Management Structures in the Travel and Tourism Industry - Lesson Plan

This resource is designed specifically for Unit 2 of the Edexcel BTEC National qualification, 'The Business of Travel and Tourism', although it will be of relevance to centres following other awarding bodies' programmes.

Aim:

To continue to work through Unit 2 with a session on management structures in the travel and tourism industry.

Learning Objectives:

By participating in this session, students should be able to:

• Learn about the different functions in a business organisation
• Find out more about how management control works in business organisations
• Learn about some of the different ways in which to structure a business
• Find out some of the costs and benefits of different organisational structures
• Apply some of this knowledge to a fictitious travel and tourism business

Resources:

• PowerPoint Presentation -Management Structures in Travel and Tourism [64 KB]
• Activity - Management Structures in the Travel and Tourism Industry
• Projector/PC/Internet access

Lesson Structure:

1. Outline the learning objectives of the lesson.
2. Go through the PowerPoint Presentation.
3. Hand out the Activity sheet.
4. Guide learners through the task, which could be best tackled in pairs.
5. Discuss the case study and the students' findings.
6. Review the learning objectives of the session.