CODE | 83700 |
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ACADEMIC YEAR | 2022/2023 |
CREDITS |
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SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR | MAT/09 |
LANGUAGE | Italian |
TEACHING LOCATION |
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SEMESTER | 2° Semester |
TEACHING MATERIALS | AULAWEB |
The course introduces students to critical analysis of decision-making problems in the tourism field and the use of methods of decision theory, operational research and revenue management.
The course aims to provide the students with some tools of decision theory, operational research and revenue management to support decision makers operating in the tourism sector. The proposed tools will be used to solve some real cases, thanks to spreadsheet Excel.
The course aims at providing the main concepts and methods of decision theory, operational research for tourism management, and revenue management.
At the end of the course students will :
matrices and linear functions
Traditional lectures in Italian are integrated with individual/group works and lessons involving the use of PCs (spreadsheet Excel).
Some lessons will be dedicated to the presentation and discussion of case studies.
During the course homeworks will be assigned via AulaWeb.
Please note that, if required by the health and epidemiological situation, lessons will be on line via the Teams platform. Updated information will be available on Aulaweb.
Analysis of some problems of tourist management: assignment, scheduling, transportation problems; human resource management, forecasting, pricing and revenue management.
Methods: decision theory, optimization models, graph theory, Gant diagram, revenue management
Spreadsheet Excel will be used for solving the analysed problems.
books will be listed on aulaweb at the beginning of the course.
Office hours: Please, write an email to have an appointment (ambrosin@economia.unige.it)
DANIELA AMBROSINO (President)
CARMINE CERRONE
ANNA FRANCA SCIOMACHEN
ELENA TANFANI
II semester - February 2023
Written examination and presentation of case studies
Please not that the written test will be replaced by an oral one (via the Teams platform) if required by the health and epidemiological situation. Updated information will be available on Aulaweb.
The written test is aimed at assessing the degree of knowledge and understanding of the topics covered in class.
The ability to apply knowledge (solving and communication skills) will be assessed through the presentation / discussion of the exercises or projects.
Date | Time | Location | Type | Notes |
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12/01/2023 | 11:00 | IMPERIA | Scritto + Orale | |
26/01/2023 | 11:00 | IMPERIA | Scritto + Orale | |
09/02/2023 | 11:00 | IMPERIA | Scritto + Orale | |
18/05/2023 | 11:00 | IMPERIA | Scritto + Orale | |
07/06/2023 | 11:00 | IMPERIA | Scritto + Orale | |
30/06/2023 | 11:00 | IMPERIA | Scritto + Orale | |
12/09/2023 | 16:00 | IMPERIA | Scritto + Orale |
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