Davenport students will be able to perform managerial responsibilities across industry sectors with confidence. When designing an internship, sophomore status Sport Management interns can have many tasks or roles, and junior status students need elevated responsibilities.

Examples of projects

Promoting a course of action and managing in areas such as:

• Games / Facilities / Events / Fundraisers / Camps / Fields
• Improvements / Changes
• Materials / Merchandise Inventory / Logistics
• Accounts / Sales / Territory
• Travel
• Operations, including Entrepreneurial Business Start Up (other than one’s own): Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, LLC, Corporation, Non-Profit…

Drafting/Implementing:

• Organizational Policies In Line with Relevant Governing Bodies per sport and competition level
• Recruiting Practices in Line with Best Practices for Students / Athletes in specific program
• Training / Work Instructions / Manuals
• Safety and Compliance Procedures
• Social Media Monitoring and Content Production in Line with Brand

Managing People and Games by:

• Promoting effective communication using proper sport industry language and terminology; example: Meeting and Visit management, developing communication plans
• Resource Planning Example: Identifying and allocating people, identifying business tools, creating and maintaining the project plan
• Communicating and Re-calibrating Performance Expectations

Collection and Analysis of Data by:

• Identifying and Validating Trends
• Completing Research / Feasibility Studies
• Perform qualitative and quantitative assessment, then Formulating Recommendations and presenting to Leadership

Managing Process by:

• Helping to Decide on the Control Points Needed or review what is required
• Establishing Tools and Tracking, Database Management
• Goal Setting: Making Performance Known, Visible and / or Accessible

Managing Monetary Assets and Costs:

• Budgets / Forecasts and Variance
• Vendor / Sponsor Relations