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Unit of Study MNG00303 - Sport Organisation Leadership (2018)

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Unit description

Focuses on personnel issues in sport - specifically on understanding and managing individuals, groups and teams in organisational settings.

Unit content

Topic 1: Sport organisation managers and organisational behaviour
Topic 2: The individual in the organisation: Learning and job satisfaction; personality and values
Topic 3: The individual in the organisation: Perception and individual decision-making
Topic 4: The individual in the organisation: Motivation
Topic 5: The individual in the organisation: Moods, emotions and behaviour
Topic 6: Groups in the Organisation: Understanding group and team behaviour
Topic 7: Groups in the Organisation: Leadership
Topic 8: Groups in the Organisation: Power and politics
Topic 9: Groups in the Organisation: Communication and conflict
Topic 10: The Organisation System: Organisational culture and change

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2018 unit offering information will be available in September 2017

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 Define organisational behaviour (OB) and describe the fundamental aspects of OB theory.
2 Discuss the foundations of individual behaviour.
3 Compare the main theories of motivation and discuss their application in sport management.
4 Describe issues associated with the behaviour of people in groups and discuss ways of making teams more effective.
5 Describe theoretical approaches to the study of leadership.
6 Discuss various organisational change and development techniques that sport managers can use to affect behaviour for the organisation's benefit.
7 Apply knowledge of organisational behaviour and leadership theory to suggest approaches to real-world issues and problems in sport management.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Define organisational behaviour (OB) and describe the fundamental aspects of OB theory.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  2. Discuss the foundations of individual behaviour.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  3. Compare the main theories of motivation and discuss their application in sport management.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  4. Describe issues associated with the behaviour of people in groups and discuss ways of making teams more effective.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  5. Describe theoretical approaches to the study of leadership.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  6. Discuss various organisational change and development techniques that sport managers can use to affect behaviour for the organisation's benefit.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  7. Apply knowledge of organisational behaviour and leadership theory to suggest approaches to real-world issues and problems in sport management.
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4: