Aviation Business Environment 1 (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

The lectures will be held on Thursdays four times, once a month via Zoom. The link can be found in Moodle.

26.8. at 10-16
Current situation in the Aviation Industry. Megatrends. Business analysis tools. Assignment.

23.9. at 10-16
Airlines and Airports. Business analysis. Assignment.

14.10. at 10-16
Air Cargo, Ground Service providers, ANS Service providers, other stakeholders in Aviation. Business analysis. Assignment.

11.11. at 10-16
Aviation Industry analysis cases. Assignment.

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

All competences are implemented in learning activities jointly with other modules. The methods used in the learning activities are for example.:

Inquiry learning
Peer-to-peer learning
Tutorials
Debates
Study tours and company visits
Lectures and workshops
Independent study and teamwork
The assessment of one’s own learning

Materials

LEARNING MATERIALS
Books on the content topics
E-books and online articles
Online tutorials
Companies’ web-portals
Industry related reports and statistics
Relevant media, news agencies, quality press, etc.
Social networking tools
Exercises, tests
Instructors’ own materials, materials produced by students.

Text books and Further Reading:
Airline E-Commerce: Log On. Take Off. Michael Hanke Routledge, 20 May 2016
Flying Off Course ,Rigas Doganis, Routledge (4th Ed.), 2010
The Airline Business in the 21st Century, Rigas Doganis, Routledge, 2001.
Air Transport Management: An international perspective 1st Edition, Lucy Budd , Stephen Ison Routledge, 2017
Air Transportation, A Management Perspective, Seventh Edition, John G. Wensveen, Ashgate, 2011

Teaching methods and instruction

LEARNING METHODS
All competences are implemented in learning activities jointly with other modules. The methods used in the learning activities can be:

Inquiry learning
Projects
Peer-to-peer learning
Tutorials
Debates
Study tours and company visits
Lectures and workshops
Independent study and teamwork
The assessment of one’s own learning

Working life connections

CONNECTIONS TO BUSINESS LIFE
Potentially guest lecturers and workshops in cooperation with different companies and organisations.

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

TBA

Internationality

INTERNATIONALITY
Possibility to work with international teams and instructors. Guest lecturers from international organisations and partner universities. International learning materials.

Completion alternatives

This must be negotiated with the instructor.

Learning assignments

Projects, essays, group work and discussions

Assessment methods

ASSESSMENT
The assessment methods are defined in the implementation plans. The assessment methods may include:

Individual assignments
Group works
Final deliverables
Exams