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**Physical Facility Design and Maintenance (HRM 2436) **

In this course students will develop an understanding of how and why hotels and restaurants are built and how maintenance of a building can affect the eventual success or failure of a company. The course deals with a management's perspective on how to solve potential crises or disasters. Students will examine ways of providing efficient and safe working conditions for employees. Students will also explore ownership structure, the Liquor Licence Act, and the Innkeeper's Act to facilitate the understanding of the conditions and responsibilities that apply to the Hospitality Industry.

**Course Information: **

Classes run every Wednesday afternoon from September 7th to December 7th. Class duration is four (4) hours.

**Course Learning Outcomes and Objectives: **

To earn credit for this course, you must reliably demonstrate your ability to:

**Outcome 1: Apply the process or processes involved in start up of an operation from the initial concept through to the final completion of the project. **

Objective 1.1: Analyze the different organizational structures that apply to the hospitality industry. Objective 1.2: Implement the proper steps in the developmental sequence to successfully start up a hospitality enterprise.

**Outcome 2: Apply the principles of hotel and restaurant design. **

Objective 2.1: Collaborate in the planning and design for food and beverage facilities. Objective 2.2: Examine different layouts for various hotel departments and facilities.

**Outcome 3: Develop strategies for monitoring and controlling inventory of equipment and supplies. **

Objective 3.1: Prepare and/or monitor documentation such as schedules, reports, contracts, and checklists, required for the provision of and maintenance of hospitality services and facilities.

**Evaluation Structure: **

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tests **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;">Test 1: (30%) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;">Test 2: (30%)

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Research Presentation **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;">Research report and presentation: (30%)

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">In-Class Activity **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;">In class work exercises: (10%)