Master
2021/2022
Managing sports events: facilities, operations and economic impact
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Elective course (Management and Analytics for Business)
Area of studies:
Management
Delivered by:
Department of Management
When:
2 year, 2 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Thadeu Miranda Gasparetto
Master’s programme:
Management and Analytics for Business
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
24
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course covers the core knowledge on how to efficiently manage sports venues and events. Students will be able to elaborate sport event management plans, evaluating costs, risks and expected impacts from them. Students will be able to develop academic research evaluating previous sport events as well.
Learning Objectives
- understand the sport fans by topics as: consumer behavior; market segmentation; sponsorships; the role social media; personalities; branding; sports communication.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students will be able to develop academic research evaluating previous sport events as well.
- Students will be able to elaborate sport event management plans, evaluating costs, risks and expected impacts from them
Course Contents
- Introduction to Sports Facilities Management
- Risk Management in Sports Events
- Match-day Operation
- Social and Economic Impact of Sport Events
Assessment Elements
- presentations and tasks completed/presented during the seminar
- final presentation
- attendance of lectures
Interim Assessment
- 2021/2022 2nd module0.15 * attendance of lectures + 0.4 * final presentation + 0.45 * presentations and tasks completed/presented during the seminar
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Dennis Coates. (2007). Stadiums And Arenas: Economic Development Or Economic Redistribution? Contemporary Economic Policy, 4, 565. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7287.2007.00073.x
- Eric C. Schwarz, Stacey A. Hall, & Simon Shibli. (2020). Sport Facility Operations Management : A Global Perspective: Vol. Third Edition. Routledge.
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Dennis Coates, & Brad R. Humphreys. (2003). Professional sports facilities, franchises and urban economic development.
- Preuss, H. (2007). The Conceptualisation and Measurement of Mega Sport Event Legacies. Journal of Sport & Tourism, 12(3/4), 207–228. https://doi.org/10.1080/14775080701736957