Facts about the course

ECTS Credits:
7.5
Responsible department:
Faculty of Business Administration and Social Sciences
Course Leader:
Kjell Marius Herskedal
Lecture Semester:
Spring
Teaching language:
English
Duration:
½ year

IDR807 Seminars in Sport Leadership and Innovation (Spring 2022)

About the course

Like many other fields in society, the sport field is simultaneously both conservative and changing. Therefore this course intend to take students to a deeper level of understanding of change issues applied to sport.

Through three separate seminars the course is addressing the issue of agency in society and organizations, frequently framed as leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation management, knowledge management etc. Seminar topics will be based on academic disciplines such as psychology, organization sociology and evolutionary economics. Topics might include:

  • Innovation and innovation management
  • Entrepreneurship; institutional entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, etc.
  • Start-ups in the sports industry
  • Performance management and change
  • Leadership in and of sport clubs and federations

The course plan and lecturers of the seminars will be available in due course before the semester.

The course is connected to the following study programs

Reduction of Credits

This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:

Course Reduction of Credits
IDR807-001 – Seminar: Innovation & Performance in sport 2.5
IDR807-002 – Seminar: Design thinking & Entrepreneurship in sport 2.5
IDR807-003 – Seminar: Positive leadership in sport 2.5

The student's learning outcomes after completing the course

Knowledge

Completing this course the student should be able to:

  • Explain specific themes and problem areas of organizational change in the sport field.
  • Explain how scientific knowledge about change and leadership can be applied in sport institutions.
  • Critically evaluate the important issues facing potential sport entrepreneurs in the process of starting up and running a new business venture.

Skills

Completing this course the student should be able to:

  • Apply insights from the seminars to critically consider alternative ways to manage sport institutions. 
  • Identify the key tasks and procedures required to start-up business venture in the sport sector.

General competencies

Completing this course the student should be able to:

  • Evaluate and discuss how insights from contemporary issues in sport management can be applied to develop modern sport institutions.

Forms of teaching and learning

3 seminars (2,5 ECTS each) given by experts (which may be invited guest lecturers). The lenght of each seminar is one week, consisting of lectures and group work (15 student contact hours) plus individual work.

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

  • Mandatory coursework: Attendance for teaching
  • Courseworks given:
  • Courseworks required:
  • Presence: Required
  • Comment: Attendance to all seminars are compulsory
  • Mandatory coursework: Assignment(s)
  • Courseworks given: 3
  • Courseworks required: 3
  • Presence: Required
  • Comment: During each seminar there will be group and/or individual course work (not graded). Participation/contribution to the in-class course work is mandatory as it constitute a prerequisite for taking the final exam.

Examination

  • Form of assessment: Home assessment
  • Proportion: 100%
  • Duration: 2 Weeks
  • Grouping: Individual
  • Grading scale: Letter (A - F)
  • Support material: All printed and written supporting material

Syllabus

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