong>d to communicate effectively with external clients and work<br />
in an English-speaking team in the hospitality industry.<br />
MODULE : BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY<br />
5280 – Marketing II<br />
38 hours of contact – 2.5 US semester credits – 2.8 ECTS semester credits<br />
� Summary<br />
This unit enables stu<strong>de</strong>nts to <strong>de</strong>epen their knowledge of marketing, to <strong>de</strong>velop a customer<br />
satisfaction-oriented strategy and to un<strong>de</strong>rstand how the marketing mix can be adapted to the<br />
hospitality industry. Stu<strong>de</strong>nts will also <strong>de</strong>velop the competencies nee<strong>de</strong>d to respond to customers‟<br />
expectations with a product adapted to an ever-changing environment, to monitor the feasibility of a<br />
project, and to plan the actions necessary for its implementation.<br />
� Objective<br />
Upon successful completion of this unit, stu<strong>de</strong>nts will be able to:<br />
- <strong>de</strong>fine the concept of marketing mix and its components and classify them according to<br />
their significance in various hospitality contexts,<br />
- <strong>de</strong>velop the key components of the marketing mix (specificity of the product, pricing<br />
policy, distribution channel, mix of communications) for each segment and evaluate their<br />
coherence with overall objectives and marketing strategies,<br />
- <strong>de</strong>velop sales forecasts according to a specific policy and establish an operating budget,<br />
- set up monitoring processes for each <strong>de</strong>cision and action step of a marketing plan.<br />
5270 – General Accounting & Financial Management II<br />
42 hours of contact – 2.8 US semester credits – 3.1 ECTS semester credits<br />
� Summary<br />
This unit will allow stu<strong>de</strong>nts to prepare a complete short- and long-term financial plan and validate<br />
an investment <strong>de</strong>cision through its financial viability. Stu<strong>de</strong>nts will take all operational and strategic<br />
<strong>de</strong>cisions required for running the business into consi<strong>de</strong>ration and will be able to <strong>de</strong>termine their<br />
financial impact.