HTT 220 Course Career Path B

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HTT 220 Entire Course (UOP)

HTT 220 Week 1 CheckPoint: Job Search
HTT 220 Week 2 Assignment: The Competitive Advantag
e
HTT 220 Week 2 CheckPoint: The Coalignment Principle
HTT 220 Week 3 CheckPoint: Hardware and Software Te
rms
HTT 220 Week 4 Assignment: Article SearchHTT 220 Wee
k 1 CheckPoint: Job Search
HTT 220 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2

HTT 220 Week 1 CheckPoint J

ob Search (UOP)
Submit in individual forum.
Review the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor S
tatistics Web site at
http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs036.htm for job descripti
ons of careers in information technology. Try to narrow
your focus to information technology within the hospita
lity industry.
Select one job description.
Post a 200- to 300-word response to the following que
stions:
What is the title of the position?

HTT 220 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ

2 (UOP)
HTT 220 Week 1 DQs

HTT 220 Week 2 Assignment

The Competitive Advantage
(UOP)

Submit in individual forum.

Use the Internet to select two resort hotels or two bed a
nd breakfast hotels. One must be a national brand chai
n and the other an independent company.
Review the Web sites of the two hotels you selected and
compare rates, photos used for their site, amenities, gol
f or spa packages offered, and room availability.
Write a 350- to 700-word paper that addresses the follo
wing questions:

HTT 220 Week 2 CheckPoint T

he Coalignment Principle (U
OP)

Submit in individual forum.

Post a 200- to 300-word response to the following quest
ions:
What is the coalignment principle and why is it importa
nt?
How can a company measure its success of applying the
coalignment principle?
What are three ways IT has helped the hospitality indust
ry?
How are each of these three ways attributed to the coali
gnment principle?

HTT 220 Week 3 CheckPointHardware and Software Term

s (UOP)

CheckPoint: Hardware and Software Terms and Use Due

Submit in individual forum
Complete Appendix B defining hardware and software t
erms and the positions that use them.

HTT 220 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ

2 (UOP)
HTT 220 Week 3 DQs

HTT 220 Week 4 AssignmentArticle Search (UOP)

ubmit in individual forum
Research and cite an article from the University Library
or Internet that focuses on network security.
Write a 350- to 700-word, APA-formatted paper that add
resses the following:
Summarize the network security issues the article addre
sses.
How could these network security issues relate to the h
ospitality industry?
Does the article list any abuses of secured information?
What do you think are some techniques a hospitality co
mpany could use to increase their network security?
What do you think the consequences and impacts of a p
oor security policy or security plan have on a company?

HTT 220 Week 4 CheckPointInternet-Based Transactions

(UOP)

CheckPoint: Internet-Based Transactions Submit in indiv

idual forum
Post a 200- to 300-word response to the following quest
ions:
What are the risks associated with Internet-based trans
actions in the hospitality industry?
What policies might a company adopt for staff that wor
ks with Internet-based transactions?
What are the risks for a hotel with a poor security policy
?

HTT 220 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ

2 (UOP)
HTT 220 Week 5 DQs

HTT 220 Week 6 AssignmentCompetitive Advantage (UOP)

Submit in individual forum
Refer to the two resort hotels or two bed and breakfast
hotels that you examined in Week Two.
Write a 350- to 700-word paper that addresses the follo
wing questions:
What types of information technology can a guest expec
t to find in their hotel room?
Of these items, which are considered an additional ame
nity and which are considered standard?

HTT 220 Week 6 CheckPointGlobal Distribution System

(UOP)

Submit in individual forum

Post a 200- to 300-word response that addresses the f
ollowing questions:
What is a GDS?
Why is it important?
How do hotels use GDS?
How do you think world travel is affected by GDS?

HTT 220 Week 7 CheckPoint

Customer Relationship Mana
gement (UOP)

Submit in individual forum

Post a 200- to 300-word response to the following quest
ions:
What is CRM?
How is CRM used to anticipate guests needs?
Explain the impact of CRM on an organizations sales an
d marketing

HTT 220 Week 8 Assignment

How Information Is Used (U
OP)

Submit in individual forum

Write a 350- to 700-word paper that addresses the follo
wing:
Provide three examples of information collected by an E
IS.
Provide three examples of information collected by a D
SS.
How does information collected by an EIS and a DSS hel
p a hotel manager make strategic decisions for a compa
ny?

HTT 220 Week 8 CheckPoint E

xecutive Information (UOP)
CheckPoint: Executive Information System and Decision
Support System Submit in individual forum
Post a 200- to 300-word response that addresses the fol
lowing questions:
What is an EIS?
What does an executive management system do, and w
hich positions might use its information?
How do those positions use the EIS information?
What is a DSS?

HTT 220 Week 9 Capstone

HTT 220 Week 9 Capstone

HTT 220 Week 9 Final Project

A Balanced Scorecard (UOP)
Submit in individual forum
Resource: Appendix A
Review the balanced scorecard, Figure 10-3, on p. 221 o
f your text.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper addressing the follo
wing questions:
What is a balanced scorecard and what information is r
epresented on a balanced scorecard?
Which departments collect the data, and how is the dat
a form a balanced scorecard used by the various depart
ments within a hotel?

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