1. Evaluate an operational business plan focusing on strategic aims, marketing, and finance in sport business operations management.

Analysis

Problem Solving

Application


2. Communicate a critical understanding of the areas where operations are affected and make recommendations to improve these operational aspects of the plan.

Communication

Knowledge and Understanding

Problem Solving

Application

Assessment: Critically review an operational business plan identifying areas of strength and areas of perceived weakness. Provide suggested alternatives to further strengthen the plan and operations, using current literature to justify your suggestions. The assessment will last 20 minutes in duration, incorporating 5 minutes for question and answer. You will have access to the business plans 10 working days prior to the assessment.

The ‘Operations Management in Practice’ module offers students an opportunity to scrutinise a business plan and critically review its effectiveness, making suggestions on how operations can be improved. By combining theoretical concepts with practical applications, this module equips students with the necessary skills to excel in an operations-based environment within a leisure facility.



Operations and Risk management Content:

Manage health and Safety across and organisation.

Operations management.

Development and implement an operational plan.

The ‘Operations Management in Practice’ module offers you an opportunity to scrutinise a business plan and critically review its effectiveness, making suggestions on how operations can be improved. By combining theoretical concepts with practical applications, this module equips you with the necessary skills to excel in an operations-based environment within a leisure facility.

This module contains a blend of seminars and workshop activities. Seminars and workshops will be interactive and require full participation utilising an inquiry-based teaching style. Some seminars will be student led and facilitated by the lecturer. Independent study tasks will be set. However, further independent study will be required, which may include reading around module topics, discussion-based activities, or investigating current theory and practice associated with the module.

Piekarz, M., 2021. Sport Operations Management and Development: An applied approach (1st ed.). Routledge.



Hurd, A., Barcelona, R., Zimmerman, J., 2023. Leisure Services Management. Human Kinetics.

Library resources; Blackboard; Microsoft Teams; IT resources; Immersive simulation suite