Faculty of Business: Leisure, Sport and Tourism
Credit points: 6 cp

Subject level: Undergraduate

Result Type: Grade and marks

Requisite(s): 21129 Managing People and Organisations
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
There are also course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.

Handbook description

This subject examines the scope and role of sport in contemporary western societies with particular reference to Australia. It seeks to understand and account for policy development and implementation across the commercial, public and voluntary sectors and addresses a number of professional issues surrounding contemporary trends in Australian sport.

Subject objectives/outcomes

On successful completion of this subject students should be able to:

1. Ascertain structural and procedural differences in sport organisations.
2. Articulate an understanding of general management principles.
3. Identify the components necessary for the successful management of sport.
4. Demonstrate practical applications of theoretical concepts.

Contribution to graduate profile

This core subject in the BA Sport and Exercise Management program provides a critical understanding of organisational context, structure, and processes inherent in sport organisations form the professional elite to the local level. Such an understanding is imperative for the integration of management principles into the sporting framework.

Teaching and learning strategies

Teaching and learning strategies include formal lectures, tutorials and group discussions. Content for this subject will be supported by UTS Online.

Content

• Contemporary issues in Australian sport management
• Volunteers vs. professional administrators
• The movement from a recreational pastime to modern business and the commercial realities of contemporary sport
• Management theories: summary of the development of management thought
• Strategic planning and thinking: the purpose, benefits, types of, processes in, planning
• Human resource issues: the hiring, integration, development and maintenance of staff
• Management skills and processes: essential skills required for effective management including conflict resolution, risk management, using information technology and ethics in sport management.

Assessment

Strategic Sport Management Plan (Group/Individual)	40%
This addresses objectives 1-4.
Final Examination (Individual)	60%
This addresses objectives 1-4.

Examinations will be conducted under University examination conditions, and hence thoroughly address concerns regarding secure assessment. The strategic sport management plan will be secure through a combination of continual updating of assessment across semesters, multiple topic choice within semesters and plagiarism detection software.

Recommended text(s)

Smith, A. and Stewart, B. (1999). Sports Management: A Guide to Professional Practice. Sydney: Allen and Unwin.

Indicative references

Cashman, R. (1996). Paradise of Sport - The rise of organised sport in Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Chelladurai, P. (2001). Managing Organisations for sport and physical activity. Scottsdale: Holcomb Hathaway.

Dept. of Industry, Science and Resources (1999). Shaping up: A review of Commonwealth involvement in sport and recreation in Australia. Available: http://www.isr.gov.au/sportpost2000/

Maguire, J. (1999). Global sport: Identities, societies, civilizations. Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Slack, T. (1997). Understanding Sport Organisations: The Application of Organisation Theory. Champaign. Ill.: Human Kinetics.