| CODE | PHE1136 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Event and Facility Management | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Institute for Physical Education and Sport | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Sporting events are much more than just competitions between teams and players, they can forge an identity and create solidarity, bringing people together, giving them a sense of belonging and contributing to the development of the host region. They have a short and long-term impact. Years of preparation are required to produce a few days of sporting celebration but these few days can continue to have an impact over more than a generation! Over the last decade, local sport organisations such as the MFA (Malta Football Association), MSSF (Malta Shooting Sports Federation) and ASA (Amateur Swimming Association) have had increasing opportunities to host international competitions / tournaments and this trend will continue to manifest itself as sport becomes more popular. Sport events in particular have special characteristics which make their management quite peculiar. These characteristics are underlined in this study-unit as it is essential that sporting events are well-organised by the sporting body and well-attended by the stakeholders in order to optimise ticket sales, broadcasting rights and sponsorships, as well as strengthen its public image! Sport events require a large quantity of materials, amenities and facilities such as the sport zone where the actual event takes place. Event organisers should have full and complete authority within this space; however in order to mobilise this zone, organisers must pay attention to the contractual obligations governing the loan or rental of premises. Ideally, sport event organisers should ensure that the environment is not negatively affected and that there is a legacy that is beneficial to the local community. Study-unit Aims: This study -unit has three aims: to provide students with a hands-on approach to the theory, processes and procedures in designing, planning, staging and evaluating sport events; to introduce students to a range of local events and increase their knowledge and competency base in the field of event management. Principles and practices of project management and effective teamwork will be demonstrated to the students, which in turn will have to apply them to a local sporting event. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - identify the main phases involved in organising the sporting event; - define the main tasks involved in running the event; - develop an appropriate legal and operational framework for the event; - identify and manage the human resources needed to organise the sporting event; - assess the facility resources needed to organise the event; - schedule, follow-up and evaluate the use of these resources. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - plan and organise sports and fund-raising events in various settings including clubs and the community; - demonstrate leadership skills, effective teamwork, initiative and problem solving in the sport event management process. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Core texts - Fried, G., (2015). Managing Sport Facilities (3rd ed.). New Haven: Human Kinetics. - Hoye, R., Smith, A., Nicholson, M. and Stewart, B. (2015). Sport Management: Principles and applications, (4th ed.). London: Routledge. - Masterman, G. (2014). Strategic Sports Event Management, (3rd ed.), London: Routledge. - Taylor, P. (ed) (2012). Torkildsen’s Sport and Leisure Management, (6th ed.), London: Routledge. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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