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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Exercise and Health Sciences

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

    Leadership and Management in Football

  • Unit Code

    SPS3210

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit will explore leadership behaviours of football coaches and associated player management. It will include the development of leadership theories in general with a major focus on leadership models in sport. It also examines quantitative and qualitative approaches to investigating coaches leadership behaviours and effectiveness. These will include coaches personalities, decision making, analysis of coaches behaviours and specific leadership skills.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from SPS3109

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse coaches communication processes and how they communicate effectively.
  2. Critically analyse the quantitative and qualitative research in leadership in sport.
  3. Define and examine the leadership models in sport.
  4. Discuss leadership effectiveness.
  5. Examine coaches specific leadership behaviours in sport.
  6. Investigate the development of leadership theories in general and their relationship to international leadership research in sport.

Unit Content

  1. Approaches to studying leadership.
  2. Development of leadership theories in management and sport.
  3. Effective leadership in sport.
  4. Emotional intelligence and leadership.
  5. Leadership models in sport.
  6. Quantitative and qualitative research in sport.
  7. The communication process.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and performance laboratories.

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyLeadership in coaching30%
EssayLeadership in football30%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%

Text References

  • ^ Scott, D. (2104). Contemporary Leadership in Sport Organizations. Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics.
  • Yukl, G. (2012). Leadership in organisations (8th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
  • Martens, R. (2004). Successful coaching (3rd ed.). Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics.
  • Weinberg, R., & Gould, D. (2011). Foundations of sport and exercise psychology (5th ed.). Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics.
  • Dalglish, C., & Evan P. (2007). Leadership in the Australian context: Case studies in leadership. Prahran: Tilde University Press.
  • Dalglish, C., & Miller P. (2010). Leadership: Understanding it global impact. Prahran: Tilde University Press.

^ Mandatory reference

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Exercise and Health Sciences

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

    Leadership and Management in Football

  • Unit Code

    SPS3210

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit will explore leadership behaviours of football coaches and associated player management. It will include the development of leadership theories in general with a major focus on leadership models in sport. It also examines quantitative and qualitative approaches to investigating coaches leadership behaviours and effectiveness. These will include coaches personalities, decision making, analysis of coaches behaviours and specific leadership skills.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Investigate the development of leadership theories in general and their relationship to international leadership research in sport.
  2. Define and examine the leadership models in sport.
  3. Critically analyse the quantitative and qualitative research in leadership in sport.
  4. Discuss leadership effectiveness.
  5. Examine coaches specific leadership behaviours in sport.
  6. Analyse coaches communication processes and how they communicate effectively.

Unit Content

  1. Development of leadership theories in management and sport.
  2. Approaches to studying leadership.
  3. Leadership models in sport.
  4. Effective leadership in sport.
  5. Quantitative and qualitative research in sport.
  6. The communication process.
  7. Emotional intelligence and leadership.
  8. Contemporary thought in leadership application for sports organisation with specific focus on football teams.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, seminars and performance laboratories.

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyLeadership in coaching30%
EssayLeadership in football30%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%

Text References

  • ^ Scott, D. (2014). Contemporary Leadership in Sport Organizations. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
  • Dalglish, C., & Evan P. (2007). Leadership in the Australian context: Case studies in leadership. Prahran, Australia: Tilde University Press.
  • Dalglish, C., & Miller P. (2010). Leadership: Understanding its global impact. Prahran, Australia: Tilde University Press.
  • Weinberg, R., & Gould, D. (2011). Foundations of sport and exercise psychology (5th ed.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
  • Yukl, G. (2012). Leadership in organisations (8th ed.). NJ: Prentice Hall.

^ Mandatory reference

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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