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Sport and Recreation: Organisational Behaviour and Financial Management 1B (U00113)

? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 8  ? Acronym : EDU-1-SpRecOBFM

The theme of this half course will concern two aspects of management: the organisational behaviour of individuals in the sport and recreation environment; and, the financial management of sporting organisations.

Indicative content will include: theories of organisational behaviour, motivation, and leadership; understanding of perception, and group processes; an introduction to the mangers' role in financial management.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Students may not normally take this course unless they take Sport and Recreation: Introduction to Management 1A (Semester 1) U00112 as a pre-requisite.

? Costs : None.

Subject Areas

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 4 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information
07/01/2008 11:10 : Room 3.24, St Leonards Land Central

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area
Lecture Monday 11:10 13:00 Central
Lecture Thursday 11:10 13:00 Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Explain the main processes and systems affecting behaviour in sport and recreation organisations; understand the impact of relationships, personality and attitudes in a sport and recreation organisation; recognise the nature of leadership and power and evaluate theories of leadership; identify relevant information from financial statements for the management accounting of financial resources; understand the managers' role in interpreting financial statements.

Assessment Information

Financial Management
Course work 30% - time constrained class assessment
Organisational Behaviour
Exam 70% - 2 hour written paper

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length
1ST May 1 - 2 hour(s)
2ND August 1 - 2 hour(s)

Contact and Further Information

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Miss Sarah Fraser
Tel : (0131 6)51 6571
Email : S.Fraser@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Ms Sharon Clough
Tel : (0131 6)51 6644
Email : Sharon.Clough@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/

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