MMS708 - Sport Workforce Planning

Unit details

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Year:

2022 unit information

Enrolment modes:Intensive 10: Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:INTENSIVE 10: Pamm Phillips
Cohort rule:This unit is only available to students enrolled in M539, M709
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Typically 100 hours of learning and assessment activities per Deakin credit point

Scheduled learning activities - cloud:

Online independent and collaborative learning activities including online content for each topic which is available as scheduled by the Unit Chair.

Note:

This unit will be delivered over 5 weeks during Intensive Period

Dates: Monday 17 October - Friday 18 November 2022

Content

This unit provides students with the opportunity to further develop skills and knowledge applicable to the process of strategic workforce planning for sport organisations.  Key elements of human resource management and planning will be considered, as well as key aspects of understanding volunteering as a leisure choice.  The ability to plan for a variable workforce for events and understanding issues of contracting out work that is core business will be explored. Students will examine strategic workforce planning frameworks and students will critically analyse their applicability to the sport industry demonstrating the nuances and complexities of the sport workforce. It will include case study investigation of national and international sport organisations with a focus on strategic workforce planning, leadership and culture in relation to planning for work in sport organisations.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Apply strategic workforce planning models and frameworks to address the specific workforce nuances of the sport setting

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO2

Critically analyse a sport organisation workforce planning problem, and apply sound theoreticallysound solutions

GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

Create workforce planning strategies that are inclusive and recognise diverse communities and cultures

GLO8: Global citizenship

These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year.

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week

Assessment 1: (Individual) Written Essay

2500 words 40% Week 3

Assessment 2: (Individual) Recorded Oral Presentation

20 minutes 60% Week 7

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MMS708 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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