BUS 103: Leadership For Sport Professionals

Leadership for Sport Professionals will introduce students to theories, approaches, and styles of leadership, as well as, the role that ethics and ethical decision making play in shaping leader behavior. Students will analyze leadership practices within different sport settings. Case studies of sport leaders from multiple sport levels and structures will be used to examine best practices in sport leadership. Critical issues in sport leadership such as gender and ethnicity will be examined as well. Students will also begin to explore their own leadership thoughts and tendencies and emphasis will be placed on the promotion of personal leadership development with a focus towards successful sport leadership.