Complex development processes which are suitable in set contexts, by integrating different knowledge (knowing how to be, knowing how to do, knowing to know, knowing how to live with), in order to do activities and/or solve problems with a sense of challenge, motivation, flexibility, creativity, understanding and undertaking, within an approach of meta-cognitive thinking, ongoing improvement and ethical commitment, which are aimed at contributing to personal development, the construction and strengthening of the social networking, the continuous search of a sustainable economic and business development, and the care and protection of the environment and the living organisms.
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The Training of Intellectual Capital in the Tourism Sector Based on the Development of Professional Skills
Rosa María Rivas García (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico), Jésica Alhelí Cortés Ruiz (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico), and Sandra Viridiana Cortés Ruiz (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico)
Copyright: © 2019
|Pages: 13
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8461-2.ch010
Abstract
The objective of this chapter is to offer an approach to the generation of competitive advantage in the tourism industry based on the definition of intellectual capital and its relationship with professional competences in tourism, which is why the topic of educational competences in higher education is described, since professional skills are achieved through these. Subsequently, the exploration of the intellectual capital concept and the conception of tourism is presented. Finally, the relation of the thematic axes of this chapter is presented to incorporate the conclusion that describes that the educational competences in higher education applied by professionals in the tourism industry will result in the productivity and profitability of the organizations known as intellectual capital.