Lecture: 4 hours/week
In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities such as lecture, small group work, case studies and community service-learning.
Management
- Dimensions and skills of management
- Role of a manager
- Theories of management
Functions of Management
Planning
- Strategic Plans
- Comprehensive Program Plans
Organizing
- Principles of organizational behaviour and culture
- Generational differences in the workplace
- Human Rescource Management including staff, volunteer and student management
Leading
- Communication and motivation
- Conflict resolution
- Ethical principles
- Advocacy
- Equity, diversity and inclusion
Controlling
- Financial Resource Management
- Budget planning and monitoring
- Resource utilization
- Fundraising, marketing and public relations
- Risk Management
- Quality Management systems
- Standards of practice
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- compare and contrast theories of management;
- analyze the skills, responsibilities and challenges of being a manager in relation to self;
- describe and apply management functions related to planning including strategic plans and comprehensive program plans;
- develop and apply management functions related to controlling including marketing, financial management, risk management, and quality management;
- describe effective management functions related to organizing including organizational culture and behaviours and human resource management tasks relating to staff, volunteers, and students;
- understand management functions related to leading including motivation, conflict, ethics, advocacy, standards of practice, and EDI (equity, diversity and inclusion);
- apply management knowledge and skills to complete a community based service-learning project.
Assessment will be based on course objectives and will be carried out in accordance with the ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Evaluation Policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course. Typical means of evaluation will include a combination of
- Written reports
- Presentations
- Testing
- Service-learning project
Students may conduct research as part of their service-learning project in this class. Instructors for the course are responsible for ensuring that student research projects comply with College policies on ethical conduct for research involving humans, which can require obtaining informed consent from particpants and getting the approval of the ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Research Ethics Board prior to conducting the research.
This is a letter graded course.
Textbooks and materials are to be purchased by students. A list of recommended textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of each semester.
Resources include:
- selected readings from a variety of therapeutic recreation practice text books
- selected audio-visual and computer resources
- selected readings from books and journals