mgt5msg sport innovation
MANAGING INNOVATION FOR SPORT GROWTH
MGT5MSG
2019
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject aims to develop you as a leader in sport by introducing you to strategic issues with identifying and applying strategies to build sport capacity and increase recreational and competition player participation, recognising barriers and drivers for volunteer participation, developing effective mechanisms to support and manage volunteers within the sport industry, developing and evaluating innovative business processes to improve sport organisation performance and revenue streams.
SchoolLa Trobe Business School
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorGreg Dingle
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 5 - Masters
Exchange StudentsNo
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites This subject is only available to students enrolled in the sport management postgraduate programs LCSM or LGSM or LMMSM or the innovation and entrepreneurship postgraduate program LMMEI. Students outside of these programs may request enrolment via the Masters of Management (Sport Management) or Masters of Management (Innovation and Entrepreneurship) Course Coordinators, applications will be considered on merit.
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Develop and evaluate innovative business processes to improve sport organisation performance
- Activities:
- The sport specialisation of the course will be delivered using the case method made famous by the Harvard Business School. By using the case method of teaching as the foundation, the course will make the links between theory and practice explicit. This subject will be delivered using blended technology and block mode intensive, with engagement with the student's workplace within the sport industry.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Creative Problem-solving)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
02. Identify and apply strategies to build sport capacity and increase recreational and competition player participation
- Activities:
- The sport specialisation of the course will be delivered using the case method made famous by the Harvard Business School. By using the case method of teaching as the foundation, the course will make the links between theory and practice explicit. This subject will be delivered using blended technology and block mode intensive, with engagement with the student's workplace within the sport industry.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Creative Problem-solving)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
03. Identify established and emerging revenue streams within the sport industry
- Activities:
- The sport specialisation of the course will be delivered using the case method made famous by the Harvard Business School. By using the case method of teaching as the foundation, the course will make the links between theory and practice explicit. This subject will be delivered using blended technology and block mode intensive, with engagement with the student's workplace within the sport industry.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Creative Problem-solving)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
04. Recognise barriers and drivers for volunteer participation, and develop effective mechanisms to support and manage volunteers within the sport industry
- Activities:
- The sport specialisation of the course will be delivered using the case method made famous by the Harvard Business School. By using the case method of teaching as the foundation, the course will make the links between theory and practice explicit. This subject will be delivered using blended technology and block mode intensive, with engagement with the student's workplace within the sport industry.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Creative Problem-solving)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
Subject options
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City Campus, 2019, Week 42-43, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment size50
Enrolment information Collins St max class size Sport Management (including nested degrees) and Entrepreneurship PG students only
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorGreg Dingle
Class requirements
SeminarWeek: 42 - 43
Four 8.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 42 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
"Consecutive Thursday/Fridays"
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case Study exercises - 4 x 750 word individual case study assignments. | 40 | 01, 02, 03, 04 | |
| Innovation Case Study - 3000 word individual case study. | 60 | 01, 02, 03, 04 |