Administrative Concepts in Therapeutic Recreation

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course emphasizes the essentials of management that are pertinent to being an effective practicing therapeutic recreation manager in either a clinical setting, a healthcare facility, or a community-based leisure or health service setting. After introducing the student to the theory and discipline of management and related ethical perspectives, the course will examine selective administrative functions in each of the areas of (a) Operational Management, i.e. budgeting and financial management, sources of revenue generation and grant writing, decision making, problem solving and conflict management, etc.; (b) Human Services Management, i.e., staff recruiting and selection, staff training and development, effective communication, motivation, performance appraisal, and volunteer management, etc. (C) Consumer Management, i.e., quality service management, practitioner performance, legal liability and risk management, etc. COREQUISITES: IPHE 4900 PREREQUISITES: LEIS 1127.03, LEIS 1130.03 or LEIS 2130.03, LEIS 3127.03, LEIS 3426.03 RESTRICTIONS: Restricted to Bachelor of Science (Recreation) students. Others by permission of instructor, with priority to Health Professions students. FORMATS: Lecture | Discussion