MSP305-BCN16040 CRAFTING UNIQUE SPORTS EVENTS Mid-term assessment – Task brief & rubrics

Task

As the course assignment, students will be asked to plan the special event marking the 125th anniversary of the Reial Club de Tennis de Barcelona, an event which is to be memorable for everyone involved. The main event will consist of an international legends tournament, involving three different divisions: singles men, singles women, and mixed doubles, with 32 participants in each of the divisions. This Mid-term assessment will deal with the initial phases of that planning.

The Reial Club de Tennis de Barcelona is the main organizer, but Federació Catalana de Tennis and RFET will also play a role.

The competition is to be played in the club facilities, that will need to be properly adjusted, and should also feature an entertainment concept, as well as a strong hospitality approach.

As the heads of the organizing committee, students will be required to draw a plan including all the areas dealt with in class, ranging from the definition and description of the stakeholders and their expectations to the conception of the venue, as well as outlining the different functional areas involved. Sustainability concepts will also be highly valued yet in this first take. The topics the students will be asked to address are (but not limited to):

• Stakeholders involved and the objectives each of them may have in the event. • Precise organization and distribution of the venue, and justification of the choices made. • Selection of the most appropriate dates, and justification of that choice. • Definition of the different areas/departments of the organizing committee and the tasks assigned to each of them. • Facilities outline. • Travel & accommodation preliminary considerations. • Competition format. • Sustainability concepts to be implemented.

The document needs to include both an introduction, a core with each of the different items/topics dealt with, and a conclusion to summarize the decisions made.

The task should be submitted as a document (PDF), including the necessary graphic elements to support the decisions made.

Task to be performed in groups of 2/3 students.

Formalities:

• Wordcount: 2000 words. • Written proposal (Word or PDF document) • Font: Arial 12,5 pts. • Text alignment: Justified. • Any in-text reference and eventual bibliography have to be in Harvard’s citation style.

Submission: Week 5 – Via Moodle (Turnitin). Sunday: 8th May – 23:59 CET.

Weight: This task is a 40% of the total grade for this subject.

It assesses the following learning outcomes:

• Outcome 1: Capacity to identify, describe and prioritize the key elements in the organization, delivery and evaluation of a sports event. • Outcome 2: Capacity to give theoretical concepts a real-life application, matching the possibilities of an event with the realities/capacities of the hosting

city/venue. • Outcome 3: Capacity to set up a significant sustainability approach as a key part of the sports event world.

Rubrics

Exceptional 90-100 Good 80-89 Fair 70-79 Marginal fail 60-69 Knowledge &

Understanding (20%) Student demonstrates excellent understanding of key concepts introduced in class and uses vocabulary pertinently and with precision.

Student demonstrates good understanding of the key concepts dealt with in class and showcases satisfactory use of the relevant vocabulary.

Student understands the task and some of the topics requested and shows minimum confidence in the use of relevant terminology.

Student fails to tackle the key topics in a solid manner and shows weak or no confidence in the use of relevant terminology.

Application (30%) Student demonstrates excellent capacity to realistically apply, on a practical level, the concepts and items dealt with in class.

Student applies correctly most part of the key topics dealt with in class.

Student applies some relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class. Some misunderstanding may be evident.

Student demonstrates little capacity to apply the theoretical knowledge onto the delivery of the task. Misunderstandings are evident.

Critical Thinking (30%) Student critically assesses in excellent ways, stablishing solid argumentation between his/her choices and the reasons of that choices, thus showing prominent capacity to anticipate eventual issues.

Student critically assesses in good ways, drawing conclusions and correct argumentation of the choices and proposals made.

Student provides some insights, but their argumentation is not solid or well-defined enough. References may not be relevant.

Student provides little or none critical thinking insights, does not provide meaningful conclusions and is unable to argument the elements presented.

Communication (10%) Student shows exceptional capacity to explain and transmit his/her ideas and to structure the discourse in a totally comprehensive manner.

Student is able to communicate their ideas clearly and concisely, respecting word count, grammar and spellcheck

Student communicates their ideas with some clarity and concision. It may be slightly over or under the wordcount limit. Some misspelling errors may be evident.

Student communicates their ideas in a somewhat unclear and unconcise way, not managing to stablish a well-structured explanation. Does not reach or does exceed wordcount excessively and misspelling errors are evident.

Creativity (10%) Student is able to provide creative ideas and proposals, managing to adapt them to the task required.

Student is able to provide interesting ideas and proposals, managing to adapt them to the task required.

Student is able to provide ideas and proposals that may be deemed satisfactory and manages to adapt them to the task required.

Student is unable to provide creative ideas and proposals.