The Sharing Economy and Disruptive Innovations
PostgraduateTAS-HGA6022025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
The Sharing Economy and Disruptive Innovations
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Reflect upon and synthesise the complex forces behind the rise of the sharing economy and disruptive innovations.
- Critically evaluate the range of products that have emerged as a result of the sharing economy and disruptive innovation.
- Critically assess the positive and negative impacts of disruptive innovations on the tourism and cultural heritage industries.
- Analyse the impact that the sharing economy and disruptive Innovations have had upon consumer behaviour.
- Week 1: Understanding the Impacts of Technology
- Week 2: Big Data and the Ethics of Using It
- Week 3: Understanding your Customer via User-generated Content Part 1
- Week 4: Understanding your Customer via User-generated Content Part 2
- Week 5: Tracking Tourists Mobility Part 1
- Week 6: Tracking Tourists Mobility Part 2
- Week 7: COVID and Technology
- Week 8: The Rise of the Gig Economy and Sharing Economy
- Week 9: Positive Aspects of the Sharing Economy
- Week 10: Problems with the Sharing Economy
- Week 11: The Future of Technology in Tourism
- Week 12: Recap
Digital disruptions such as the sharing economy have caused major disruptions for the tourism industry – both positive and negative. Platforms such as Airbnb and Uber, plus Airtasker, UberEats and HomeAway, have transformed the way tourists travel, the way that purchases are made, the way in which employees are hired, the way in which the industry is regulated and ultimately the way in which tourism as an industry is regarded by communities. Further disruptions such as big data have challenged norms of research, the ethics of collecting data and have ultimately challenged our understanding of how the tourism industry works. In this subject, you will tackle these issues by exploring the reasons for the rise of disruptive innovations such as the sharing economy. You will assess positive and negative impacts, from a diverse range of perspectives including those of consumers, tourism operators, the tourism industry and policy makers.
- Social Media Assessment (30%)
- Podcast on the Ethics of Tracking Tourists’ Movement (25%)
- A Critical Review of the Worth of the Sharing Economy in Tasmania (45%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- TAS-SCM-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Strategic Communication
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching arrangements: Weekly online modules (3 hours) and fortnightly online workshops (2 hours)
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Diploma of Strategic Communication
PostgraduateTAS-SCM-GDI