COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RECREATION AND LEISURE MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TMT 3025 RECREATION AND LEISURE MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Tourism Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

AHMET DEMIRCI

Offered to

Tourism Management

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to introduce students the administrative techniques and administrative problems related to recreation and leisure services. It will provide the students readings, class activities and cases to create a philosophy of recreation and leisure management.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognise the conceptual foundations of play, recreation and leisure to effectively differentiate the related services from other touristic services
2   Understand the significance of play, recreation and leisure in contemporary society to broaden the perception of touristic activities
3   Understand the roles, interrelationships and use of delivery systems addressing recreation, parks and leisure to be familiar with the need for existence of supplementary recreational services
4   Identify managerial skill areas & management theories to apply them to a leisure service business
5   Recognise the importance of personal values & competencies which affect his/her success as a manager to be familiar with different managerial styles
6   Demonstrate an awareness of the importance of recruitment, selection, training, supervision, motivation to apply the developed human resources/ social skills to recruiting staff to recreation & leisure services
7   Recognise the importance of different managerial approaches such as time management, conflict management to apply to recreation & leisure services to increase their efficiency and effectiveness
8   Develop a personal philosophy of recreation and leisure management to adapt it to managerial activities

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services in the 21st Century: Introduction
2 Evolution of Social Ideas and Recreation, Parks and Leisure Management
3 Recreation, Parks and Leisure Service Managers and Social Transformation
4 Management of Recreation, Parks and Leisure Service Organizations
5 Management in Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services
6 Values, Visioning, Mission, Goal Statements and Policy Making in Recreation, Parks and Leisure Service Organizations
7 Ethics: Human/Social, Community and Environmental Responsibilities
8 Managerial Leadership and Motivation in Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services
9 Decision Making and Problem Solving & Conflict management in Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services
10 Human Resources Management in Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services
11 Legal Issues and Risk Management in Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services
12 Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services in Türkiye
13 Presentations
14 Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Hurd, A.R., Barcelona, R.J. and Meldrum, J.T. (2008). Leisure Service Management. Champaign, IL:HUman Kinetics
2. McLean, D.D., Hurd, A.R. and Rogers, N.B. (2008). Kraus Recreation and Leisure: In Modern Society. 8th Edition, Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishing.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Class discussions
3. Case studies
4. Interview Project

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT Midterm
2 TP TermProject
3 ASS Assignment
4 CSA CaseAnalysis
5 BNS BNS MT * 0.40 + TP * 0.30 + ASS * 0.15 + CSA * 0.15


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Examination will be based on understanding, synthesis and evaluation of the course topics.
Verbal participation will be graded.

Assignments include recreation and leisure management issues. They may change for every semester. Grading:

The topic falls short of expectations and/or does not relate to the overall content of the assignment. (Poor, 0%)
The topic is dealt with briefly and with not enough information (Fair, 40%)
The topic includes adequate information and/or fits the overall content of the aasignment at an acceptable standard (Good, 60%)
The topic covers all aspects and evolves in a logical flow (Very good, 80%)
The topic is presented with all available information and is discussed thoroughly and sucessfully (Excellent, 100%)

Case Analysis include recreation and leisure industry examples. It may change for every semester. Grading:

The topic falls short of expectations and/or does not relate to the overall content of the assignment. (Poor, 0%)
The topic is dealt with briefly and with not enough information (Fair, 40%)
The topic includes adequate information and/or fits the overall content of the aasignment at an acceptable standard (Good, 60%)
The topic covers all aspects and evolves in a logical flow (Very good, 80%)
The topic is presented with all available information and is discussed thoroughly and sucessfully (Excellent, 100%)

The project criteria include recreation and leisure industry firm s introduction (15%), operations (15%), management (30%) and marketing (40%) topics.
Grading for every criterion:

The topic falls short of expectations and/or does not relate to the overall content of the project (Poor, 0%)
The topic is dealt with briefly and with not enough information (Fair, 40%)
The topic includes adequate information and/or fits the overall content of the project at an acceptable standard (Good, 60%)
The topic covers all aspects and evolves in a logical flow (Very good, 80%)
The topic is presented with all available information and is discussed thoroughly and sucessfully (Excellent, 100%)

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. Participation of the students in class and group work is required

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Field study 1 8 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Project Preparation 1 12 12
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 104

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19
LO.145
LO.25
LO.355
LO.4445
LO.555555
LO.654
LO.745544
LO.8544