Sport Business Management – BSc (Honours)

The sports industry is rapidly expanding in the UK, and with the influence of the 2012 Olympics there are increasing employment opportunities in sport business management.

Efficient business and management systems are essential for any organisation in the sport sector, creating a demand for graduates with knowledge of the sports industry and business management.

This course integrates key business management theories, with current sport management research, and links students directly with the external sport business environment while focusing on developing their employability and entrepreneurship.

This is a career focussed course which uses innovative teaching methods that include interactive learning materials and industry-related case studies. Our teaching team all have industry experience.

We encourage you to challenge existing management theories and practice, and to critically analyse sport business problems in real industry settings. This develops your creativity and ability to find solutions.

You complete a work placement to support your learning which provides you with invaluable practical experience. You can choose to take placements in areas such as • professional sport clubs • schools • local authorities • commercial, service and voluntary organisations • health clubs.

In level one you gain background expertise and knowledge about the sport industry and its markets. You develop key business management skills and a specialist understanding of the industry.

We also equip you with employability skills such as creating and delivering presentations, working as part of a team and time management.

In level two, you learn to understand the research process and develop market research and data analysis skills. You gain management accounting skills to support financial decision making.

We build your enterprise and management knowledge enabling you to understand workplace planning and decision making processes and procedures.

You can also work on live projects with external organisations and industry contacts. Past students have worked with • Sheffield United • Ponds Forge International Sports Centre • English Institute of Sport • Sport Industry Research Centre.

You select optional modules to broaden your knowledge in specialist areas such as • sport events and fundraising • community sport management • physical activity development 1.

The main themes of level three prepare you for the workplace. Central to your learning are real world case studies and assignments with local and national businesses and organisations. Application management is the main focus which allows you to excel in your chosen management field(s).

Typical assignments include • examining the finance of professional sports teams • analysing facility marketing plans • developing performance management strategies for national governing bodies/specific businesses.

There is also a full-time version of this course.