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Contemporary Issues in Global Sports (WP)
level of course unit
first cycle, MasterLearning outcomes of course unit
Students:
- know that sport organizations are best viewed as operating in a wider cultural, economic, and political context.
- can critically reflect and question existing and taken-for-granted policies and practices within the sports context, and examining the complex relationships between local forms of domination in sports and its broader contexts.
- have an understanding of how forms of asymmetrical power relations, and communications favor certain interest groups and will be able to apply their gained practical understandings to discuss alternative structures in order to disrupt dominant discourses.
- will understand different avenues of how our field could be improved, by paying attention to our historical development, the current trends, theories, the sites we study and or the issues we address.
- know that sport organizations are best viewed as operating in a wider cultural, economic, and political context.
- can critically reflect and question existing and taken-for-granted policies and practices within the sports context, and examining the complex relationships between local forms of domination in sports and its broader contexts.
- have an understanding of how forms of asymmetrical power relations, and communications favor certain interest groups and will be able to apply their gained practical understandings to discuss alternative structures in order to disrupt dominant discourses.
- will understand different avenues of how our field could be improved, by paying attention to our historical development, the current trends, theories, the sites we study and or the issues we address.
prerequisites and co-requisites
not applicable
course contents
- Essential concepts and elements of “glocal” sports: Global economics of sport, commercialization and strategic management
- Major theories and different structures of governance in sports, integrity and corruption and their managerial implications
- Major theories and different structures of governance in sports, integrity and corruption and their managerial implications
recommended or required reading
Byers, T. (Ed.). (2015). Contemporary issues in sport management: A critical introduction. London: Sage.
Hoye, R., & Parent, M. M. (Eds.). (2016). The Sage Handbook of Sport
Management. London: Sage.
Schulenkorf, N., & Frawley, S. (2016). Critical issues in global sport. London: Routledge.
Journals:
Journal of Sport Management
International Review for the Sociology of Sport
International Journal of Sport Policy
Sport Management Review
Hoye, R., & Parent, M. M. (Eds.). (2016). The Sage Handbook of Sport
Management. London: Sage.
Schulenkorf, N., & Frawley, S. (2016). Critical issues in global sport. London: Routledge.
Journals:
Journal of Sport Management
International Review for the Sociology of Sport
International Journal of Sport Policy
Sport Management Review
assessment methods and criteria
presentation, academic paper
language of instruction
Englishnumber of ECTS credits allocated
5eLearning quota in percent
25course-hours-per-week (chw)
2planned learning activities and teaching methods
seminar
