MANAGING INNOVATION FOR SPORT GROWTH

MGT5MSG

2020

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.

School: La Trobe Business School (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Ashleigh-Jane Thompson

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

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-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

DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Develop and evaluate innovative business processes to improve sport organisation performance
02. Identify and apply strategies to build sport capacity and increase recreational and competition player participation
03. Identify established and emerging revenue streams within the sport industry
04. Recognise barriers and drivers for volunteer participation, and develop effective mechanisms to support and manage volunteers within the sport industry

City Campus, 2020, Week 42-43 , Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: 50

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Ashleigh-Jane Thompson

Class requirements

SeminarWeek: 42 - 43
Four 8.00 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 42 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Consecutive days

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

Case Study exercises - 4 x 750 word individual case study assignments.

N/AN/AN/ANo40SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4

Innovation Case Study - 3000 word individual case study.

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