The course provides understanding of important aspects of the organization and management of sporting events. It examines how organizers of sports events bid for, plan, implement, and evaluate the sporting event.
The course will inter alia address how the Youth Olympic Games are organized, with special reference to the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway, 2016. The significance of the key stakeholders involved in major events (e.g. sponsors, media, and public authorities) will be presented and discussed.  

The students shall:

• understand the key aspects of sports events - including mega, major and small scale events.
• explain the relations between international federations and the local (national) organizers (organizing committees).
• be able to analyze the bidding processes, planning and implementation of mega and major events.
• make assessments of the role of public authorities.
• understand the concept of "risk management"
• understand the new Olympic concept of the Youth Olympic Games

The course will include both academic as well as practical implications. The course will be taught through lectures and discussions and will involve a number of case studies. One upcoming major sport event in Norway will be used as physical case study where students will practically apply their academic knowledge. One in-depth seminar will be included in the course.

• Essay (2000 words), graded A-F (60 per cent of the total grade)
• Weekly individual resume of selected literature, graded A-F (40 per cent of the total grade)
• All resumes must be passed in order to sign up for the essay.

Scandinavian students can write the essay and resumes in Norwegian, Danish or Swedish.

LITERATURE:

BOOKS:
Hanstad, D. V., Parent, M. M. & Houlihan, B. (2014). The youth Olympic Games (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society). London: Routledge.
All students will receive a free copy of this book.
NB! All chapters except chapter 10 and 11.
You will find the book in the Library, here: ORIA

Parent, M. M. & Smith-Swan, S. (2013). Managing major sports events: Theory and practice. New York: Routledge.
NB! All chapters except chapter 6 and 12.
You will find the book in the Library, here: ORIA


ARTICLES:

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Andersen, S.S., Hanstad, D.V. & Plejdrup-Skillestad, K. (in press). The role of test events in major sporting events. Event Management.
A copy will be available / Hands out.

Gratton, C. & Preuss, H. (2008). Maximizing Olympic impacts by building up legacies. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 25(14), 1922-1938.
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Hanstad, D.V. (2012). Risk management in major sporting events: A participating team’s perspective. Event Management, 16(3), 189-201.
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Hanstad, D.V., Parent, M.M. & Kristiansen, E. (2013). The Youth Olympic Games: The best of the Olympic Games or a poor copy? European Sport Management Quarterly, 13(3) 315-338.
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Kristiansen, E., Andersen, S.S  & Hanstad, D.V. (2013). The mundanity of Olympic housing: Small details - big consequences? International Journal of Applied Sports Sciences, 25(2), 147-158.
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Kristiansen, E. & Hanstad, D.V. (2012). Journalists and Olympic athletes: A Norwegian case study of an ambivalent relationship". International Journal of Sport Communication, 5(2) 231-245.
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Parent, M. M., Rouillard, C., & Leopkey, B. (2011). Issues and strategies pertaining to the Canadian Governments' coordination efforts in relation to the 2010 Olympic Games. European Sport Management Quarterly, 11(4), 337-369.
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Skirstad, B. & Hanstad, D.V (2013). Gender matters in sport event volunteering. Managing Leisure, 18(4), 316-330.
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