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Area/Catalogue
SPRC 3017

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Course Level
Undergraduate

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Offered Externally
Yes

Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

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Course ID
105382

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

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Timetable/s

The 2025 timetable is
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Course owner

Course owner
School of Management

Course aim

This course provides the conceptual framework, skills and knowledge content, context and strategies through which benchmarking is examined, applied, integrated and reflected on at the operational level for recreation and sports management.

Course content

Management theory applied to sports and recreation, including key concepts of: total quality management; operational responsibilities; organisational change; customer/visitor service quality; customer satisfaction; identifying opportunities; value adding, best practice, benchmarking, performance indicators.

Textbook(s)

Zeithaml, VA, Bitner, MJ & Gremler, DD 2009, Services Marketing: Integrating Customer Focus Across the Firm, 5th, McGraw-Hill, New York

Prerequisite(s)

Subject Area & Catalogue Number Course Name
Group 1
SPRC 1004 Leisure Concepts
BUSS 2046 Organisational Behaviour

Obtain permission from the Course Coordinator OR Successful completion of at least 72 units including the courses displayed above.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar 3 hours x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar 6 hours x 5 days
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External 3 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.


Assessment

Case study, Group presentation, Major essay, Peer Review

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4A)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.

Course Coordinators

AsPr Gary Howat
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