Course Outlines of the BSc (Honours) Sport & Recreation Management
Sport and Recreation: Introduction to Management
The theme of this course is
to develop an understanding of theories and principles
and of management and how they apply to sport and
recreation organisations in the public, commercial
and voluntary sectors of the sport and recreation
industry. It will examine the differences and similarities
in management in the sectors and the processes of
delivery in these dynamic environments.
Sport and Recreation:
Organisational Behaviour and Financial Management
The theme of this course will
concern two aspects of management: the organisational
behaviour of individuals in the sport and recreation
environment; and, the financial management of sporting
organisations. Indicative content will include: theories
of organisational behaviour, motivation, and leadership;
understanding of perception, and group processes;
and, an introduction to the managers' role in financial
management.
Sport in Social Context:
Historical and Organisational Development of Sport
This course will involve study
of the historical development of sport, the codification
of sport, the development of national, European and
world sports organisations and specific sports developments
in parts of Britain and Europe. The role of government,
local government, voluntary and private agencies in
policy making, facilitation and delivery of sport
today in Britain will be examined.
Sport in Social Context:
Contemporary Issues in Sport
The theme of this course is
the social issues that affect contemporary sport.
The course will analyse perspectives and issues in
the sociological analysis of sport. These will include
the ethics, values, morality and culture of sport,
violence and hooliganism, racism, sexism and sectarianism.
The role of sport and the influence of globalisation
and the media in these areas will also be analysed.
Sport and Recreation:
Operations Management
This course is concerned with
the study of operations management in sport and recreation
organisations. Students will consider the processes
of design, implementation and control of sport and
recreation service operations. The course will include
examination of performance management techniques and
their application to the sport and recreation context.
Examination of current ctice will be undertaken throughout
the course.
Sport and Recreation:
Marketing, Sponsorship and Event Management
This course will be concerned
with the role and purpose of marketing, sponsorship
and event management in sporting and recreation organisations.
Indicative content will include: and understanding
of marketing and marketing plans; the role of sponsorship
and developing sponsorship proposals; and the management
of events in sport.
Sport and Social Context:
Interpreting Sport in a Social Context
This course will analyse theoretical
traditions in the sociological analysis of sport in
social context. Students will be introduced to different
accounts of the development of sport and its contemporary
social significance. The implications of different
theoretical perspectives for research and their relation
to techniques of the social investigation of sport
and recreation will be outlined. The course will evaluate
relevant theoretical approaches in relation to examples
from sport and recreation.
Sport and Recreation:
Social Research Methods
This course will provide students
with a critical understanding of the strengths and
limitations of a range of quantitative and qualitative
research approaches and their application tot he particular
issues addressed in the management of sport and sport
organisations. It will provide students with basic
skills training in a number of quantitative and qualitative
research techniques relevant to placement and project
work.
Sport and Recreation:
Placement
With support students will negotiate,
plan and organise an appropriate placement in a sport
and recreation organisation. They will be expected
to undertake a research based project for the employer
and gather data for an organisational analysis that
demonstrates their understanding of the application
of theoretical management principles to practice in
the context of the sport and recreation industry.
Sport and Recreation:
Advanced Research Methods
The approach in this course
will be based on a critical evaluation of the processes
of knowledge production, the nature of various methodologies
and methods and the critical evaluation of secondary
sources. Issues addressed will include epistemological
assumptions, research strategies and research methodologies
(especially as applied to sport). It will explore
issues of validity and reliability in both quantitative
and qualitative approaches. It will also address practical
issues of the analysis and presentation of qualitative
and quantitative information. The 'work in progress'
of student placement reports will be used as working
examples.
Sport and Recreation
Management: Strategic Management
Strategic sport planning will
include consideration of the concepts of strategy
and patterns of strategy development, using theoretical
models of strategic planning. It will consider how
strategies are developed and implemented in sport
and recreation. Attention will be drawn to specific
case studies and strategic appraisal in sport and
recreation agencies will be undertaken.
Sport & Recreation
Management: Social Policy & Sport & Recreation
This course will provide students
with an introduction to general theories of social
policy and critically assess their relevance to the
understanding of national and local government policies
for sport and recreation. it will provide an understanding
of the development and current pattern of national,
regional and local government sport and recreation
institutions. Indicative content will include an examination
of the importance of socio-economic conditions to
an understanding of changing rationales and modes
of public involvement in the provision and promotion
of sport and recreation, the role of political ideologies
and current policy concerns. it will also involve
an international comparative approach.
Sports Development
Sports development is a process
conceived and enacted in a particular set of social
structures and sports networks. It takes place across
a continuum stretching from the most basic introduction
and participation level at one end, to international
elite sports performance at the other. It is a process
subject to policy shifts at both the national and
local government level. it is provided and serviced
by a variety of different agencies including those
from the voluntary, commercial and public sectors.
The term 'sports development' is an all-embracing
one which includes notions of community development,
community recreation, sports specific development
and the development of sporting excellence.
Coaching Children
The work of this module intends
to develop the students thinking and understanding
of the issues facing the aspiring sports coach and,
in particular, their potential involvement with school
aged performers. The content is set in the current
context of sports development in the UK and the policy
statements that are explicitly linking the development
of school sport to either teachers and or other leaders.
The work requires students to link categories of information
and content to help explain the sort of coaching practice
that can positively promote sport with children.
Contemporary Issues
in Sport and Education
The work of this module intends
to explore the links between sport and education and
to consider the forces which have shaped the policies
and philosophies associated with them. It specifically
wishes to engage its students in the very current
debate concerning the provision for school age sport
and to examine the ways in which 'sport in schools'
can be managed and delivered. The status of physical
education in the school curriculum and the role of
its teachers, will warrant some particular consideration.
Students will be asked to anticipate how sport and
education can be developed in ways that are mutually
supportive.
Promoting Physical Activity
This course will explore the
potential benefits of physical activity to health,
current levels of activity in various populations
and recommendation as to the amount and type of activity
recommended. Theoretical models of activity promotion
will be introduced and developed to provide a basis
to underpin policy and strategy. Practical examples
of activity promotion schemes will be discussed and
reviewed.
Sport and Recreation:
Sport in a Global Context
This course will analyse comparative
accounts of sport in a global context. Students will
be introduced to comparative accounts of sports development
and the implications for management of sport in globalised,
post-modern cultures. The course will evaluate relevant
theoretical approaches (flexible accumulation, disorganised
capitalism, post-fordism and post-modernism) in relation
to examples from sport and recreation.
Sport and Recreation:
Dissertation
This independent area of study
involves the undertaking of a major piece of research
in the field of Sport and Recreation Management. It
requires the student to apply the knowledge gained
during previous theoretical and practical work in
order to answer a specific question or problem. The
project is characterised by a high degree of self-directed
study, the ability to be critically analytical and
demonstrate a deeper grasp of the conceptual issues.
The project occupies one third of the fourth year
programme. It will be of length 8,000 - 10,000 words
and will be submitted at the end of Term 2.
Sport and Recreation:
Performance Indicators, Measurement and Management
This course will examine changing
nature of local government management and the increasing
emphasis on management by objectives and benchmarking.
It will consider the consequences of such changes
for the management of sport and recreation services.
Approaches to the definition and measurement of organisational
performance will be considered and an in-depth examination
of performance measurement tools and their application
to the sport and recreation context will be undertaken.
Social History of Sport
in Scotland
The module provides for a detailed
social historical analysis of sports in Scotland since
the late 18th century, setting activities in the context
of the broader social and economic changes in Scottish
society. It examines the evolution, diffusion and
marginalisation of forms of sport in Scotland by focusing
on case studies of specific forms of sport (football,
shinty, Highland Games, golf). The objective of the
module is to develop a deeper knowledge and understanding
of the place of sport in Scottish social history.
Sport, Media And Society
This Honours level optional
course provides an analysis of the mass media as institutions
in industrial and industrialising societies, and considers
the potion of sport in the print, broadcast and electronic
media from sociological, comparative and historical
perspectives. Different approaches to the study of
the mass media in society and the processes by which
media messages are produced, distributed and interpreted
are critically assessed.
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