The Organizations and Sport
| Keywords |
| Classification |
Keyword |
| OFICIAL |
Sports Sciences |
Instance: 2017/2018 - SP
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Suitable for English-speaking students
Objectives
To analyze in detail all the national and international sports system.
Understand the roles and status of the various levels of dirigisme sports.
Recognize the strategies of power and control within organizations.
Understanding the different types of behavior in meetings and image management.
Learning outcomes and competences
There is an inter-relationship in three fundamental areas: the sport system functioning, the managers from different levels, the decision-making and the political game inside the organizations.
Working method
Presencial
Program
- The national sport system.
- The international sport system.
- Diverse sport subsystems.
- Sports pyramid.
- Organizational platforms.
- Decision-making styles.
- Political games inside an organization.
- Competencies for management.
- Behaviour types inside the organization.
- Construction phases of a management team.
Mandatory literature
Carvalho, M.ªJ.; Elementos estruturantes do regime jurídico do desporto profissional em Portugal, Coimbra Editora, 2009
Pires, Gustavo; Gestão do desporto, Porto Editora, 2007
Mintzberg, Henry; Estrutura e dinâmica das organizações (2ª Edição), Publicações Dom Quixote, 1999
Sarmento, J.P.; O conceito de Gestão Desportiva – âmbitos de intervenções e perfil de funções. In Gestão do Esporte: Uma introdução, Universitária UFPE – Editora da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2011 (pp.13-36)
Sarmento, J.P; Uma experiência do Dirigismo Desportivo – FPH 2004-2008., Edição Federação Portuguesa de Hóquei, 2008
Sarmento, J.P.; Uma visão “muito particular” da Gestão Desportiva, Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e da Educação Física da Universidade do Porto, 2004
Teaching methods and learning activities
After studying and mapping the main factors of characterization and functioning of the sport system, the
student must survey the functional constraints of sport organizations
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final exam
Assessment Components
| designation |
Weight (%) |
| Trabalho escrito |
100,00 |
| Total: |
100,00 |
Calculation formula of final grade
Evaluation includes an in-depth characterization of an organization chosen by the student.