In this assignment, you will identify the career of your choice and set the foundation for its importance within the sports industry as well as explore how this career impacts management and leadership within the sports industry.
SPT 111 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: In this assignment, you will identify the career of your choice and set the foundation for its importance within the sports industry as well as explore
how the career impacts management and leadership within the sports industry. This milestone is due in Module Four.
Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Introduction: In this section, you will identify the career of your choice and set the foundation for its importance within the sports industry.
A. Write an overview of the career you have selected to explore, describing its historical development within the sports industry.
B. Describe the job outlook for this career. For example, is growth expected in this career’s forecast? Where are the potential job opportunities?
II. Management and Leadership: In this section, you will explore when an individual in this career should act as a manager versus when an individual
should act as a leader.
A. Describe key management and leadership strategies related to this career.
B. Explain a situation in this career where you would utilize a leadership strategy over a management strategy, or vice versa. Why would this
strategy be more appropriate for this situation?
C. Based on your discussion, describe the key differences between leadership and management within this career.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font,
one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Introduction:
Development
Writes an overview of the career,
describing its historical development
within the sports industry
Writes an overview of the career,
describing its historical development
within the sports industry, but
overview is cursory or contains
inaccuracies
Does not write an overview of the
career
18
Introduction: Job Outlook Describes job outlook for the career Describes the job outlook for the
career but is inaccurate
Does not describe the job outlook
for the career
18
Management and
Leadership: Strategies
Describes key management and
leadership strategies related to the
career
Describes management and
leadership strategies, but
description is cursory or contains
inaccuracies related to the career
Does not describe management and
leadership strategies
18
SPT 111 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: In this assignment, you will identify the career of your choice and set the foundation for its importance within the sports industry as well as explore
how the career impacts management and leadership within the sports industry. This milestone is due in Module Four.
Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Introduction: In this section, you will identify the career of your choice and set the foundation for its importance within the sports industry.
A. Write an overview of the career you have selected to explore, describing its historical development within the sports industry.
B. Describe the job outlook for this career. For example, is growth expected in this career’s forecast? Where are the potential job opportunities?
II. Management and Leadership: In this section, you will explore when an individual in this career should act as a manager versus when an individual
should act as a leader.
A. Describe key management and leadership strategies related to this career.
B. Explain a situation in this career where you would utilize a leadership strategy over a management strategy, or vice versa. Why would this
strategy be more appropriate for this situation?
C. Based on your discussion, describe the key differences between leadership and management within this career.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font,
one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Introduction:
Development
Writes an overview of the career,
describing its historical development
within the sports industry
Writes an overview of the career,
describing its historical development
within the sports industry, but
overview is cursory or contains
inaccuracies
Does not write an overview of the
career
18
Introduction: Job Outlook Describes job outlook for the career Describes the job outlook for the
career but is inaccurate
Does not describe the job outlook
for the career
18
Management and
Leadership: Strategies
Describes key management and
leadership strategies related to the
career
Describes management and
leadership strategies, but
description is cursory or contains
inaccuracies related to the career
Does not describe management and
leadership strategies
18