BA (Hons) Sport Business Management

Academic & Professional Skills

This module is designed to facilitate a smooth transition when entering university, fostering both academic and professional skill development. It places a strong emphasis on personal growth, encouraging you to reflect on your development while also valuing the contributions of your peers. With a focus on academic skills and personal development, the module aims to equip you with the tools necessary for success in both your academic pursuits and future professional endeavours.

Assessment:
3,000-word Portfolio

Introductory Law for Managers

This module aims to introduce you to the subject of law relevant to the commercial world. The module looks to provide you with sufficient understanding of the law so that, as managers, you can recognise and understand its relevance and application within a commercial context.

Assessment:
1.5 Hour Exam
1.5 Hour Exam

Introduction to Sustainability

Collaborative exploration of sustainability not only fosters deeper understanding but also cultivates vital skills like ethical reasoning and effective communication. Encouraging you to examine sustainability within specific sectors or industries can lead to insightful discussions and innovative solutions to real-world challenges.

Assessment:
Poster and 10-minute poster presentation with Q&A.

Management and Organisations

This module is an excellent gateway to the world of management and organisational behaviour. By encouraging exploratory learning, it offers you a chance to develop not only academic knowledge but also self-awareness and interpersonal skills. Such an approach is vital for preparing you for the complexities of the modern workplace and can inspire a lifelong curiosity in the subject.

Assessment:
Individual 3,000-word report

Marketing Principles & Practice

This marketing module offers a comprehensive exploration of marketing’s significance in today’s business landscape, covering essential tools and concepts. You will delve into the extended services mix, buyer behaviour, segmentation and market research, while also examining broader business facets like contemporary society, digital advancements, and disruptive business models. Through real-world examples, interactive discussions and engaging activities, you will gain a practical understanding of marketing principles and their application in various contexts.

Assessment:
3,000-word Report

The Sports Industry Landscape

This module offers you a comprehensive exploration of key organisations and sectors crucial to the sports landscape, with a focus on the UK.

By delving into the core actions and aspirations of these entities, you will gain insight into how they shape, evolve and impact the world of sports and physical activity.

Through critical analysis of strategic documents, you will be prompted to evaluate the efficacy of prominent organisations, fostering a deeper understanding of their roles and influence within the realm of sports.

Assessment:
15-minute Presentation
1,500-word Essay

Technology for Business

This module is designed to introduce you to the use of technology, primarily information systems, and how organisations adapt and leverage digital technology solutions to gain a competitive advantage.

Assessment:
3,000-word Report

Sport and Social Justice

This module offers you a foundational understanding of social justice in sport, emphasising concepts like equity, diversity and inclusivity.

By exploring the intersection of sport and social science theories, you will gain insight into how sporting structures can either include or exclude various identities and social groups.

Furthermore, the module prompts you to examine how sports organisations address the needs of diverse populations. Ultimately, it fosters critical thinking about the role of sports in addressing broader societal inequalities.

Assessment:
3,000-word Essay

Consuming Sport and Fitness

This module explores modern society’s consumption of sport and fitness, examining evolving behaviours that shape beliefs and attitudes reflected in lifestyles. It delves into the health and fitness industry’s developments, notably media portrayal of athletic and ‘fit’ bodies, alongside the commercialisation of related products like supplements, performance drinks and fitness tech.

Social media’s role in shaping ideals of the ‘perfect’ body is analysed, highlighting how bodies are viewed as projects for cultivation. Furthermore, it scrutinises how our bodies serve as significant markers of health and happiness, subject to judgment by others.

Assessment:
3,000-word Essay

Data Driven Decision Making

The aim of this module is to introduce you to the concept of data and market research for decision making.

Assessment
2,250-word Leaflet, Brochure, Poster
750-word Explanation Document

Key HR Practices

This module provides you with a deep dive into essential aspects of effective people management. By covering theories, practices, and contemporary issues, it equips you with a holistic understanding of HR within diverse organisational landscapes.

The focus on workforce planning, performance management and talent retention reflects the evolving needs of modern businesses. Integrating literature and practical tasks ensures you can apply your knowledge in real-world scenarios, both nationally and internationally. Overall, it seems like a robust foundation for future HR professionals.

Assessments:
1,500-word Portfolio
1.15-hour Examination

Management Accounting for Control

The aims of this module are to develop your understanding of a range of management accounting techniques and how these can be applied to support decision-making. Through the course of the module, you will be required to solve problems that require you to demonstrate thoughtful and effective reasoning in proposing solutions or responses to a given set of circumstances.

Assessment:
1-Hour In-class test
2-Hour Unseen Exam

Operations Management

Operations management is the backbone of how organisations create and deliver their goods and services. While the concept seems straightforward – input, operations, output – the reality is often much more intricate due to the complexities of business processes.

This module seeks to give you a deep understanding of how organisations navigate these complexities to efficiently manage their resources, facilities and assets. Ultimately, the goal is to ensure consistent quality in delivering goods and services that meet customer needs effectively.

Assessment:
20-minute Presentation with 10-minute Q&A

Project Management

This module introduces you to the world of project management, a subject that is highly sought after whether the organisation is an SME or a multinational.

The content is based on the Association of Project Management (APM) Body of Knowledge (Bok). This is the leading association for project management in the UK and provides a holistic and generic approach to the wide range of skills necessary to manage projects efficiently and effectively.

Assessment:
3,000-word Report

The Professional Graduate

This module integrates practical elements to enhance career progression, emphasizing the significance of professionalism in the workplace for graduates. It promotes personal and professional development through activities such as career planning, professional placements, and projects.

Reflective practice is highlighted as a key tool for fostering continuous growth and the acquisition of relevant competencies.

Assessment:
3,000-word Assessment Portfolio

The Commercialisation of Sport

This module will allow you to critique the foundations and processes involved with the commercialisation of sport.

Contemporary issues from the UK and around the world are used to demonstrate the benefits and limitations experienced by sport as it develops according to business and commercial principles.

You will be looking at concepts and terms from sport business and sport management which are viewed through social science perspectives to challenge issues of control, exploitation and dominance.

The learning outcome of this module is to help you appreciate the opportunities and constraints of these relationships ahead of your employment in the sports industry landscape. 

Assessment:
3,000-word Essay

Advanced Contemporary Issues in Sport, Exercise and Health

This module will explore a selection of contemporary issues that may have ethical, moral and social justice considerations, in relation to sport, exercise and health.

A range of topic areas will be presented to you with the expectation that you will develop an advanced understanding and appreciation of contemporary issues within your chosen field of study.

You will be challenged through a review of case studies, expert knowledge and recently published peer reviewed research to express your judgements and reflect upon your knowledge and experiences.

You will be empowered to both formulate and articulate personal opinions and arguments on a topic area in the context of evidence-based research.

Assessment:
2,000-word equivalent Presentation
1,000-word Coursework

Research Project

The module offers you a chance to delve into a specific area of interest within various organisational contexts, fostering both professional and intellectual growth.

Under the guidance of a supervisor, you will undertake independent research, showcasing your ability for critical thinking and analysis. The chosen topic typically revolves around management issues in either public or private sectors, with a focus on generating findings applicable beyond specific cases.

There are optional placement routes – Industry, Consultancy, or Entrepreneurship – each tailored to align with career goals and academic pursuits.

Assessment:
At the end of stage 2, you will submit a final version of your research project. This will look like the following, depending on the option chosen:

• Completed dissertation (industry route) or consultancy report (consultancy route) which is structured and presented according to the module guidelines (9,000 words)
• Entrepreneurship 2 year growth strategy and professional discussion around key findings on the viability of the business idea from the experience of starting up the business (6,000-word report and 3,000-word equivalent presentation)

Sport as a Global Product

This module encourages you to critically analyse how commercialised sport is controlled and exploited globally.

The most pressing topics in global sport are selected because these will impact you upon graduating, given the issues will be at the forefront of employer thinking within and beyond the sports industry landscape.

The module is underpinned by insights from social science due to the advanced power relations encompassed within each topic. 

Assessment:
3,000-word Report

Women in Sport Leadership

This module will give you insight and understanding of women in sport leadership and management roles. Benefitting from expertise and industry practice located at the university.

Critically underpinned by insights from the social sciences, the module is structured according to barriers at the macro, meso and micro levels that women leaders encounter as well as the forms of resistance and change required to overcome them.

You will look at, and critique, the following areas:

• Gender imbalanced leadership and management of sport
• Formal and informal cultural procedures and processes that work to constrain women’s opportunities to lead and manage
• The individual experiences and identities of women leaders in sport

Assessment:
3,000-word Report

Professional Practice

This module offers you a chance to gain 270 hours of experience in an organisation, building on your work in the Professional Development module. You will secure a placement and develop your Personal Development Planning for future career goals and better employability.

Typically paired with the Research Project, it allows you to focus on personal development within your work placement, enhancing skills for your chosen careers and gaining practical and research expertise in your field. You can choose from options like a Short Work Placement, a Consultancy Project (remote), or Entrepreneurship (requiring Entrepreneurship in semester one).

Assessment:
Assessment 1: 1,800-word Personal Portfolio
Assessment 2: 3,000-word Learning Logs
Assessment 3: 10 minute Personal Presentation

Entrepreneurship

Ever wondered what it’s like to run your own business and unsure of how you would go about it?  This level 6 module adopts a practical approach to investigating the small business sector and developing business ideas.

The module concentrates on the planning involved when setting-up a new business venture.  The main output of the module is the creation of an early-stage business plan that could be used to either set-up a new or develop an existing business.

Even if you decide that running your own business is not for you, going through the experience of developing and writing a business plan, will provide insight into both strategic and operational small business decision making; and increased employability skills that will prove valuable to a future employer.

Assessment:
3,000-word Business Plan + Financial Appendices

Global Business Today

This module introduces you to current global issues relevant for organisations aiming to compete and thrive in a highly competitive global business landscape.

Weekly exploration of various global topics will utilise both quantitative and qualitative data from reliable sources commonly used by global decision-makers. This approach aims to give you a comprehensive grasp of the key responsibilities and challenges confronting diverse organisations, shedding light on the global dimensions of local and regional business issues.

Particularly appealing to those interested in understanding the intersection of world events and business, the module offers a diverse array of contemporary topics each week, emphasising their global ramifications and the diverse challenges faced by economies, countries, and organisational types.

Through analysis of organisation and country case studies, you will gain insights into business challenges, opportunities, and potential solutions.

Assessment:
20-minute conference presentation + 10-minute Q&A

Strategic Management

The module encourages you to think critically and creatively about strategic management from the formation of strategy through to frontline implementation. It is aimed at those that may have little or no personal experience of strategic management.

Assessment:
10-minute presentation
2,000 word Assignment