This course provides practical experience and business management techniques to assist students with future nutrition, sport & physical activity industry opportunities. During a 50-hour practical fieldwork placement, you will have the opportunity to build important relationships and networks with potential employers, test possible career outcomes, and apply knowledge and skills developed within the degree to a real-life context.
Nutrition, sport, and physical activity managers and administrators operate in a rapidly changing commercial and cultural environment. The advent of monetarism and resultant free-market economic policies, privatisation, an enterprise culture, and globalisation, have all precipitated changes in political power allegiances, world and regional trade patterns, and organisational management. These changes, coupled with media and technological innovations, are reflected in the operational management practices of private, commercial, and government agencies involved in the nutrition, sport and physical activities sectors. The performance of these agencies is becoming increasingly regulated through rigorous performance appraisal, operational reviews, closer public scrutiny, and the professionalisation of management practices.
It is, therefore, incumbent upon managers and administrators working within this changing commercial and cultural environment, to operate their organisation effectively, efficiently, equitably and with a high degree of accountability. HMST3103 explores and explains the management of nutrition, sport, and physical activity businesses, preparing the student for a career in these industries. It provides background knowledge and practical techniques in researching, planning, marketing, operating, and evaluating organisations and programs. The primary focus is an Australian context, but comparative models of other countries are also contemplated.
Teaching and Learning Modes
This course is delivered through whole group workshops, assessed small group active activities,ﾠand a pass/fail practical placementﾠcomponent. A Blackboard site provides access to key learning resources and assessment pieces.
The assessment focuses on providing the student with practical and demonstrable skills that can form part of their curriculum vitae.
Lectures:
The purpose of the workshops is to contextualise pre-read course theory, hear fromﾠacademic staff and guest speakers who are experts in the field, and engage in case real-life scenarios in small groupﾠactive learning activities.
Students are expected to engage in the workshop and active learning activities actively. Learnings from the small group active learning activities are difficult to capture on recordings. Please refer to your Si-Net timetable for lecture time and venue.
Note:ﾠStudents should be aware that there is an expectation that students attend all workshops. The provision of workshop recordings and other teaching materialsﾠonlineﾠis intended toﾠsupplement rather than substituteﾠregularﾠattendance. Only brief workshop notes will be provided - they are insufficient to revise and accomplish learning objectives. The outputs from group activities are assessed.
Readings:
Prior to attending workshops, students are expected to complete the required readings, which are used instead of a textbook in this course.
Blackboard:
The HMST3103 Blackboard site contains all course materials, including PowerPoint summary slides and assignments. All assessment pieces for this course are administered through Blackboard. Announcements will be made on the Blackboard site, and students should check the site regularly to stay up to date.
This course is unsuitable for first-year students.
We recommend completing the following courses before enrolling in this one:
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The course coordinator does not have an office on campus but is available for course content questions or drop-in sessions on the following days and times:
To speak with me face-to-face or via Zoom please Book a Consultation.
For any other issues, please email the course coordinator at: graham.lee@uq.edu.au
The timetable for this course is available on the UQ Public Timetable.
This programme aims to:
After successfully completing this course you should be able to:
LO1.
Identify and appraise the structures and governance of Australian nutrition, sport and/or physical activity industries
LO2.
Analyse and apply management skills and theory necessary to working within the Australian nutrition, sport and/or physical activity industry
LO3.
Build professional practices and relationships, and independently engage with stakeholders
LO4.
Utilise theoretical frameworks to promote healthy living to organisations and the broader community
LO5.
Critique organisational decisions within an ethical decision-making framework
LO6.
Identify and appraise the issues facing contemporary nutrition, sport and/or physical activity organisations within an analytic framework
LO7.
Examine the end-to-end customer service journey utilising a human-centred design framework
LO8.
Reflect on experiences to engage in continuing professional development
| Category | Assessment task | Weight | Due date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paper/ Report/ Annotation | Assignment A - Strategic Analysis (2,000 words) | 40% |
30/09/2024 5:00 pm |
| Presentation, Poster |
Assignment B - Placement Reflection
|
24% |
14/10/2024 5:00 pm |
| Placement |
Assignment C - Industry placement
|
Pass/Fail |
Placement hours: 22/07/2024 - 25/10/2024 Placement supervisor report: 15/11/2024 5:00pm |
| Participation/ Student contribution, Presentation |
Three (3) group assessments
|
36% Each worth 12% |
Assessment 1 12/08/2024 2:00 pm Assessment 2 2/09/2024 2:00 pm Assessment 3 16/09/2024 2:00 pm |
A hurdle is an assessment requirement that must be satisfied in order to receive a specific grade for the course. Check the assessment details for more information about hurdle requirements.
30/09/2024 5:00 pm
Research your placement organisation and, using Cadle, et al. (2010), write a strategic analysis of their end-to-end customer service using a human-centred design framework. Include an analysis of internal capability, and external business environment in your strategy definition.
Generative AI guidance
This task has been designed to be challenging, authentic and complex. Whilst students may use AI technologies, successful completion of assessment in this course will require students to critically engage in specific contexts and tasks for which artificial intelligence will provide only limited support and guidance.
A failure to reference generative AI use may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct.
To pass this assessment, students will be required to demonstrate detailed comprehension of their written submission independent of AI tools.
There is a penalty for going over Assignment A'sﾠ2,000 word count.
Length requirements for Assignment A are given in terms of the number of words. Goingﾠabove this word limit is not acceptable. Submissions above the advised number of words will incur a penalty of 10% of the awardedﾠmark. The word limit does not include ‘administrative’ sections of the assignment: the cover or title page, table of contents, table of figures, reference list, list of works cited, and bibliography. It does includeﾠappendices, in-text referencesﾠand tables. Please note that the word limit that you are given reflects the level of detail required. This means that if your assignment is too long, you're either taking too many words to explain your point or giving too many / too detailed examples. Alternatively, if your assignment is more than 10% below the word limitﾠit may be too short. Either there is more to the answer than you have written or the assignment has not gone into enough detail about the answer. Although you won't incur a word count penalty, this may limit your ability to receive higher grades for the assignment.
You may be able to apply for an extension.
A penalty of 10% of the maximum possible mark will be deducted per 24 hours from time submission is due for up to 7 days. After 7 days, you will receive a mark of 0.
14/10/2024 5:00 pm
Using Bain et al.’s (2002) reflection framework to create an ePoster. Contextualise and relate your HMST3103 practical experience of building relationships (placement, guest speakers, peers, and others). Then, drawing on your university and personal learnings, explore and explain how you made sense of significant factors within your placement experience and how applying this knowledge and skills will contribute to your continuous development and future actions.
Generative AI guidance
This task has been designed to be challenging, authentic and complex. Whilst students may use AI technologies, successful completion of assessment in this course will require students to critically engage in specific contexts and tasks for which artificial intelligence will provide only limited support and guidance.
You may be able to apply for an extension.
A penalty of 10% of the maximum possible mark will be deducted per 24 hours from time submission is due for up to 7 days. After 7 days, you will receive a mark of 0.
Part of this assessment's marking criteria involves class presentation. This presentation criteria is 15% of this assessment's total marks. Therefore, late assessments will be marked out of 85% before late penalties are applied.
Placement hours: 22/07/2024 - 25/10/2024
Placement supervisor report: 15/11/2024 5:00pm
Students are required to complete their 50-hour Course Placement before 5:00 pm, Friday, October 25, 2024 (Week 13). With no Workshops held in Weeks 10, 11 and 12, students have ample time to complete this assessment requirement. All course assessments relate to this placement. Placement supervisors cannot complete the confidential supervisor report, which is the assessable item for this placement, until these hours are completed. Students must note that this placement is a Pass/Fail Hurdle for this course.
Generative AI guidance
This assessment task is to be completed in-person. The use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools will not be permitted. Any attempted use of Generative AI may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct.
You may be able to apply for an extension.
NB: applications for extensions on this assessment item may not allow the School sufficient time to finalise your mark for this assessment item and subsequently your grade for the course. Your grade may be held as incomplete (INC) on the finalisation of grades. Your grade will be finalised once all marks for the course have been finalised. Please be mindful of the impacts this may have on your graduation eligibility should you be undertaking this course in your expected graduation semester.
Assessment 1 12/08/2024 2:00 pm
Assessment 2 2/09/2024 2:00 pm
Assessment 3 16/09/2024 2:00 pm
For this assessment students will be allocated to groups. Each group will choose a nutrition, physical activity or sport scenario to contextualise their work over the following 8 weeks.
Assessment 1
During weeks 2, 3 and 4, each group will work to conceptualise and analyse an experiential concept related to nutrition, physical activity or sport. It can be a product or service experience. In Week 4, each group will present a status report on the preceding weeks. All group members are not expected to speak, but must play an active role in its delivery.
Assessment 2
During weeks 5, 6 and 7, each group will work to bring their concept to life. A status report will be presented in Week 7 by each group. All group members who did not speak in the week 4 presentation are expected to speak, all others must play an active role in its delivery.
Assessment 3
During weeks 8 and 9, each group will work on making their concept human resource and financially viable and sustainable. In week 9 the group will pitch their concept to an audience of their peers.
Generative AI guidance
This task has been designed to be challenging, authentic and complex. Whilst students may use AI technologies, successful completion of assessment in this course will require students to critically engage in specific contexts and tasks for which artificial intelligence will provide only limited support and guidance.
Please see ECP Section 5 for further details about this assessment.
Students are expected to undertake all assessable workshop group activities at the scheduled dates and times. Submission is via oral group presentation using a slide deck. Each group member must speak at least once during their group's presentation in either Week 4, Week 7 or Week 9. However, they are expected to play an active role in the presentation's delivery when not speaking.
You may be able to apply for an extension.
You can request an extension on behalf of your group for a group assessment item, provided that at least 50% of your group members also agree to the request for an extension.
Download and complete the form below, and attach this form to your extension request:
Extension of Group Assessment - Group Member Acknowledgement (PDF, 144.9 KB)
Full criteria for each grade is available in the Assessment Procedure.
| Grade | Cut off Percent | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 (Low Fail) | 0 - 24 |
Absence of evidence of achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: A grade of 1 fails to satisfy most or all of the basic requirements of the course. |
| 2 (Fail) | 25 - 44 |
Minimal evidence of achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: A grade of 2 fails to satisfy some of the basic requirements of the course. Clear deficiencies in performance, but evidence that some basic requirements have been met. |
| 3 (Marginal Fail) | 45 - 49 |
Demonstrated evidence of developing achievement of course learning outcomes Course grade description: A grade of 3 represents a failure to satisfy all basic requirements for passing the course, but is close to satisfactory overall and has compensating strengths in some aspects. |
| 4 (Pass) | 50 - 64 |
Demonstrated evidence of functional achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: A grade of 4 represents a satisfactory understanding of the basic learning requirements for the course, such as knowledge of fundamental concepts and performance of basic skills; demonstrates sufficient quality of performance to be considered satisfactory or adequate or competent or capable in the course. |
| 5 (Credit) | 65 - 74 |
Demonstrated evidence of proficient achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: A grade of 5 demonstrates ability to use and apply fundamental concepts and skills of the course, going beyond mere replication of content knowledge or skill to show understanding of key ideas, awareness of their relevance, some use of analytical skills, and some originality or insight. |
| 6 (Distinction) | 75 - 84 |
Demonstrated evidence of advanced achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: A grade of 6 demonstrates awareness and understanding of deeper and subtler aspects of the course, such as ability to identify and debate critical issues or problems, ability to solve non-routine problems, ability to adapt and apply ideas to new situations, and ability to invent and evaluate new ideas. |
| 7 (High Distinction) | 85 - 100 |
Demonstrated evidence of exceptional achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: A grade of 7 demonstrates imagination, originality or flair, based on proficiency in all the learning objectives for the course; work is interesting, surprising, exciting, challenging or erudite. |
Final grades will be determined by summing all assessment components. A final percentage mark will be rounded to the nearest whole number (e.g. 64.50 and above will be rounded to 65 and 64.49 and below will be rounded down to 64.)
Supplementary assessment is available for this course.
Alternative Assessment in the event of semester disruption
In the event of disruption during the semester that prevents less than 70% (35 hours) of the scheduled industry placement from occurring as planned, the placement and Assessment D will be changed to a Situational Dilemma Paper. Students will be presented with a real-world scenario where they must choose between courses of action and no matter what choice of action is taken, some ethical principle will be compromised or transgressed. The paper length will be 1,000 words +/-10%. The timing of the assessment may also be impacted.
What is TurnitIn?
Turnitin is an electronic assignment submission tool. The tool provides your Course Coordinator with:
Instructions on how to submit an assignment using Turnitin are located on the UQ Library website:ﾠSubmit your Turnitin assignment
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Remember to download yourﾠdigital receiptﾠin yourﾠAssignment inboxﾠto confirm successful submission.
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The learning activities for this course are outlined below. Learn more about the learning outcomes that apply to this course.
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| Learning period | Activity type | Topic |
|---|---|---|
Week 1 (22 Jul - 28 Jul) |
Workshop |
Workshop 1 The nutrition, physical activity and sport industries |
Week 2 (29 Jul - 04 Aug) |
Workshop |
Workshop 2 The end-to-end customer experience |
Week 3 (05 Aug - 11 Aug) |
Workshop |
Workshop 3 Business planning |
Week 4 (12 Aug - 18 Aug) |
Workshop |
Workshop 4 Law & ethics |
Week 5 (19 Aug - 25 Aug) |
Workshop |
Workshop 5 Management principles & application |
Week 6 (26 Aug - 01 Sep) |
Workshop |
Workshop 6 Contribution to society |
Week 7 (02 Sep - 08 Sep) |
Workshop |
Workshop 7 Promotion & communication |
Week 8 (09 Sep - 15 Sep) |
Workshop |
Workshop 8 Resourcing & financing |
Week 9 (16 Sep - 22 Sep) |
Workshop |
Workshop 9 Business sustainability |
Week 13 (21 Oct - 27 Oct) |
Workshop |
Workshop 10 My Placement presentation |
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