Courses for Exchange Students (ECTS) 2018/2019 at
Örebro University School of Business


Business Administration, Marketing of Sports and Events

Spring week 09 (2019) - 18 (2019) Appl.code: 21112
Part-time, daytime class

ECTS credits: 7.5

Level of education: First Cycle (undergraduate level)

Level: GXX

Prerequisites: Standard university admission requirements.

Content: This course is aimed at introducing marketing of sports and events. The course looks at marketing of both sporting and non-sporting events, in both profit and nonprofit organizations.

The sporting and event industries have grown steadily, and have become big business over the past decades. Sports and events in general have become more interesting for businesses to be involved in, for example as managers, team owners, event organizers or sponsors.

The course addresses segmentation, targeting and communication operations in relation to various stakeholders in the sport and event industries. Strategies for planning and telling a brand story via the relevant marketing channels is also addressed, as well as the concept of sponsorship-linked marketing which aims to create win-win benefits to both sponsors and the sponsored individual, team or event.

Assessments: The course can be assessed through written examination, take-home examination, compulsory course components, paper, essay and/or oral examination.

Teaching Methods: Learning and knowledge-transferring is conducted in lectures and case study-oriented workshops, as well as from reading the course literature:
- Lectures where the teacher introduces and organizes the subjects based on the course literature and relevant examples.
- Workshops where cases and student projects are reported, analyzed and discussed.

Course Coordinator: Martin Hunter

Course Syllabus: Spring 2019

School: Örebro University School of Business