About this Course
Sport Governance 101 is a short course created specifically for board / Management Committee members in sport and recreation clubs.
It is designed as an introduction to the governance of local sport and recreation clubs in Australia. The course covers information about a Management Committee and how it is slightly different to other boards, your rights and obligations as a Management Committee member, governance and legal responsibilities, risk management, and financial management. Keep scrolling to view the full curriculum.
If you are looking to join a sport or recreation Club board / Management Committee, or if you are new or have been on a Club board for some time and are looking to formalise your Club governance knowledge, this course provides you with the requisite skills that you need to execute your director / Committee member duties appropriately, minimise risk, and effectively lead the Club and its community.
No prerequisite knowledge is required to undertake this course.
Structure
The course is structured to be completed in four weeks; however, flexibility is built in and allows you to complete it faster or take up to two months to work through the material.
You will receive weekly emails guiding you through the course work, and have access to a private online forum where you can ask any question you have about the course.
What’s Included
- Access to the course for two (2) months.
- Workbook (instantly downloadable once you have registered for the course)
- Access to a private course forum to interact with fellow course participants and ask questions to help. further your learning and understanding of the course content.
- Weekly emails keeping you on track with your learning and course work.
- One-to-one interaction with Tim White (Sport Governance 101 course author) via the course forum.
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*Please note: take this course for the paid-in-full (single payment) option. If you would like to pay via two equal installments, please purchase the course via our payment plan option.*
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Course Curriculum
| Module One: The Management Committee | |||
| SG101-01 Key Governance Responsibilities | 00:00:00 | ||
| SG101-02 The Role of the Management Committee Members | 00:00:00 | ||
| SG101-03 The Role of Sub-Committees | 00:00:00 | ||
| SG101-04 Rights and Legal Obligations of Management Committee Members | 00:00:00 | ||
| SG101-05 Skills and Attributes of a Management Committee Member | 00:00:00 | ||
| SG101-06 What Does this Commitment Involve? | 00:00:00 | ||
| SG101-07 Effective Management Committees | 00:00:00 | ||
| Module Two: Governance and Legal Responsibilities | |||
| SG101-08 The Governance Principles | 00:00:00 | ||
| SG101-09 What is a Constitution | 00:00:00 | ||
| SG101-10 What is an Incorporated Club? | 00:00:00 | ||
| SG101-11 Operating at Best Practice | 00:00:00 | ||
| SG101-12 Due Diligence before Joining the Management Committee | 00:00:00 | ||
| Module Three: Risk Management | |||
| SG101-13 What is Risk? | 00:00:00 | ||
| SG101-14 How to Manage Risk | 00:00:00 | ||
| SG101-15 The Importance of Culture and Behaviour | 00:00:00 | ||
| SG101-16 Conflict of Interest | 00:00:00 | ||
| SG101-17 Policies and Processes | 00:00:00 | ||
| Module Four: Financial Management | |||
| SG101-18 What is Financial Management? | 00:00:00 | ||
| SG101-19 Why Budgets are Important | 00:00:00 | ||
| SG101-20 How to Read the Financial Reports | 00:00:00 | ||
| SG101-21 Monitoring Ongoing Performance | 00:00:00 | ||
| SG101-22 Financial Controls and Auditing | 00:00:00 | ||
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