SMGT10290 Sport Mega Events

Academic Year 2022/2023

This module seeks to introduce mega sport events, their management, and impacts using the examples of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and men's and women's FIFA World Cups. It will equip students with skills to retrieve, manage references and evaluate academic sources on mega sport events. The module aims to build an understanding of a) the origins and contemporary significance of these events b) their governance and ownership structures c) management processes involved with bidding and hosting them d) the multifaceted impacts of mega sport events on various stakeholders during the event life cycle and e) mega events and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:

(i) Use UCD library databases, the Olympic World Library and the FIFA museum catalogue to search for mega sport event specific literature.
(ii) Use Endnote to retrieve, archive and cite references.
(iii) Describe the history, values, growth, and socio-cultural significance of mega sport events.
(iv) Debate the roles mega sport events play in modern society, in national and international politics, in urban development and the economy.
(v) Define the roles of key stakeholders involved in mega sport event bidding and production (owners, national and local government, city planners, organising committees, athletes, sport federations, sport officials, sponsors, the media, host businesses, communities, others in the supply chain).
(vi) Identify project management processes involved with hosting mega sport events (host city contracts, marketing and promotion, HRM management, performance management, legacy planning).
(vii) Discuss the typology of impacts of mega sport events. The geographical and temporal dimensions of impacts.
(viii) Use examples of past events to identify the UN SDG that are supported or undermined by mega sport event hosting.
(ix) Identify the sustainability reporting methods used by mega event owners and hosts.

Indicative Module Content:

UCD sport related library databases, the Olympic World Library and the FIFA museum catalogue for accessing mega sport event specific literature.
Endnote software use for retrieving, archiving and citing references.
The history, values, growth, and socio-cultural significance of mega sport events.
Debates on the roles that mega sport events play in modern society, in national and international politics, in urban development and the economy.
Definition of the roles of key stakeholders involved in mega sport event bidding and production (owners, national and local government, city planners, organising committees, athletes, sport federations, sport officials, sponsors, the media, host businesses, communities, others in the supply chain).
Identification of project management processes involved with hosting mega sport events (host city contracts, marketing and promotion, HRM management, performance management, legacy planning).
The typology of impacts of mega sport events.
The geographical and temporal dimensions of mega sport events impacts.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
How past mega sport events' hosting supported or undermined the UN SDG
The sustainability reporting methods used by mega event owners and hosts.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

12
Seminar (or Webinar)

12
Specified Learning Activities

36
Autonomous Student Learning

65
Total

125
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The module utilizes a teaching and learning approach which places students at the center of the learning experience, promoting a collaborative and interactive learning process. Students have the opportunity to actively engage and learn during the module through seminar class discussions, seminar class-based group work and reflective learning. The teaching via face-to-face lectures will be augmented by relevant podcasts. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Group Project: 2500-word group report on selected past mega sport event. 4 students per group.
 Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded No

40
Essay: Individual 2000 word essay. Week 6 n/a Graded No

60

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Individual essay feedback will be given two weeks after submission. Group report feedback will be given two weeks after submission.