BUAS Breda • BSc International Leisure Sciences

For the course Leisure and Urban Development at BUAS Breda, I wrote a summary including all lectures, personal notes, reading questions with elaborated answers. This document can help you study for the exam. Reading List: Mommaas, H. (2008). The ‘Leisure Industries’ and the re-composition of the public sphere. Tilburg University: Leisure studies. Concept; Hannigan, J. (1998). Introduction Fantasy City. Pp. 1 – 11; Mommaas, H. & Poel, H. van der (1989). Changes in Economy, Politics and L...

For the course Innovation and Change at BUAS Breda, I wrote a summary including all lectures and personal notes. This document can help you study for the exam. This course mainly discussed organizational change and how to make this change happen. At first the building blocks of organizations were covered including forces that give rise to change and an explanation why people resist change. Next to that the course also covered change on an individual level and group level, including leadership an...

For the course Intercultural Management, I wrote a paper about its complexity and importance. In terms of structure, this paper commences with providing insights into this complexity by referring to existing literature. Subsequently, also the importance of intercultural management will be demonstrated in the professional field of tourism by exploring the dilemma of volunteer tourism. Finally, the paper concludes that it is necessary for interacting cultures to take part in the process of both c...

For the course Philosophy of Imagineering , I wrote a paper about the purpose of leisure. The main focus of this essay is to determine the purpose of leisure. This includes questions like: “What is it that characterizes leisure? How does leisure differentiate itself from other activities, especially from work. Furthermore, what do we get out of being involved in leisure activities? What role does it play in our life’s?” The essay concludes by saying that leisure is a state of mind. Differ...

For the course Dynamics in the leisure sector, I wrote a paper about ensuring effective collaborations of private-public partnerships. This paper analyses the role of the public, the private and the non-profit sector in public-private partnerships (PPPs), in the leisure industry. In order to find out how to ensure effective collaboration between the different parties, this essay explains a case study in the leisure industry, which is the UEFA CUP. The paper also explains how a PPP is established...

For the course of Dynamics in the leisure sector, I wrote a paper about market dominance. More precisely about whether the commercial tourism sector in the future will be dominated by large corporations or by small entrepreneurs? The paper finally assumes that large TOs remain to dominate the tourism industry. They have huge market shares and therefore the most financial and strategic power. For SMTEs it is assumed that they have two options. They can establish a symbolic cooperation with a TO o...

For the course Dynamics in the Leisure Sector, I wrote a paper about a leisure policy (hearing loss at festivals). It examines in what way high sound levels can significantly influence the participation in music festivals. The paper concludes by saying that an intervention is needed, since it is assumed that the problem is likely to receive more attention in the future due to the healthier lifestyle of people and the cooperation of local authorities with public-private partnerships.

The take home exam for the course Philosophy of Imagineering (BUAS Breda) exists of 4 essay questions and elaborated answers. Questions are about the postmodern experience, storytelling, social innovation, social science and leisure science (definitions and demarcations).

In the last statistics course of the ILS program at BUAS, I got familiar with the more advanced statistics. A broad overview over a range of correlational and experimental data analysis techniques was provided including an introduction into factor analysis, reliability, chi-square and binary logistic regression, ANOVA, ANCOVA, factorial ANOVA and ANOVA for repeated measures. All lectures and personal notes are summarized in this document.

During Research Methods 3 (bachelor course ILS - BUAS Breda) we dived more into the quantitative research methods and statistics for survey research. We got more knowledge about the questionnaire design and bivariate statistics. A lot of different analyses were covered including simple linear regression, multiple linear regression, dummy coding, moderation analysis, mediation analysis, reliability analysis and t-tests. Next to that the corresponding assumptions were discussed.