Introduction
If you are looking to advance your management career in the sorts related industry, then the MBA in Sports Business Management will enable you to advance into management roles from an existing position, or prepare you to enter a new role at a management level.
The MBA in Sports Business Management is one of the specialisations in our international MBA programme offered at Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences in Apeldoorn to full-time and part time students from the Netherlands and around the world.
An international team of lecturers and business leaders has been designed this MBA for those ready to make the climb into management roles, either from an existing job or graduates with some work experience who are aspiring to become managers. Together with the traditional MBA building blocks, this MBA in Sports Business Management offers additional modules with a particular focus on leadership and management roles in companies in the sport business industry nationally, and internationally.
The programme is designed for those looking for an MBA and who are interested in the sports industry and who are aiming to enter managerial roles, as well as students from other sectors interested in the sports business sector.
Throughout the Wittenborg MBA, we take a strategic perspective on business and management, in this specialisation specifically from within the sports business sector, always from an international viewpoint, and help you to develop the skills to contribute to major decisions made by your current or future organisations that will help shape their future.
We welcome students from any academic or working discipline background to apply for this programme. Many entrants to our Wittenborg MBA programme do so with a science or technology background - it is not necessary that you have studied business or management before - the first semester equips you with all the tools you require to specialise further on the MBA in Sports Business Management programme.
- Further develop your current skills and experience to a management level;
- Extend your interest in financial decision making;
- Develop a strategic perspective on business;
Course structure
The Wittenborg MBA is delivered in a block format, with 2 modules being covered every 6 weeks. The classes are inter-disciplinary - you study shared modules in semester 1 with MBA students from different business specialisations. Due to the rolling entry (6 times a year) groups are dynamic, extremely international and diverse.
The modules are delivered intensively over consecutive days in the so-called 'block format', which means that each module has 6 days of teaching split into two blocks of 3 days. Teaching methods include group work, case studies, presentations, and live projects. The course is delivered through a variety of approaches including lectures, presentations, tutorials and case studies, with an emphasis on interactive learning. Each module is taught by two lecturers, often a full time Wittenborg lecturer and a quest lecturer from a partner university. Modules include regular guest speakers from industry.
Areas of study
Management subjects address key issues of strategy, marketing, operations, human resources, accounting and financial planning, studied in parallel with deeper health care management and leadership modules. Options include consultancy and multi-unit management. Students acquire research skills, which they can apply to academic or industrial projects.
Syllabus
Semester 1
- Human Resource Management
- Marketing Management
- Management Accounting & Finance
- Operations Management
- International Management
- Information Management
Semester 2
- Sports in the Global Marketplace
- Ethical and Social Responsibility: Theory and Application
- Business Statistics
- Strategic Management (in Sports Business)
- Critical Issues in Sports & Leisure
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