Module Title: Leadership in Sport
Module Code: LED201
Programme Title: Bachelor of Sports and Health Sciences
Credit Value: 12
Objectives of the module
This module will provide the students with basic foundation in sports leadership and strategic management skills. It will also enrich the students’ knowledge in coaching and managing a team.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of the module, students are expected to:
- Explain leadership theories applicable to sport environment.
- Differentiate the characteristics of leaders.
- Assess organizational changes through strategic leadership and strategic planning.
- Identify the organizational leadership approaches in sport coaching.
- Identify and measure the trends and challenges in sport coaching leadership.
Assessment Approach
|
Assessment mode
|
Quantity
|
Weighting
|
|
Assignments
|
2
|
15%
|
|
Class Test
|
1
|
10%
|
|
Class participation/ report presentation
|
|
10%
|
|
Midterm Examination
|
1
|
15%
|
|
Total Continuous Assessment (CA)
|
|
50%
|
|
Summative Assessment (2.5 Hours written examination)
|
1
|
50%
|
Subject Matter
|
Session (Hours)
|
Topics
|
Teaching & Learning Strategies
|
Mode of Assessment
|
|
1 (10 Hrs)
|
1. Unit I: Characteristics of Leadership
1.1. What is leadership?
1.2. Leadership teams and exchange
1.3. Characteristics of leaders
|
Lecture, discussion (peer, group and class), Video
|
|
|
2(10 Hrs)
|
2. Unit II: Leadership Theories
2.1. Great Man Theory
2.2. Trait Theory
2.3. Contingency Theory
2.4. Situational Theory
2.5. Behavioral Theory
2.6. Application of the leadership theories
|
Lecture, discussion (peer, group and class)
|
Class test
|
|
3 (10 Hrs)
|
3. Unit III: Leadership Style
4. 3.1 Visionary
5. 3.2 Coaching
6. 3.3 Democratic
7. 3.4 Autocratic
8. 3.5 Laissez-faire
9. 3.6 Bureaucratic
|
Lecture, class discussion, role play
|
Lecture, discussion and role play
|
|
3(20 Hrs)
|
10. Unit III: Leadership and Management
10.1. Leadership in sport management
10.2. Facilitative leadership in sport management
10.3. Communication in sport management
10.4. Strategic leadership through strategic planning
10.5. Leading organizational change
10.6. Diversity in sport leadership
|
Lecture, discussion (peer, group and class), Presentation, Video clips)
|
Assignment
|
|
4 (20 Hrs)
|
11. Unit IV: Leadership and Coaching
11.1. Leadership in Sport Coaching
11.2. The sport Coach
11.3. Sport Coach leadership models
11.4. Organizational leadership approaches in sport coaching
11.5. Measuring leadership in sport coaching
11.6. Sustainable performance with empathy
11.7. The future: trends and challenges in sport leadership
|
Lecture, discussion (peer, group and class), Presentation, Video clips)
|
Mid Term Examination
|
|
5 (20 Hrs)
|
12. Unit V: Leadership Questionnaire
12.1. Creative ways to evaluating leadership development
12.2. Female leadership in Sports
12.3. Leadership Scale for Sports
12.4. Other leadership rating scale for coaches and captains in sports
|
Lecture, discussion (peer, group and class), Presentation, Video clips)
|
Assignment
|
|
6 (30 Hrs)
|
13. Unit VI: College sports Leadership Survey
13.1. Football Coach/Captain
13.2. Volleyball Coach/Captain
13.3. Basketball Coach/Captain
13.4. Athletics Coach/Captain
13.5. Findings and discussion
|
Survey analysis, class discussions
|
Report and presentation
|
Reading List:
Mandatory Reading
O'Boyle, I., Murray, D., & Cummins, P. (2015). Leadership in Sport. Routledge, London.
Supplementary Readings
Smith, M., & Gordon, J. (2015). You Win in the Locker Room First: The 7 C's to Build a Winning Team in Business, Sports, and Life. John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey, USA.
Ibarra, H. (2015). Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader. Harvard Business Review Press.
|