Course: Management in Physical Activity

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Course title Management in Physical Activity
Course code KRL/KMPA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + On-line Activities
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Hobza Vladimír, Ing.
Course content
1. Classification of sport. Institutional framework for sport in the EU and specific examples from the Czech Republic. The segment model of sport. Entities engaged in sport and their economic characteristics. 2. Present funding of sport in the country. General aspects of sports funding from public and private sources. Sources of funding for sport and their beneficiaries. Specific factors funding - state, municipal and private sources. 3. Microeconomic aspects of the sport. Externalities and production function . Microeconomic analysis. Volunteering and sport in terms of microeconomics. 4. Macroeconomic aspects of sport in the national economy. The share of GDP sport. 5. Model solutions to the economic impact of sport specification of inputs and outputs. The economic and economic-externality outputs. Interdisciplinary model sports funding. 6. Sport, public goods and their characteristics. 7. Public expenditure programs in sport and physical education and their possible rating. Sport Program financing. 8. Management of sport events. 9. Management of non-profit organizations. 10. Management of the sports club. The professionalization of sports clubs. Sport and the media. 11. Team profile of the players, coach profiles, profile of sponsors. 12. Case studies (practise).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
  • Homework for Teaching - 23 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 20 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 40 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 52 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course is intended to explain and clarify the application of the fundamental relationships that are being implemented in management of physical activities and sport. Students are introduced to the critical factors influencing the organization, management and economics of sports organizations and participants to physical activity, including institutional and organized sport in physical culture in the European Union. The course links management, marketing, physical education and sport with economic, social and legislative aspects.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark

Active participation in 80% of lectures and seminars Preparation and dissolution of case studies in seminars Testing of the test, verifying the complex orientation of the student in selected areas of sport management, incl. Principles of program-driven grant policy
Recommended literature
  • Andreff, W. (2006). Handbook on the economics of sport. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Downward, P., Dawson, A., Dejonghe, T. (2009). Sports economics. Oxford, UK.
  • Howard, Crompton. (2004). Financing Sport. Morgantown : Fitness Information Technology.
  • Wilson, R. (2011). Managing sport finance. London ; New York, N.Y.: Routledge.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Physical Culture Study plan (Version): Teaching Physical Education for 2nd Grade of Primary School and Sec. School and Civic Defence (2019) Category: Physical education and sport 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Physical Culture Study plan (Version): Physical Education and Sports - Recreology (2019) Category: Physical education and sport 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Physical Culture Study plan (Version): - (2019) Category: Physical education and sport 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Physical Culture Study plan (Version): Teaching Physical Education for Lower Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools with Specializations (2019) Category: Physical education and sport 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -