Sports management and leadershipLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You are familiar with different organisational models and understand the meaning of leadership in the organisations of physical activity and sports.
You identify organisational strategies and understand what working in line with strategies means.
You know and can identify features of modern leadership.
You can apply the good practices that relate to managing and leading volunteers in practical work.
You can apply methods of modern leadership in your activities.

Content

How are different professional positions of the physical activity and sports field organised and how are they managed?
What does strategic management mean and how are strategies put into practice?
What are modern leadership and managerial work like?
How to lead and manage volunteers?

Evaluation

Students can
a. use professional terminology systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.
d. work together with clients, users and target groups.
e. choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices
f. work as team members in a goal-oriented way.
g. justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.