Geneva Business School's MBA in Sports Management is designed to provide you with the organization and communication tools to manage sports events, teams, federations and sports clubs. This program will equip you to become an effective leader in the sports industry and helps you in learning to how to deal with the needs of executive staff, players, and supporters. About
The Master of Business Administration with a Major in Sports Management at Geneva Business School is designed to equip you to become an effective leader and gain opportunities provided by this rapidly expanding sector. You will gain the organizational and communication skills enabling you to manage and market sporting events, federations, and sports clubs.
Over the course of this program students will:
Develop your technical skills required to become an effective industry professional.
Gain insight into practical business planning and management.
Learn how to efficiently plan sporting events
Manage team organization, merchandising, and marketing.
Studying Organizational Leadership with a concentration in Sports Leadership prepares you for a career in scholastic, collegiate or professional sports settings. According to the Sports Business Journal, the sports industry is one of the fastest-growing industries in the United States with nearly $250 billion in revenue annually. This program educates you on the theories and best practices of sports leadership-knowledge that will help you prepare for your new career or improve your position with your current employer.
Graduates of the Master of Science in Organizational Leadership - Sports Leadership graduate program will be able to:
Establish direction by creating a vision and setting strategies.
Align people by communicating, seeking commitment and building teams.
Motivate and inspire others by identifying and satisfying their unmet needs.
Provide the day-to-day leadership needs of athletic teams and organizations.
In addition to core coursework focused on strategic planning, team building, and leadership, students will have the opportunity to explore with 12 credits of sports-industry-specific coursework dealing with topics such as management, development, law and professional skills.
The Máster Internacional en Sports Management & Leisure de Ostelea provides the accurate answers to the needs in management from the organizations or institutions related with the sport, leisure activities and sport and recreation tourism. With clear practical procedures the master is focused in the profesional trainning in the sport industry management, leisure and tourisim, always with a social perspective and responsability.
Reasons to study the Master:
Orientation and management and the executive skills with the support and experience of EAE Business School
Barcelona as a first order sport city: Barcelona bring the multitude of international sports events, It offers unique facilities, and is the campus of clubes which participate in high level competitions.
Outdoor training: With the objective to increase the development of the skills and key competences in a executive person, there are group activities that allow identify and get over the weaknesses.
Management of the Program: The program is directed by Rodrigo de la Fuente, who has known how to combine his professional career in basketball as a international individual in all the categories of national team of Spain and successful business career.
Event Management is an industry with its own rulebook: The challenges of international sporting events require a particular set of skills. The master's degree program in International Sport & Event Management offers an interdisciplinary, international education that prepares you for managerial roles in sport, event, and marketing management. All the main branches and fields of the industry are covered. Special highlights include case studies, seminars and projects with partners from the sector of business and science.
Event Management is an industry with its own rulebook: The challenges of international sporting events require a particular set of skills. The master's degree program in International Sport & Event Management offers an interdisciplinary, international education that prepares you for managerial roles in sport, event, and marketing management. All the main branches and fields of the industry are covered. Special highlights include case studies, seminars, and projects with partners from the world of business and science.
Event Management is an industry with its own rulebook: The challenges of international sporting events require a particular set of skills. The master's degree program in International Sport & Event Management offers an interdisciplinary, international education that prepares you for managerial roles in sport, event, and marketing management. All the main branches and fields of the industry are covered. Special highlights include case studies, seminars, and projects with partners from the world of business and science.
The MSc in Sports Industry Management course allows students:
to develop a global vision of international sports market trends and,
to acquire the specific technical skills to succeed in this highly coveted and competitive industry.
The course lasts for 16 months during which students discover management techniques that are specific to this market and interact with students from all over the world. The course starts at the EMLYON European campus with acquiring management fundamentals in a global context. Specialised classes subsequently assist them to deal with the specificities of the sport industry. Next, a second learning period takes place in the Alps where a majority of sector companies have their head offices. This proximity enables students to visit the companies, and to meet and interact with industry experts. The course is rounded off with an immersion at the Asia Campus in Shanghai, with a module "The Sport Business and Industry in Asia" and a compulsory four- to nine-month work placement.
Through the partnership with Outdoor Sports Valley, students will benefit from conferences and classes given by industry experts such as Pascal Clausse - Vice President Global Retail of Amer Sports Group, Jean Luc Diard - CEO and Founder of HOKA (ex CEO of Salomon), Eugenio Di Maria - Editor Sporting Goods Intelligence, Frédéric Moreau - International Sales Director Millet/Eider/Lafuma, Philippe Bocquillon Managing Director Puma China, Anti Karava - Marketing Director Columbia Europe, etc.
