Globalisation and Internationalisation of Sport Business Management
Assessment Task You are required to submit a fully referenced and appropriately formatted 3,000 word essay (+1-10%) that addresses ONE of the following questions:
1)Assess the cogency of the arguments made by critics concerned about the global commercialisation of sport. Discuss with detailed reference to both a range of globalisation / sociological / cultural studies related theory and a minimum of three sport related case studies.
2) To what extent might it be argued that global sport is a commercial ‘product’ of global media? Discuss with detailed reference to both a range of globalisation / sociological / cultural studies related theory and a minimum of three sport related case studies.
3) Assess the validity of the arguments made by critics both for and against sports labour migration. Discuss with detailed reference to both a range of globalisation / sociological / cultural studies related theory and a minimum of three sport related case studies.
4) Critically evaluate the contribution made by global sports to raising international awareness of social and political issues.
5) Why might the role that sport plays in the formation and maintenance of national identities be viewed as paradoxical in a global context? Discuss with detailed reference to both a range of globalisation / sociological / cultural studies related theory and a minimum of three sport related case studies.
6) Critically evaluate the claim that sport is a prime agent of globalisation. Discuss with detailed reference to both a range of globalisation / sociological / cultural studies related theory and a minimum of three sport related case studies.
7) A question devised by yourself and approved by your tutor no later than Wk7
