5B039E - Leading Football Organisations: Systems and Processes 01 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2032 | Version 1
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | 5B039E | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title: | Leading Football Organisations: Systems and Processes | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Life Sciences and Education | ||
| Faculty Group: | Sport | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Football Coaching | ||
| Module Leader: | Ioan Paval | ||
| Module Team: | Melanie Tuckwell, Dean Parsons, Jayne Ludlow, Jonathan Jones | ||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2026 | Final Year of Intake: | 2031 |
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 30 | Credit Level: | 5 |
| Language: | English | ||
| Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: | 0 | ||
| Equivalent Module: | |||
| HECOS codes: | 100095 - sports coaching | ||
| HECOS Code Weighting: | 100 | ||
Document Version Information
| Version | 1 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 01 Sep 2026 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2032 |
Module Aims
The main aims of the module are:
To develop understanding of organisational leadership and management systems within football contexts.
To analyse how leadership principles are applied in influencing teams, stakeholders, and organisational culture.
To enable students to apply leadership strategies and processes to authentic football challenges.
Content Summary
This module focuses on how football organisations work including the systems, processes, structures, and workflows that leaders must manage to keep clubs and programmes functioning effectively. Building on your Level 4 foundations, you’ll move beyond self-leadership and examine how leadership operates within the operational frameworks of clubs, governing bodies, and community organisations.
You’ll explore leadership as a systemic process, analysing how information flows, how decisions are made, and how structures, roles, and procedures shape performance. You’ll get immersed into communication systems, organisational culture, team dynamics, and the operational processes that support recruitment, player pathways, performance programmes, and day-to-day delivery.
Through challenge-based projects and applied case studies, you will learn how to design, manage, and optimise organisational systems: coordinating people, aligning processes, and implementing structures that drive both efficiency and performance.
By the end of the module, you’ll be equipped not just to lead people, but to lead systems: navigating complexity, improving processes, and shaping organisations that run smoothly and deliver consistent impact in football environments.
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Seminars | 23 |
| Groupwork | 28 |
| Guided Study | 137 |
| Problem/Challenge based learning | 35 |
| Practical Classes and Workshops | 21 |
| Formative Assessment | 15 |
| Summative Assessment | 41 |
| Total Hours Selected | 300 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | Critically analyse leadership and management systems within football organisations and explain their impact on performance and culture. |
| LO2 | Apply leadership processes and communication strategies to effectively manage people, systems, and operations in football contexts. |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asynchronous Assessment | Report 1 | The Organisational Audit Report enables students to demonstrate applied leadership and management competence by analysing a real or simulated football organisation. Through a structured leadership and skills audit, learners evaluate existing systems, processes, and interpersonal dynamics, identifying strengths and development areas. They then propose evidence-informed strategies to enhance organisational performance and culture. | 0 | 4700 | 100 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | ||
| Report 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |