REC280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis, Scientific Management

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Course: REC280
• Professor: Boluk Karla

Document Summary

Tourism development in ldcs (less developed countries) and developed world are controlled by business people. Planning is: creating visions, how best to achieve a goal, social interactions, community decision-making, transactive activity, open dialogue, desires of human beings, comprehensive, accepts all people in the decision making, poor and rich. We lack the ability to do all these things. The contribution of planning theory to tourism development. Friedmann offers six theories (5 explained in book) which can explain the major approaches to planning. Please check figure 5. 1 of the textbook for the integration of planning theories including. Social reform: top down activity constructed on the principles of scientific rationality, scientific management and public regulation: without state intervention and control the market economy would produce inefficiency, waste and injustice. Integrating perspectives: honoring a wide conception of relevant knowledge, centering on a task-oriented action group. Involving a decision that feeds back into the learning process.