IDR807-004 Governance as Leadership in Sport (Spring 2026)
- ECTS Credits:
- 2.5
- Responsible faculty:
- Avdeling for økonomi og samfunnsvitenskap
- Campus:
- Molde
- Course Leader:
- Solveig Straume
- Study level:
- {code=HN, name=Second degree level}
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
Contents
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 adresses 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.
Seminar Description:
This seminar is designed to examine how sport organizations operate, emphasizing, however, how sport organizations are expected to operate. This more normative approach is facilitated by references to principles of good governance, i.e., transparency, accountability, democracy, and social responsibility. The students will learn about the main theoretical approaches underpinning governance and the main governance challenges facing the sport sector, including the impact that poor governance and lack of accountability can have on different types of sport organizations.
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 – Seminars in Sport Leadership and Innovation. | 2.5 |
The student's learning outcomes after passing the exam
Completing this seminar, the student should be able to:
- Develop a critical view of structural, governance, and policy-related issues at both the national and international levels
- Identify and critically assess the fiduciary, strategic, and generative modes of governance in sport organizations
- Evaluate the levels of governance in sport organizations by utilizing specific indicators
Skills
Completing this seminar, the student should be able to:
- Apply the notion of governance in the context of sport from both a theoretical and practical perspective
- Identify the key tasks and procedures required to govern sport organizations.
General competencies
Completing this seminar, the student should be able to:
- Evaluate and discuss how insights from contemporary issues in sport governance can be applied to develop modern sport institutions.
Forms of teaching and learning
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 coursework (graded). Participation in the in-class coursework is mandatory, as it constitutes a prerequisite for taking the final exam.
Exam
- Forms of assessment: Home assessment
- Proportion: 100%
- Duration: 2 weeks
- Grouping: Individual
- Grading scale: Letter (A - F)
- Support material: All printed and written supporting material