Sport Science, Glocal Sport Management in Practice, 7.5 credits

Learning outcomes

The students should after the course be able to
-define and conduct a well-founded discussion on how global changes relate to and affect sport at the local (grassroots) levels, as well as local sport organisations and their management of sport, and
-state and evaluate how local sport organisations in different national contexts respond to and manage global changes

Content

The course aims to provide students with knowledge on how global changes influence and are managed by local sport organisations. In the course’s first part, Robertson’s (1995) glocalisation theory is introduced. In the second part, global challenges (e.g., migration; climate change; aging population; Covid 19) are used to exemplify how such occurrences shape sport at a general level. Following this, the course focuses on local sport organisations in different national contexts and their management of global changes/challenges.

Examinations and grades

Global changes and local sport, sport organisations and sport management, 2.5 credits (Code: A001)
Grades used are Fail (F), Sufficient (E), Satisfactory (D), Good (C), Very Good (B) or Excellent (A).

Local management of global changes, 5 credits (Code: A002)
Grades used are Fail (F), Sufficient (E), Satisfactory (D), Good (C), Very Good (B) or Excellent (A).

According to the Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 6, Section 18, a grade is to be awarded on the completion of a course, unless otherwise prescribed by the university. The university may determine which grading system is to be used. The grade must be determined by a teacher specifically nominated by the university (the examiner).

In accordance with university regulations on grading systems for first and second-cycle courses and study programmes (Vice-Chancellor’s decision ORU 2018/00929), one of the following grades is to be used: fail (U), pass (G) or pass with distinction (VG). For courses included in an international master’s programme (60 or 120 credits) or offered to the university’s incoming exchange students, the A to F grading scale is to be used. The vice-chancellor, or a person appointed by them, may decide on exceptions from this provision for a specific course, if there are special grounds for doing so.

The grades used on this course are Fail (F), Sufficient (E), Satisfactory (D), Good (C), Very Good (B) or Excellent (A).

Modes of assessment

Global changes and local sport, sport organisations and sport management, 2,5 ECTS, F-A, Oral presentation in pairs.

Local management of global changes, 5 ECTS, F-A, Written report in pairs

For students with a documented disability, the university may approve applications for adapted or other modes of assessment.

For further information, see the university's local examination regulations.

Specific entry requirements

General entry requirements for university studies.

For further information, see the university's admission regulations.

Other provisions

Students who have been admitted to and registered on a course have the right to receive tuition and/or supervision for the duration of the time period specified for the particular course to which they were accepted (see, the university's admission regulations (in Swedish)). After that, the right to receive tuition and/or supervision expires.

Reading list and other learning resources

Required Reading

MacIntosh, E., Bravo, G., & Li, M. (latest edition).
International Sport Management. Champaign: Human Kinetics.

Robertson, R. (1994). Globalisation or glocalisation? Journal of International Communication, 1(1), 33-52.

Robertson, R. (1995).
Glocalization: Time-space and homogeneity-heterogeneity. Global Modernities, 2, 25-45.

Further readings in the form of scientific articles will be added as instructed by the lecturers.