At the end of the course the successful student will be able to...
- Understand how the worlds of physical education, active leisure and sport are built and evolve,
- use analysis models applied to sport systems and organisations in order to evaluate the functioning of sport federations,
- convert these analyses into management tools for sport federations,
- conceive and work a strategy out that complains with environmental values and effective management.
- perform, via the practical training, a pertinent strategic analysis relevant to a given sports organisation (including a written report).
Main themes
Main subjects
- Deployment of activities according to the needs and possibilities;
- Decision making in a complex environment;
- Analysis models to be applied to sport systems and organisations;
- Sport federations and organisational configurations. From analysis to action;
- Understanding the non-profit sector according to private and public aspects;
- The concept of sustainable development as a way to integrate private and public aspects as well as economic, social and ethical preoccupations;
- Balanced scorecards (Norton & Kaplan) as a tool for the operationalization of goals and indicators
- Strategic project to be developed in the framework of a practical training in a given Belgian sport organisation (90 hours) (including a written report).
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Pre-requisite :
Organisational approach of national sport systems in Europe (IEPR2191)
Management of sport organizations in Belgium (plus practical training) (IEPR2192)
Evaluation : Written exam
Support : Syllabus and / or books
Supervision : Titular