Human Resources in Sports

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This course will assist students in developing the practical applications used by sport industry professionals in the areas of performance evaluation, benefits administration, candidate selection, employee discipline tactics, as well as skills necessary to administrate various HR functions. Other areas of assessment include recruitment and selection activities in sport settings, designing job descriptions, working with volunteers in sport, performance management/appraisal processes, legislation and equality issues, training and development activities, job shadowing and succession planning. Students will also explore rewards and models of motivation as well as retention strategies applied to the context of Human Resource Management in sport.