Faculty Audit.
Students will be required to select a sport, leisure, or recreation facility to audit. It may be necessary to visit the facility and even interview members of staff in order to obtain the necessary information. The first phase is to review the facility in its current form, and the second phase is to develop acritique/future framework for the facility.
This assignment blends theory and praxis together. In the first phase, the narrative will be mostly descriptive, but submissions of distinction will butilize research to enhance the discussion in this section.
Submissions are suggested to consider the following structure:
Introduction
Facility Audit (~1500 words)
Future Proofing (~ XXXXXXXXXXwords) Conclusion
References
The various aspects (as listedbelow)maybe considered in thediscussion:
Nature of Facility(Ex. Spectator facilities, participative facilities, natural facilities, multi- use facilities)
Design and Construction(Ex. Needs assessment, physical layout, renovations)
Strategy and Organizational Structure(Ex. Stakeholders, competitive analysis, consumer
profile, staffing/human resources)
Marketing(Ex. Positioning, public relations, pricing strategy, merchandise, ticket sales, sponsors)
Programming(Ex. Customer type, tournaments, space vs. activities, bookings, tenant needs)
Logistics(Ex. Supply chain, capacity, demand, performance needs, transportation,
communication networks/IT, venue set up and take-down)
Operations(Ex. Security, medical/first responder care, registration and accreditation, maintenance)
It is critical that you relate and support your argument with scholarly research which originates from disciplines such as sport and event management. Do not rely on instinct or your personal thoughts; use research to support your explanations and justify the future of the facility.
Students should also take time and care to proofread their work and ensure proper English grammar and spelling is followed. All research theories and supporting claims should be referenced using the American Psychological Association (APA) 6th edition referencing guide. If you are unclear about references, please make it a point to seek out assistance from the unit chair and librarian staff! Plagarism is a serious offence! Do not use the work of others without proper citations!
MMS774: Sport Facility and Event Management
Unit Chair: Mike Naraine
Trimester 2, 2018
Assessment #1: Facility Audit
DUE DATE AND TIME:
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL GRADE:
DETAILS:
[Week 4] July 31, 2018 | 11:59 PM AEST
50%
Word count of 4000 words.
Learning Outcome Details
Graduate Learning Outcome
(ULO)
Description
Discipline-specific knowledge
and capabilities
Describe the scope of facility and event management and identify
essential skills, including design, programming, staffing, and marketing
necessary for facility and event management.
Critical Thinking Demonstrate a specialised set of high order cognitive and technical
skills including critical analysis and problem solving skills for managing
in the sport industry.
Teamwork Work with others to contribute to collaborative outcomes and be able
to take on roles towards demonstration of leadership within the sport
industry.
Assessment Feedback:
Students who submit their work by the due date will receive marks and feedback within a period
of fourteen working days.
Description / Requirements
Students will be required to select a sport, leisure, or recreation facility to audit. It may be necessary
to visit the facility and even interview members of staff in order to obtain the necessary
information. The first phase is to review the facility in its current form, and the second phase is to
develop a critique/future framework for the facility.
The various aspects (as listed below) may be considered in the discussion:
• Nature of Facility (Ex. Spectator facilities, participative facilities, natural facilities, multiuse facilities)
• Design and Construction (Ex. Needs assessment, physical layout, renovations)
• Strategy and Organizational Structure (Ex. Stakeholders, competitive analysis, consumer
profile, staffing/human resources)
• Marketing (Ex. Positioning, public relations, pricing strategy, merchandise, ticket sales,
sponsors)
• Programming (Ex. Customer type, tournaments, space vs. activities, bookings, tenant needs)
• Logistics (Ex. Supply chain, capacity, demand, performance needs, transportation,
communication networks/IT, venue set up and take-down)
• Operations (Ex. Security, medical/first responder care, registration and accreditation,
maintenance)
It is critical that you relate and support your argument with scholarly research which originates
from disciplines such as sport and event management. Do not rely on instinct or your personal
thoughts; use research to support your explanations and justify the future of the facility.
Students should also take time and care to proofread their work and ensure proper English grammar
and spelling is followed. All research theories and supporting claims should be referenced using the
American Psychological Association (APA) 6th edition referencing guide. If you are unclear about
references, please make it a point to seek out assistance from the unit chair and librarian staff!
Plagarism is a serious offence! Do not use the work of others without proper citations!
This assignment blends theory and praxis together. In the first phase, the narrative will be mostly
descriptive, but submissions of distinction will butilize research to enhance the discussion in this
section.
Submissions are suggested to consider the following structure:
Introduction
Facility Audit (~1500 words)
Future Proofing (~1500-2000 words)
Conclusion
References
*Please refer to assessment #1 rubric for details on how submissions are evalauted.
Submission Instructions
Students are to submit their file (in one Microsoft Word document) using the proper dropbox in
the MMS774 CloudDeakin site.
You must keep a backup copy of every assignment you submit, until the marked assignment has been
returned to you. In the unlikely event that one of your assignments is misplaced, you will need to
submit your backup copy.
Any work you submit may be checked by electronic or other means for the purposes of detecting
collusion and/or plagiarism.
When you are required to submit an assignment through your CloudDeakin unit site, you will receive
an email to your Deakin email address confirming that it has been submitted. You should check that
you can see your assignment in the Submissions view of the Assignment dropbox folder after
upload, and check for, and keep, the email receipt for the submission.
Additional Notes
• Penalties for late submission: The following marking penalties will apply if you submit an
assessment task after the due date without an approved extension: 5% will be deducted from
available marks for each day up to five days, and work that is submitted more than five days
after the due date will not be marked. You will receive 0% for the task. 'Day' means working
day for paper submissions and calendar day for electronic submissions. The Unit Chair may
refuse to accept a late submission where it is unreasonable or impracticable to assess the task
after the due date.
• For more information about academic misconduct, special consideration, extensions, and
assessment feedback, please refer to the document Your rights and responsibilities as a
student in this Unit in the first folder next to the Unit Guide of the Resources area in the
CloudDeakin unit site.
• Building evidence of your experiences, skills and knowledge (Portfolio) – Building a portfolio
that evidences your skills, knowledge and experience will provide you with a valuable tool to
help you prepare for interviews and to showcase to potential employers. There are a number
of tools that you can use to build a portfolio. You are provided with cloud space through
OneDrive, or through the Portfolio tool in the Cloud Unit Site, but you can use any storage
repository system that you like. Remember that a Portfolio is YOUR tool. You should be able
to store your assessment work, reflections, achievements and artefacts in YOUR Portfolio.
Once you have completed this assessment piece, add it to your personal Portfolio to use and
showcase your learning later, when applying for jobs, or further studies. Curate your work by
adding meaningful tags to your artefacts that describe what the artefact represents.
