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 Academic Year:
| 2013/4 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department for Health (administered by the Learning Partnerships Office) |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
Semester 1 at City of Bath College Semester 1 at Weymouth College |
| Assessment:
| CW 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: This unit enables students to explore the wide range of management roles, responsibilities and skills necessary to function effectively within the health and fitness industry. This includes an overview of the many tasks that are expected of a manager including human resource management, administrative/procedural responsibilities and physical resource management. Learning Outcomes: At the end of this unit students will be able to: * gain an understanding of the styles, roles and skills of managers including the importance of leadership in the management process; * assess and evaluate human resource needs; * gain an understanding of the administrative and process led responsibilities of management; * review the management of physical resources. Skills: Intellectual * Applying theory to practice (A, F) * Improving own learning (F) * Developing academic writing skills (F, T) * Research skills (F,T) Professional * Working independently/autonomously (F) * Communicating professionally (F, A) Key/Transferable * Working logically/systematically to produce a report within a timescale (A) * ICT (F) * Communication (F) * Practical * Applying theory to practice (F) Content: Management/leadership styles: autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire, empowerment (similarities & differences between); Summary of management roles and skills: planning, organising, monitoring, controlling, co-ordinating, delegating, morale, motivation, leadership, interpersonal skills, communicating, working relationships, team building, time management; Human resource management: factors affecting performance such as differing personalities & behaviours, motivation and leadership, staff appraisal, performance targets; Administrative / process led responsibilities: report writing /policies & procedures / task setting / introduction to budgeting & project planning; Physical resource management: selection and acquisition, care and maintenance. |
| Programme availability: |
LP20572 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Programmes administered by the Learning Partnerships Office
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