School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Managing Recreation Services and Facilities
  • Unit Code

    SPM2104
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Ruth SIBSON

Description

This unit applies management theory to sport and recreation services and facilities, as well as examining the influence of government agencies on sport and recreation management. It includes an emphasis on the principles of planning, design and operations as required for efficient facility and infrastructure management, as well as a focus on the application of relevant contemporary business practices (human resource management, customer service, benchmarking and risk management) and sustainability (economic, social and environmental perspectives) in the sport and recreation industries. This unit will also support students in the development of appropriate career tools and plans to navigate industry recruitment processes.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded LMS2103, LMS3202

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explain recreation planning and the facility design process, including the role of a needs assessment, community consultation, feasibility studies and design options.
  2. Position key aspects of economic, social and environmental sustainability as they relate to the recreation industry.
  3. Apply contemporary business practices, including human resource management, customer service, benchmarking and risk management as relevant to recreation services and facility management.
  4. Reflect on key planning, design and operations principles to evaluate a recreation facility's effectiveness in serving the public's needs.
  5. Apply reflective practice to identify learning opportunities that address development needs for career progression.

Unit Content

  1. Scope and sectors of the recreation industry, including possibilities for employment and careers.
  2. Knowing and presenting your digital professional self.
  3. Engaging in the recruitment process and effective career planning.
  4. State, regional and local sport and recreation planning.
  5. Sport and recreation planning processes, techniques and strategies: socio-economic and demographic characteristics, needs assessment, community consultation and feasibility studies.
  6. Facility/infrastructure design process and options, including interface with management.
  7. Facility operations management and Total Quality Management (TQM).
  8. Human resource management.
  9. Customer service, risk management and benchmarking.
  10. Sustainability - impacts and legacies: economic, social and environmental perspectives.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

Guest lecturers from sport, recreation and government agencies are used in this unit to enhance the learning experiences of students by providing industry insights and networking opportunities.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudySport and Recreation Planning Case Study30%
PortfolioCareer Planning Portfolio30%
ReportSport and Recreation Facility Operations Management Report40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudySport and Recreation Planning Case Study30%
PortfolioCareer Planning Portfolio30%
ReportSport and Recreation Facility Operations Management Report40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

SPM2104|2|1

School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Managing Recreation Services and Facilities
  • Unit Code

    SPM2104
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Ruth SIBSON

Description

This unit applies management theory to sport and recreation services and facilities, as well as examining the influence of government agencies on sport and recreation management. It includes an emphasis on the principles of planning, design and operations as required for efficient facility and infrastructure management, as well as a focus on the application of relevant contemporary business practices (human resource management, customer service, benchmarking and risk management) and sustainability (economic, social and environmental perspectives) in the sport and recreation industries. This unit will also support students in the development of appropriate career tools and plans to navigate industry recruitment processes.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded LMS2103, LMS3202

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explain recreation planning and the facility design process, including the role of a needs assessment, community consultation, feasibility studies and design options.
  2. Position key aspects of economic, social and environmental sustainability as they relate to the recreation industry.
  3. Apply contemporary business practices, including human resource management, customer service, benchmarking and risk management as relevant to recreation services and facility management.
  4. Reflect on key planning, design and operations principles to evaluate a recreation facility's effectiveness in serving the public's needs.
  5. Apply reflective practice to identify learning opportunities that address development needs for career progression.

Unit Content

  1. Scope and sectors of the recreation industry, including possibilities for employment and careers.
  2. Knowing and presenting your digital professional self.
  3. Engaging in the recruitment process and effective career planning.
  4. State, regional and local sport and recreation planning.
  5. Sport and recreation planning processes, techniques and strategies: socio-economic and demographic characteristics, needs assessment, community consultation and feasibility studies.
  6. Facility/infrastructure design process and options, including interface with management.
  7. Facility operations management and Total Quality Management (TQM).
  8. Human resource management.
  9. Customer service, risk management and benchmarking.
  10. Sustainability - impacts and legacies: economic, social and environmental perspectives.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

Guest lecturers from sport, recreation and government agencies are used in this unit to enhance the learning experiences of students by providing industry insights and networking opportunities.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudySport and Recreation Planning Case Study30%
PortfolioCareer Planning Portfolio30%
ReportSport and Recreation Facility Operations Management Report40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudySport and Recreation Planning Case Study30%
PortfolioCareer Planning Portfolio30%
ReportSport and Recreation Facility Operations Management Report40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

SPM2104|2|2