Seminar in Sports Leadership

Effective sports professionals must understand the goals of modern leadership and management strategies, and the dynamics of organizational behavior. The concepts of leadership versus management, the development of a working culture within an organization, and the formation of effective contemporary leadership and management techniques are the focus of this course. Issues such as managing diversity, transformational leadership, and modern management theory will be discussed in detail. Topics include comparative management systems; effective communication, strategic decision-making, ethical dilemmas, individual and group motivational theory, team-building, and managing change in organizational settings. Prerequisite: None