Addressing phenomenology in sports administration

Abstract

When it comes to managing sports areas and facilities, sports managers now have a variety of tasks and functions. The study topic “Sport Management - Perceiving the Phenomenological Space of Sport” aims to obtain perceptions on the phenomenology of sport, from a multidimensional perspective, on the part of students in the third year of the Degree in Sport Management at the Autonomous University of Lisbon, curricular year 2023/2024, with a particular focus on the lines of thought and action within the scope of sports facilities and spaces, taking into account a set of factors: The sports manager; phenomenology; the phenomenological space of sport; and future difficulties. According to the sociodemographic research, pupils differed little in terms of age, gender, household, place of residence, and nationality. A quantitative descriptive methodology was employed. When asked about sports spaces as elements that enhance sport, the results showed that the opinion is widespread among the universe of students under study, and that these should be thought of and designed as elements that generate accessible environments, services, programmes, and technology. to everyone, based on fundamental and universal principles. Furthermore, giving sports managers, designers, and planners of existing and future sports places a fresh perspective and thinking about the future. The goal is to pique interest in the investigation and study of potential themes, as well as to draw attention to issues common to phenomenology, emotional behaviour, and the perception of sporting performance versus the use of sports spaces, as presented by philosophers, psychologists, architects, and managers who are leaders in this field of sports management.

Keywords

• students
• sociodemographic profile
• manager
• sports management
• phenomenological space