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VINCENT COLLEGE OF CABUYAO
                                                                             Mamatid, City of Cabuyao, Laguna
                                                                     OUTCOMES-BASED COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Name            Rooms Division Management
Course Credits         3 units
Course Description     This course presents an understanding of the necessity for controls in Room Division and of the requirement to supervise the operations of a hotel
                       Front Office and Housekeeping.
Contact Hours/Week     3 hours
Prerequisites          none
Course Outcomes        A. Cognitive             :         1. To understand the management system and control of Rooms Division
                                                          2. Describe and explain how to apply control mechanisms within the Front Office so as to present loss of hotel
                                                          assets.
                      B. Affective              :   1. To recognize functions in housekeeping laundry operations.
 COURSE OUTLINE AND TIME FRAME                      2. To appreciate the work of the night auditor.
                                  Course Content/ Subject Matter
                       C. Psychomotor       :       1. To implement occupational health, safety and welfare practices and procedures within the room division and
 Week 1                           Introduction to supervision in room division.
                                                     describe for detection and evacuation procedure.
 Week 2                           Occupational health
                                                    2. safety and welfare
                                                        Prescribe  securitywith in rooms
                                                                            measure      division applied in hotels so as to ensure security for guest, staff and property.
                                                                                       commonly
 Weeks 3                          Fire Regulation and operating equipment
 Weeks 4                              Labor Cost Control
 Week 5                               Preliminary Examination
 Weeks 6-7                            Housekeeping Inventories
 Weeks 8-9                            Linen and Laundry Operations
 Week 10                              Midterm Examination
 Weeks 11-12                          Front Office Controls
 Weeks 13-14                          Night Audit
 Week 15                              Pre-Final Examination
 Weeks 16-17                          Seminar on first aid and accident safety prevention
 Week 18                              Final Examination
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS:              1. Regular quizzes
                                  2. Performance
                                  3. Hands-on Exam
                                  4. Exams
                                  Quizzes – 25%
GRADING SYSTEM:
                                  Hands-on Exam – 30%
                                  Behavior – (10%)
                                  Exams– (35%)
LEARNING PLAN
    SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES                SUBJECT MATTER           VALUES           METHODOLOGY   TEACHING       TIME     EVALUATION     MINIMUM
                                                                INTEGRATED                       AIDS      ALLOTMENT     TOOLS      COMPETENCE
                                                                                                                                     INDICATOR
Know the housekeeping          Introduction to supervision in   Orderliness      Lecture       Projector     3 hrs     Quiz
organization and duties        room division.                                    Discussion                            Recitation      85%
and responsibilities of each
personnel.
Explain the importance of      Occupational health safety and   Cleanliness &    Lecture       Projector     6 hrs     Quiz            85%
sanitation in housekeeping.    welfare with in rooms division   Orderliness      Discussion     White                  Recitation
Recognize the different                                                                         Board
bacterial contamination
and how to control them.
Discuss the importance of      Fire Regulation and operating       Alertness and  Lecture      Projector     8 hrs     Recitation      85%
safety and security            equipment                           Responsibility Discussion    White
measures of have guests.       -security system in rooms division                               Board
                               -key handling and control
                               -fire safety prevention and control
                                                                      PRELIM EXAMINATION
To know the areas for          Labor Cost Control                  Resourcefulnes Lecture      Projector     6 hrs     Quiz            85%
monitoring and how to use      -estimating manpower                s              Discussion                           Recitation
the tools or forms for         requirements
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monitoring productivity and      -determining the volume of work
quality of work                   load
                                 -Elements of effective monitoring
                                 Seminar on first aid and accident   Responsibility     Lecture                         2 hrs                     85%
                                 safety prevention                                      demonstration                            Hands- on
                                                                                                                                 (student
                                                                                                                                 participation)
Enumerate the different          Housekeeping Inventories            Resourcefulnes     Lecture          Projector      3 HRS    Quiz             85%
housekeeping inventories                                             s & Orderliness                                             Recitation
used.
To know the distribution of      Linen and Laundry Operations        Flexibility &      Lecture          Projector      6 hrs    Quiz             85%
responsibilities of laundry                                          Honesty                              White                  Recitation
staff.                                                                                                    Board
                                                                       MIDTERM EXAMINATION
To know the processing         Front Office Controls              Courtesy &          Lecture                 OHP        8 HRS   Quiz             85%
of individual and group        -Front desk operation              Transparency        Discussion                                 Recitation
booking the registration       -Processing guest registration
of guests that are             -Guest Folio                                                                                      Role playing
undertaken at Front            -Room discrepancy report
desk.                          -Room count and room reserve
To be familiar with the        Night Audit                        Honesty & Integrity       Lecture         Projector    8 hrs   Quiz             85%
accounting system              -Guest services management                                   Discussion       White               Recitation
                               -Posting facilities                                                           Board
                               -Night audit processing
                               -Interfaces; posting and control
                                                                           FINAL EXAMINATION
REFERENCES                 :
                               1. Amelia Samson Roldan, Professional Management of Housekeeping Operation Management 5th Ed. 2007
                               2. John R. Walker, Introduction to Hospitality Operations 5th ed. 2008
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                          3. Carino, Celia, Beltran, Pamela, De Ocampo, Joseph Bismarck: The Hospitality Industry, Mindhapers Co. Inc. 2008
                          4. Ruther Fud, Denny: Hotel Management & Operation 4th ed. John Wiley & Sons 2007
                             Training Manula (Manila Peninsula)
Expectations from students:
   1. The students’ responsibility is to come to each class prepared to be able to participate in class discussion. He/ she is also expected to take all the
       examinations on the scheduled date.
Academic Dishonesty
   2. All students are expected to be academically honest. Cheating, plagiarism on submitted requirements, lying and other forms of unethical behavior will
       not be tolerated. Waiver of absence/s noted by the Program Head must be presented upon reporting back to class. Special examination will be
       allowed only a week after the scheduled date. Special case like prolonged illness will be given special schedule of examination provided that he/she
       presents medical certificate.
Policy on Absences
  1. Only 2 consecutive days or 3 staggered days of absences is allowed.
  2. It is the responsibility of the students to monitor his/her tardy incidents and absences that might accumulate leading to a grade of 5.
  3. It is also his/her responsibility to see his/ her professor and Program Head should his/her case be of special nature.
     SLIP OF UNDERSTANDING (SOU)
               I have read the course syllabus and I understand that I have to comply with the requirements of the course and the expectations
        from me as a student of __________________________________________during the _____ semester of AY _____________. I am
        fully aware of the consequences of non-compliance with the above mentioned requirements and expectations.
                                                     ____________________________________
                                                       Printed Name and Signature of Student
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    Prepared:                       Reviewed:                          Noted:
    _____________________________   ________________________________   _________________________