- Lecture / Discussion
- Small group work
- Case studies
- Community experiences
- Community service-learning
Management
- Dimensions and skills of management
- Role of managers
- Being a manager, being a leader
- Variables affecting management
- Theories of management
- Application of management theory to therapeutic recreation settings
Funtions of Management
Planning
- Strategic, Contingency and Operational Plans
- Application from department level to organizational level
Organizing
- Principles of organizational behaviour and culture
- Generational differences in the workplace
- Human Rescource Management
- Staff, volunteer and student management, including recruitment, selection, orientation, recognition, team building and performance appraisal
- Job analysis and job descriptions
Leading
- Communication and motivation
- Conflict resolution
- Effective meetings
- Leadership, group dynamics
- Ethical principles of management applied to therapeutic recreation
- Advocacy - justification of department needs
Controlling
- Financial Resource Management
- Revenue sources
- Budget planning, monitoring
- Fund raising
- Performance reporting
- Resource Utilization
- Marketing and Public Relations
- Risk Management
- Quality Management systems, continuous quality improvement, quality assurance
- Accreditation, regulations
- 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 operational 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 and standards of practice
- apply management knowledge and skills to complete a community based service-learning project
This course will conform to ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½policy regarding the number and weighting of evaluations.
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
This is a letter graded course.
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
Courses listed here must be completed either prior to or simultaneously with this course:
- No corequisite courses
Courses listed here are equivalent to this course and cannot be taken for further credit:
- No equivalency courses