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Objective

Upon the completion of the course a student is
• able to gather, analyse, and evaluate business data and information and transform empirical data into useful and actionable information (IS1)
• apply proven theoretical and conceptual knowledge of global business challenges in multicultural contexts. (PS1)

Content

The course offers an integral analysis of sport business companies in order to determine their near future perspectives. Within the module students will then perform financial, technical, risk and growth analyses. The results are then utilised for development of strategic plan of near future.

Location and time

1,5 hour contact sessions on campus per week for 14 times and additional videolectures via ZOOM&OPTIMA

Oppimateriaali ja suositeltava kirjallisuus

Hoye, R., Stewart, B., Nicholson, M., & Smith, A. (2015). Sport Management : Principles and Applications: Vol. Fourth edition. Routledge. Available as E -book.

Teaching methods

This module be implemented as in both in online and contact mode during Spring 2020 and it will start out with an orientation lectures, group discussions and cases on strategic management issues of sport business organisations. The contact sessions will provide knowledge needed in various real-life business situation, negotiations and leadership. Students will be able to apply their learnings with several cases during the course.

Exam schedules

The exam will be held in the end of course as a online exam. The precise dates of the exams may still be announced in the course opening information.
Student has the right for 2 re-takes if the 1st would be failed.

Student workload

One credit corresponds to an average of 27 hours of work, which means that the load of five credits is approximately 135 hours. The load is distributed in different ways depending on the course implementation.
The items of assessment:
Learning diary 50%
Written Exam 50%

Further information

Exchange students 5

Evaluation scale

0-5

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1-2)

Excellent (5) Intellectual Skills:
The student is able to demonstrate excellent understanding in how to gather, analyse, and evaluate business data and information as well as transform empirical data into useful and actionable information within this specific business.
Practical Skills: The student is able to apply proven theoretical and conceptual knowledge of sport business challenges in multicultural contexts very well.
Very good (4) Intellectual Skills:
The student is able demonstrate very good understanding in how to gather, analyse, and evaluate business data and information as well as transform empirical data into useful and actionable information within this specific business.
Practical Skills: The student is able to apply in a correct and good manner proven theoretical and conceptual knowledge of sport business challenges in multicultural contexts.
Good (3) Intellectual Skills:
The student is able demonstrate solid understanding in how to gather, analyse, and evaluate business data and information and transform empirical data into useful and actionable information within this specific business.
Practical Skills: The student is able to apply fairly well proven theoretical and conceptual knowledge of sport business challenges in multicultural contexts.
Satisfactory (2) Intellectual Skills:
The student is able to gather, analyse, and evaluate business data and information but has challenges in transforming empirical data into useful and actionable information with within this specific business.
Practical Skills: The student has some difficulties in applying theoretical and conceptual knowledge of sport business challenges in multicultural contexts.
Sufficient (1) Intellectual Skills:
The student is able to gather, analyse, and evaluate business data and information but has difficulties in transforming empirical data into fairly useful and actionable information within this specific business.
Practical Skills: The student has obvious difficulties in applying theoretical and conceptual knowledge of sport business challenges in multicultural contexts.
 Failed (0 Intellectual Skills:
The student is not able to gather, analyse, and evaluate enough business data and information in a reliable way and is not able to transform empirical data into useful or actionable information within this specific business.
Practical Skills: The student has great difficulties in applying theoretical and conceptual knowledge of sport business challenges in multicultural contexts.

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3-4)

Good (3)
Intellectual Skills: The student is able demonstrate solid understanding in how to gather, analyse, and evaluate business data and information and transform empirical data into useful and actionable information within this specific business.
Practical Skills: The student is able to apply fairly well proven theoretical and conceptual knowledge of sport business challenges in multicultural contexts

Very good (4)
Intellectual Skills: The student is able demonstrate very good understanding in how to gather, analyse, and evaluate business data and information as well as transform empirical data into useful and actionable information within this specific business.
Practical Skills: The student is able to apply in a correct and good manner proven theoretical and conceptual knowledge of sport business challenges in multicultural contexts

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5)
Intellectual Skills: The student is able to demonstrate excellent understanding in how to gather, analyse, and evaluate business data and information as well as transform empirical data into useful and actionable information within this specific business.
Practical Skills: The student is able to apply proven theoretical and conceptual knowledge of sport business challenges in multicultural contexts very well.

Qualifications

First year business studies, sport marketing and sport management courses.