COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RECREATION MANAGEMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSH 0094 RECREATION MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Efes Vocational School

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR ÇAĞDAŞ SUNNA

Offered to

Catering Services Programme
Tourism and Hotel Management
Cultural Heritage and Tourism
Civil Aviation and Cabin Services
Civil Aviation Transportation Management
Food Technology

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   Recognise the importance of personal values & competencies which affect his/her success as a manager to be familiar with different managerial styles
5   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

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 Evolution of Social Ideas and Recreation, Parks and Leisure Service Management
2 Recreation, Parks and Leisure Service Managers and Social Transformation
3 Management of Recreation, Parks and Leisure Service Organizations
4 Management in Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services
5 Values, Visioning, Mission, Goal Statements and Policy Making in Recreation,
6 Parks and Leisure Service Organizations
7 Parks and Leisure Service Organizations
8 Mid-term exam
9 Ethics: Human/Social, Community and Environmental Responsibilities
10 Managerial Leadership and Motivation in Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services
11 Decision Making and Problem Solving & Conflict management in Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services
12 Human Resources Management in Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services
13 Human Resources Management in Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services
14 Legal Issues and Risk Management in Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services
15 Legal Issues and Risk Management in Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Hurd, A.R., Barcelona, R.J. and Meldrum, J.T. (2008). Leisure Service Management. Champaign, IL:HUman Kinetics, 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

Lecturing and preparing to subjects

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 78

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.14
LO.23
LO.35
LO.45
LO.54

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