Strategic Management & Finance In Sports ((3 Credits))

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Strategic management and human resources. Understanding the value chain, competitive forces that affect a firm, factors affect each force, strategic choices including low-cost leader and differentiated products, methods to achieve each strategic choice. Also, understanding groups and teams, negotiation, resource allocation, governance, recruitment of employees, training and development, employee motivationand compensation. The role of ethics in strategic management and human resources. Develop an understanding of how to apply basic principles and concepts of finance in the operation of athletics and sports programs and some critical skills of financial management required of sports administrators.