Profile:
Sports Manager
Functions:
- Planning, organization and management of the different types of services and facilities for sports and physical activities;
- Management, planning and coordination of organizations working in the field of sports and physical activities
- Organization and management of sporting events
- Management, with a business economic view, of organisations in the field of sport and physical activities;
- Counselling, representation and/or assistance before the organs of sports justice, as well as negotiation activities on behalf of those involved in sport and physical activities, as experts of: tourist sports services, facility management; media and communications; events; sports contracts and arbitration procedures;
- Planning, coordination and management at companies providing tools, technologies, goods and services for sports ;
- Planning, coordination and management of sports activities in various disciplines at associations and sports clubs, sports promotion agencies and sports organizations at large;
- Development of the institutional, economic and legal aspects of information and communication in the relevant sector.
The course educational objectives are to provide specific in-depth knowledge in sports, legal, economic and psycho-sociological disciplines. In particular, graduates will acquire the necessary skills to operate effectively within the legal, economic contexts of the system of physical and sports activities.
For these reasons, the degree course enables graduates:
- to know the normative bases of the sports system, in the complexity of its multiple (institutional, jurisdictional, administrative) arrangements;
- to know the issues related to the interrelations between sports and state regulations in the light of the principle of autonomy of the sports law;
- to know the principles and the economic dynamics of the management of companies involved in various sports activities;
- to know the applicable national and federal laws, to operate at organizational and managerial level within the agencies of the institutional sports system;
- to know the regulations in force with respect to workplace safety, health protection, anti-doping policies, fitness tests for sports and physical activities, safety and management of sports facilities, metabolic functional analyzes on sportsmen and women.
Skills:
Professional opportunities for graduates of the course are all related to the field of physical and sport activities, in positions of organization, command and control. In particular, graduates in Sports Management will be able to run gyms, sports centers and similar bodies operating in the field of sports.
They will be able to organize and manage events and competitions both in private associations and public agencies(CONI, local authorities, public administrations operating in the field of sport).
Further professional opportunities may be found in advisory and assistance activities in the field of sports contracts and justice, and in sport communication.
The expected employment opportunities are all related to the activities of sports management. In particular, graduates of the course will be able to work in sports associations and companies, as well as in those dealing with recreational, school and tourism sports. They might also find professional opportunities in the field of school sports management, public administrations (CONI and local authorities).
Further career opportunities are in the field of advisory, representation and/or assistance before sports justice bodies, negotiation on behalf of players in the field of sport and physical activities, as experts of sports contract and arbitration procedures; finally, they may find job opportunities in companies providing tools, technologies (including IT ones), goods and services for sports practice and sports communication.