Towards a hospitality management curriculum of the future: addressing ecuador?s student and industry needs
- Authors
- Van Hoof, Hubert
- Format
- Article
- Status
- publishedVersion
- Description
This article presents a new perspective on the design of a hospitality management curriculum in Ecuador that not only addresses the needs of incoming students but also meets the needs of the hospitality industry of the future. The article contends that, as Ecuadorian society undergoes massive and rapid changes and as the needs of the hospitality industry in the country are changing with it, future management talent needs to exhibit solid technical abilities, analytical and critical thinking skills and a global awareness, qualities that might not always be present in today?s graduates. The article contends that students need structure and clarity as they progress through their programs of study and as they move from the applied, hands-on experiences in the first two years of their studies to theory and critical thinking exercises in the latter part of their studies. Ecuador?s hospitality management programs should adjust their thinking about what an ideal graduate looks like and modify their programs of study accordingly. Professors should act as role models to future generations of students who will then in turn be motivated to take on leadership roles in the country?s rapidly changing hospitality and tourism industries.
En vista de que la sociedad ecuatoriana se encuentra atravesando por un proceso de cambios masivos y r?pidos, el gobierno del pa?s est? presionando a las instituciones de educaci?n superior para que asuman un papel de liderazgo en esos cambios mediante el aumento de sus esfuerzos de investigaci?n y la revisi?n de las formas en las que educan a sus estudiantes, para que ellos contribuyan de forma eficaz al cambio de la matriz productiva del pa?s y a su desarrollo. Las necesidades de la industria de la hospitalidad ecuatoriana est?n cambiando tambi?n y el futuro talento humano que administrar? los negocios tiene que exhibir habilidades t?cnicas muy s?lidas, habilidades de pensamiento anal?tico y cr?tico y una conciencia global. Estas cualidades no siempre est?n presentes en los graduados de hoy. Viejas formas de gesti?n de los negocios tur?sticos en Ecuador son obsoletas y necesitan un cambio dram?tico, siendo tiempo de que los programas de ense?anza de hospitalidad en el Ecuador eval?en lo que y c?mo ense?an.
http://econpapers.repec.org/article/ervcedced/y_3a2015_3ai_3a55_3a06.htm
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Language
- spa
- Topic
- HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
CRITICAL THINKING
GLOBAL AWARENESS
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
LA CAPACIDAD DE AN?LISIS
CONCIENCIA GLOBAL
- Repository
- Repositorio SENESCYT
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- openAccess