Course detail

Work Experience: Management and Operation of a Sports Establishment

FP-TvrszPAcad. year: 2011/2012

The subject is focused on the organization of a block of sports activities at a sports facility. Here, the students will put their theoretical as well as practical knowledge and skills into practice. They will learn the principles of work at a fitness centre, sports facility or sports hall, and they will improve their ability to communicate with people. Students will be involved in assisting with the preparation of sports areas for scheduled sports activities, the blocking off and reservation of places (sports areas), and they will also become acquainted with and manage single-entry accounting records of payments.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

RNDr. Hana Lepková

Department

Faculty of Business and Management (FP)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The output of this subject is written material - a seminar thesis in which they will produce a characterisation of the sports facility and a model of the operational organisation of the sports facility. In it they will also evaluate their work at the sports facility, providing suggestions, innovative ideas etc. for improvements on the basis of the information they have discovered.

Prerequisites

During this use the theoretical knowledge and practical activities from ther studies.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Awarding of credit:
Completion of a two-week long practical training programme, with written confirmation from the relevant workplace (40 points) and a seminar thesis (60 points).

Form of the examination and final classification of the subject:

Classification scale
Grade Point assessment (in %) Numerical classification Verbal assessment
A 100 - 90 1 excellent
B 89 - 80 1,5 very good
C 79 - 70 2 good
D 69 - 60 2,5 satisfactory
E 59 - 50 3 sufficient
F 49 - 0 4 unsatisfactory

Course curriculum

- There are no lectures for this subject.

- Introductory seminar.
- Consultation sessions.
- Practical execution of a project.
- Production of a seminar thesis.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Students will select a sports facility of their choice in which they will do their continuous work experience training overseen by an employee. They will get to know the workplace and get actively involved in the operations of the facility. The output of this subject is written material - a seminar thesis in which they will produce a characterisation of the sports facility and a model of the operational organisation of the sports facility. In it they will also evaluate their work at the sports facility, providing suggestions, innovative ideas etc. for improvements on the basis of the information they have discovered.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Active participation in practical training and independent production of a seminar thesis.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

BĚLOHLÁVEK,F. Desatero managera. Praha : Grada,2007. ISBN 80-7226-873-2 (CS)
HERNDL,K. Rukověť profesionálního prodejce. Praha : Grada, 2006. ISBN 80-247-0352-1 (CS)
KHELEROVÁ,V. Komunikační a obchodní dovednosti manažera. Praha : Grada,2006. ISBN 80-247-1677-1 (CS)
NOVY,I., PETZOLD,J. (Ne)spokojený zákazník – náš cíl?!. Praha : Grada, 2007. ISBN 80-247-1321-7 (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK Bachelor's

    branch BAK-MTK , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional