Organization and Sport Management

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Method based on face-to-face exposition, and on another component based on problem resolutions and oral presentations of written works.

The evaluation will be composed by a written midterm tests, and also by written works with oral presentation, about a critical overview of case-studies.

Learning Outcomes

Contribute to the formation of qualified people to intervene in the organization and management of sport in a local, regional, national and even international plan, both in the federal, professional, municipal, tourist, school, private, public administration and even health system, including: [1] strategic thinking in sports development; [2] decision making in the management of sports facilities; [3] investment decision making in sports projects; [4] changing process and strategic management of people.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The context of sports management: what is the sports management?

2. Unique characteristics of sport.

3. Sport sectors: public; professional; not profitable.

4. Specific characteristics of sports organisations and sport management.

5. Characteristics of the organizational structures of sport.

6. Cultures and sub-cultures of the sports organisations.

7. Strategic thinking and principles of strategic management.

8. Investment decisions in sports projects: sport as a business.

9. Particularities of sports marketing.

10. The accountability as a source of information: the financial reports.

Head Lecturer(s)

Raul Agostinho Simões Martins

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Laboratory work or Field work: 30.0%
Frequency: 70.0%

Bibliography

[1] Cunha LM (2007). Os Espaços do Desporto, Uma Gestão Para o Desenvolvimento Humano. Coimbra: Edições Almedina.

[2] Hoye R, Smith ACT, Nicholson M & Stewart B (2015). Sport Management, Principles and Applications, 4rd Ed., London: Routledge.

[3] Lussier RN & Kimball DC (2014). Applied Sport Management Skills, 2nd Ed., Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

[4] Pires G (2007). Agôn Gestão do Desporto, O Jogo de Zeus. Lisboa: Porto Editora.

[5] Skinner J, Edwards A & Corbett B (2014). Research Methods for Sport Management. London: Routledge.