School: Medical 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

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Cameron Nicholas LORD

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.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 20 x 2 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

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.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

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

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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School: Medical 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

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Cameron Nicholas LORD

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.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 20 x 2 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

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.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

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

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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