MANAGING THE SPORT BRAND

MGT5MSB

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject aims to develop leaders in sport through introducing students to strategic issues in examining and discussing the role that marketing, specifically branding, sponsorship and promotion, plays in the generation of revenue for sport organisations and events; identifying and selecting strategic partners to develop, promote and strengthen the sport organisation's brand; assessing the appropriateness and evaluating the success of common promotional strategies for sport products and events; developing strategies for cultivating and managing relationships with key brand partners, and applying branding, sponsorship and promotional theory to the sport industry.

School: La Trobe Business School (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: David Lowden

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Only available to students enrolled in LCSM or LGSM or LMMSM, or with approval from the LMMSM Course Coordinator

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: Enrolment accepted until quota reached

Quota-conditions or rules: Available only to Master of Management (Sport Management) students [included nested degree programs]

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Apply branding, sponsorship and promotional theory to the sport industry
02. Assess the appropriateness and evaluate the success of common promotional strategies for sport products and events
03. Develop strategies for cultivating and managing relationships with key brand partners
04. Examine and discuss the role that marketing, specifically branding, sponsorship and promotion, plays in the generation of revenue for sport organisations and events
05. Identify and select strategic partners to develop, promote and strengthen the sport organisation's brand

City Campus, 2020, Week 28-31, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: 45

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: David Lowden

Class requirements

SeminarWeek: 28 - 29
Four 8.00 hours seminar per study period on weekdays during the day from week 28 to week 29 and delivered via face-to-face.
This subject will be delivered in blended mode of delivery, including intensive blocks, to be scheduled on the Thursday and Friday for the two weeks

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

Case Study exercises - 4 x 1000 word individual case study exercises.

N/AN/AN/ANo60SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5

Sport Brand Strategy - 2500 word individual assignment.

N/AN/AN/ANo40SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5