Leisure Recreation Management

AY2018/2019 Semester 2

The course explores the concept of leisure and recreation in historical and social perspectives. What are some of the current needs and issues of leisure and recreation? How are leisure and recreation planning and programming done? What are the areas in leisure and recreation? Who are important stakeholders in any leisure and recreation planning and delivery? Students will undertake independent study of their leisure and recreation environment and suggest strategies to effectively meet the needs and demands of such activities. More importantly, this course is designed for final year students who are interested in advanced leisure and recreation management studies. This course provides students with exposure to reading, interpreting, critiquing, and presenting data from relevant studies. Specifically, Students will take opportunities to explore the evolution and development of management theories through a series of extensive reviews of literature with particular emphasis on the different context of leisure/recreation management such as service quality, intramural sport, outdoor education, tourism, older adults? leisure, SNS and leisure.