5 ECTS credits
133 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4018705FNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.
During the HPM-course, ‘performance management’ and elite sport are approached from three perspectives. The macro-level concerns the commercial, political and social and cultural factors that have an impact on the management of elite sport. The mesolevel is concerned with measuring performance and success, the management of elite sport policy, a comparison of elite sport policies, quality and performance management of sport organisations and the governance of elite sport. At the microlevel the athletic and post-athletic career of athletes is approached from a holistic perspective, as well as the support services for elite athletes, coaches and the elite sport team. Finally, attention is paid to the environment of elite sport, such as increased commercialization, globalization, risk management and drugs.
The HPM course is taught during one intensive week (and one lesson before and after) whereby 100% attendance is obliged. During this week some themes are taught, based on the latest international research, others are offered by the guided literature (see study material).
Furthermore, students make a group ‘elite sport project’, that should enable them to critically analyse one of the themes in HPM. In this project, they (either) have to analyse and interpret the organizational/governance development of elite sport, (either) the individual development of an elite athlete, by working on a case study around an agreed theme.
Take into account that, if required, this course can be taught as a combination of both distance and face-to-face (on campus) education.
This course is organised in the format of an intensive course and includes an introductory lesson planned before the start of the intensive course.
Recommended literature:
(a) in the required handbook articles are proposed as guided reading per chapter.
(b) De Bosscher, V., Shibli, S., Westerbeek, H. & van Bottenburg, M. (2015). Successful elite sport policies. An international comparison of the Sports Policy factors Leading to International Sporting Success (SPLISS 2.0) in 15 nations. Aachen: Meyer & Meyer.
(c) De Bosscher, V., De Knop, P., Van Bottenburg, M. (2008). Vlaanderen Sport. Ook aan de top. Een internationale vergelijking van het topsportbeleid en topsportklimaat in zes landen [Flanders ‘practices in sports’, also at the top level. An international comparison of the elite sport climate and policies in six nations]. Nieuwegein: Arko Sports Media. ISBN 978-90-5472-066-9 (247p)."
Master students Sports and movement science:
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1. heeft gespecialiseerde kennis en inzicht in het domein van de sport- en bewegingswetenschappen om deze te implementeren (wetenschapper)
2. heeft inzicht in actuele internationale wetenschappelijke vraagstellingen binnen het domein van de lichamelijke opvoeding en de bewegingswetenschappen (wetenschapper)
3. heeft een 'vrije' onderzoekende houding, evalueert (eigen) onderzoeksresultaten kritisch en kan deze vertalen naar de diverse actoren (wetenschapper, beroepsinnovator)
4. kan op basis van internationale wetenschappelijke onderzoeksinformatie zelfstandig innoverende praktijkvoorstellen uitwerken en evalueren (wetenschapper)
6. kan mondeling en schriftelijk onderzoeksresultaten op een wetenschappelijk verantwoorde wijze aan vakgenoten en niet-vakgenoten rapporteren, presenteren en kan deze met hen bediscussiëren (wetenschapper, promotor & adviesverstrekker)
13. neemt gefundeerde, kritische en creatieve standpunten in over actuele maatschappelijke, juridische en ethische aspecten in de multidisciplinaire werkcontext (beroepsinnovator, promotor & adviesverstrekker)
14. kan op gefundeerde en kritische wijze beleidsvoorbereidende activiteiten ontwikkelen, beleidsproblemen oplossen en aan het beleid participeren (manager)
16. kan op een professionele wijze communiceren met zowel groepen als individuen uit diverse sectoren (manager, promotor & adviesverstrekker)
17. kan holistisch omgaan met de effecten van (prestatie)druk op zichzelf, individuen en in teamverband (manager, educator & coach)
19. kan participeren aan het strategisch en of operationeel management van een organisatie (manager)
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Other category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Attendance during the intensive week is obliged. In case of justified absence (e.g. elite student-athlete, Erasmus student), it is possible, wit
Attendance during the intensive week is compulsory. In case of justified absence (e.g. Erasmus, Elite sport students, illness), students get a self-study/adapted task in agreement with the teacher. Students get a specific task, based on the handbook. In this case, the student contacts the teacher to follow up before the start of the intensive course.
The evaluation consists of:
Students with no justified absence during the full intensive course, cannot participate to the exam in the first and second exams and get a score of 0/20 on both exams.
The total score is divided as follows:
Second exam: If the student did not succeed for the first exam, it is possible to hand over partial scores; In the second exam, the student will for the part that scored insufficiently:
h agreement of the professor responsible for this course, to be allowed to the exam by way of self study and/or an assignment. The student needs to contact the professor responsible for this course before the start of the intensive course.
(1) During the intensive course, the students will give a presentation to each other on a theme on which they have read the literature from the required handbook (peer assessment).
(2) By way of a HPM elite sport project students will need to develop and critically approach a case study on a self-determined topic with regard to HPM, to analize it and to develop a strategicplan aimed at policy aims or guidance. At the same time, they will have to give an interpretation to different perspectives and contexts of organizational developments or governance or of the individual development of an elite athlete. This needs to result in (a) a literature overview and (b) a case study which has to be submitted individually.
The final mark for this course will consist of:
(a) (a) Peer assessment presentation 20%
(b) the literature study (40% of the final mark)
and (c) the written casestudy (50% of the final mark).
If the student does not succeed for the first exam, it is possible to transfer partial marks to the next exam within the same academic year. For this second exam, the student will have to submit an extensive written casestudy which builds upon the topic of the first casestudy.
Take into account that, if required, the evaluation of this course can be done face-to-face (on campus) or in distance (online) or by a combination of both.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Teaching in Physical Education: standaard traject (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Movement and Sports Sciences: Afstudeerrichting fysieke activiteit, fitheid en gezondheid - profiel sporttraining en coaching (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Movement and Sports Sciences: Afstudeerrichting sporttraining en coaching - profiel fysieke activiteit, fitheid en gezondheid (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Movement and Sports Sciences: Afstudeerrichting sporttraining en coaching - profiel sportbeleid en sportmanagement (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Movement and Sports Sciences: Sports Training and Coaching Profile Profile Research (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Movement and Sports Sciences: Sports Training and Coaching Profile Profile Education (only offered in Dutch)