SPORT GOVERNANCE AND STRATEGY

MGT3SGV

2016

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject, students will be provided with a comprehensive guide to the practical application of governance principles to sport organisations operating at the community, state/provincial and national/professional levels. Students will compare and contrast accepted practice and research evidence in regard to a range of governance principles and practices. Specific topics to be covered include: the difference between governance and management, governance models, governance roles and responsibilities, structures, processes, board leadership, board performance, board culture, managing governance change and future governance challenges.

School: La Trobe Business School

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Catherine Ordway

Available to Study Abroad Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Exchange Students: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: MGT1ISM and MGT2SPF

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

01. Characterise and distinguish current governance and strategy issues including dual board leadership, external environmental pressures, enacting governance change, ethics, and future governance challenges

Activities:: Review and recall relevant theoretical not-for-profit governance literature Identifying and applying relevant theoretical not-for-profit governance theory
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Quantitative Literacy); Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Quantitative Literacy); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)

02. Identify and apply the core processes of sport governance and strategy, including meetings, strategy development, conformance monitoring, performance evaluation, board performance assessment, and CEO and board member recruitment

Activities:: Review and recall relevant theoretical not-for-profit governance literature Identifying and applying relevant theoretical not-for-profit governance theory
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Quantitative Literacy); Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Quantitative Literacy); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)

03. Appraise and critique the policy and regulatory environment and mechanisms that influence sport organisations through a written case study

Activities:: Search for, compile and review relevant theoretical NFP governance literature Apply NFP governance theory to a NFP organisation Prepare a written case study that critically analyses the governance structure and policies of a NFP organisation
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Quantitative Literacy); Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Quantitative Literacy); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Personal and Professional Skills(Ethical behaviour); Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)

04. Appraise the social and ethical considerations of governing and developing strategy in sport organisations through a written case study

Activities:: Search for, compile, review and recall relevant theoretical not-for-profit governance literature Identify social and ethical issues within not-for-profit governance Argue a position on an ethical dilemma presented within a NFP governance case study Assess, choose and apply appropriate definitions and explanations of NFP governance theory and proceses to short answer case study questions
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Quantitative Literacy); Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Quantitative Literacy); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Personal and Professional Skills(Ethical behaviour); Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)

Melbourne, 2016, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Emma Sherry

Class requirements

SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
"Ideally large teaching space rather than a lecture theatre if possible"

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	%	ILO*
4 X Case study exercises (equivalent 1000 words each)		60	01, 02, 03, 04
Organisation case study		40	01, 02, 03, 04