Homework: Understanding and Applying Management of Sport Facilities
Throughout the course, various principles and content for designing, planning, and managing sport facilities have been reviewed, researched, and addressed. When considering the overall content, the final homework for the course includes interviewing a sport facilities professional in your local area. This sport facilities manager can be a manager of an aquatic facility, community center, high school sport field's manager, or any type of sport facility manager that oversees and manages a sport facility. The interview can occur over the phone or in person. In your paper, you willIn your paper,
A. Identify a sport facilities manager in the local community.
B. Identify the name of the facility and the name of the town/city where the facility is located.
C. Include a brief introduction on the type, history, use, and purpose of the facility, whether it is a private or municipal facility, and which segment of the public the facility serves.
D. Conduct an interview with the sport facility manager over the phone or in person.
E. Summarize the questions and the facilities sport manager's responses.
F. Compare the interview responses obtained in the interview to the content outlined in the course related to the specific topic.
a. Outline a detailed comparison of the interview responses with the course content.
G. Include a review of the interview responses obtained from the interviewee.
a. Expand on any responses that you felt were vague or incomplete.
b. Support your discussion with course content.
H. Identify the skills and competencies that your interviewee also identified as applicable based on the job description identified and the interview.
a. Explain how the interviewee applied the skills or competencies.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.