Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the module, students should be able to:
1. Understand types of sport events and contemporary issues in sport event management
2. Assess sport event footprints (social, economic, environmental)
3. Analyse the types and influences of sport event stakeholders
4. Develop a sport event project portfolio using the PMI ® project management methodology
5. Create a sport event sustainability plan and report
6. Critically reflect upon sustainability reports to evaluate strengths and weaknesses
7. Utilize project management tools such as (work breakdown structure, network diagram, risk register, critical path analysis, RACI matrix)
Indicative Module Content:
Types of sport events (elite/recreational, e-sports and online events, public/voluntary/private sector events)
Contemporary issues in sport event management (professionalisation, commercialisation, digitalisation, social change, governance and accountability)
Sport events’ impacts and notions of effectiveness (Olympic Games Global Impacts framework)
Event project management (Introduction to the PMI ® project management methodology)
Sustainable development and sport events (UN SDGs, ISO Standards, case study of mega sport event sustainability policies and reports)
Sport event sustainability management
Sport event sustainability reporting (Global Reporting Initiative) and assurance mechanisms