Management of companies in the world of sport and physical activity (stage and report stage)

liepr2293  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Management of companies in the world of sport and physical activity (stage and report stage)
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
16 credits
60.0 h
Teacher(s)
Louis Marc;
Language
French
Main themes
Define a business competitive terms (Positioning) Attractiveness analysis Analysis of users' behaviour; Organization of general accounting; Segmentation and selection of target markets, choice of development of services (inventory and demand forecasting); + practical training (75 hours) and report
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 At the end of the course the successful student will be able to... to teach student to develop his ability for decision-making process (on individual and collective level) through gathering and the analysing relevant information and selecting the most satisfactory options; to carry out a competing analysis in various fields of the physical activity industry; to evaluate the competitive advantage (competition analysis); to establish analyses of costs. To understand the concepts of differentiation and segmentation of target markets; to lead a business and its development. + training course and report to enable student to improve his communication skills, by giving the opportunity to present an effective argument, (both orally and in writing) about a particular business sector).
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The course defines several techniques and methods which are intended to organize activity at an individual, departmental or company level. This course focuses on contemporary sport issues (facility and project development) showing the growing importance of working on a project basis. The course is structured around the characteristics of products/services and processes in a short, medium and long term planning of activities. The teaching methods adopted vary according to subject matter, and involve a combination of lectures, readings (preparatory or accompanying), analyses of concrete situations using simple examples and case studies.
Other information
Evaluation : Written examination, written report Support : Books Supervision : titular
Faculty or entity
FSM


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Motor Skills: Physical Education