Managing people in sport organizations
Assessment Brief

Introduction

You are to review key literature and discuss current issues in the field of organisation behaviour and the implications for managing people in sport organisations.
Task

Critically evaluate and discuss perspectives on organisation behaviour and the implications for managing people in sport and leisure organizations.

You should illustrate your report by way of a case study giving evidence from an organisation you are familiar with to make recommendations for managers in sport.
Alternatively, you can use the background information in the given case study.

In writing this reflective assignment make sure you keep the focus on managing people.Theories and concepts evaluated should be applied to address the question and related to management practice.

Format and weighting

The report should be between 3,000 words; word processed using one and a half line spacing. The work must be written in academic prose, avoiding long lists of information, single sentence paragraphs and unsupported claims. Referencing should follow the SHU Harvard system.

For this assignment work that is more than 10% over the word count will be penalised by 10% of the available marks, i.e. you would lose 10 marks on this assessment task. Note that all text (including text in tables) is included in the word count apart from the list of references at the end of the document

To understand what you must do to achieve marks you are strongly advised to read closely the marking criteria for this assignment, that outlines why and where marks are awarded for this task. You should also engage with formative assessment tasks within the module to help develop this understanding.
Assignment Task Cover Sheet

SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF HEALTH & WELLBEING

SUBMISSION OF MODULE ASSIGNMENTS

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NAME
STUDENT REGISTRATION NUMBER

PROGRAMME Sport
ROUTE MSc Sport Business Management
AWARD MSc Sport Business Management
MODULE CODE 66-7905-00S-A
MODULE TITLE Managing People in Sport Organisations

ASSESSMENT TASK (delete as applicable) Report
TUTOR Eddie Mighten
Word Count

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