MT242 Unit 10 Program Management Plan Example

Course	MT242 Managing Sport Programs
Unit	Unit 10
Paper type	Program management plan
Length	About 1,010 words, 6 pages double-spaced
Format	APA 7 student paper
School	Purdue University Global
Program	BS in Business Administration
Updated	October 2026

Free sample paper for MT242 Unit 10

August to April in One Document: A Unit 10 Program Management Plan for a Youth Basketball League

[Student Name]

Purdue University Global

MT242: Managing Sport Programs

Unit 10 Program Management Plan

[Instructor Name]

[Date]

Linden Valley Youth Basketball and every date, figure and role are composite and illustrative and draw on the earlier units' samples; the sources cited are real.

What this part is doingListing the parts in the lead and saying they lean on one another tells the reader the plan's value is in the connections.

Overview

This plan brings together the separate plans Linden Valley Youth Basketball adopted this year: the program structure, the game schedule, the facility allocation, the staffing and volunteer plan, the budget, the risk and safety plan and the crisis communication procedure. Each was written on its own, and each assumes things about the others. The schedule assumes the gyms. The budget assumes the schedule's hours. The staffing plan assumes the number of teams. The safety plan assumes a paid supervisor in every gym, which the budget must pay for.

Masteralexis et al. (2019) describe program management as coordinating the parts of a program so that a change in one is reflected in the others, and this plan is built to do exactly that. Its main tool is a dependency table. The earlier plans are attached as appendices and remain the detailed references.

Master Timeline

August: registration opens; the board confirms fees and the budget; the district permit is renewed. September: registration closes for early fees; sponsorship agreements are signed; the coordinator requests the district's calendar of school events. October: coaching recruitment begins; the church agreement is renewed with a notice period. November: background checks and training are completed; the coaching clinic is held; the schedule is built and checked; practice allocations are posted. December: player evaluations and team placement; practices begin December 8; gym cards are posted and the first defibrillator walk is timed. January to mid-March: ten game Saturdays, including two playoff Saturdays and one reserve date. March: awards and the coaches' appreciation night. April: the board review of measures, complaints and incidents; the plan is updated for next year.

What this part is doingPlacing every plan's key date on one timeline shows where the busy months overlap and where the coordinator will be stretched.

The Dependency Table

The table has one row for each likely change and one column for each plan. Reading across a row shows everything that change sets in motion.

Losing a gym for one Saturday. Schedule: eight games need a new slot; a Sunday permit request goes to the district ten business days ahead if possible. Facilities: about nine hours of Sunday gym time. Staffing: four referees from the Sunday list and one extra supervisor shift. Budget: about $700 from contingency, $336 in custodial overtime plus gym hours. Risk: the Sunday gym's card is checked and the defibrillator walk timed. Communication: the family message template is sent to the affected teams.

Losing the church gym for the rest of the season. Schedule: eight games every Saturday need new slots, which the two district gyms cannot absorb, so the coordinator asks the district for Sunday blocks. Budget: up to $3,000 in added custodial fees, more than the contingency can absorb, so the board must approve the overspend. Communication: an all-family email within 24 hours.

Ten more players registering in December. Staffing: one additional team may be needed, with two coaches and background checks. Schedule: a nine-team division breaks the round-robin and needs a bye each round. Budget: $1,500 in fees against about $1,520 in added costs.

A head coach resigning mid-season. Staffing: the assistant takes over and the coaching committee recruits a new assistant. Risk: the team must still have two cleared adults at every practice, so a team parent with a cleared check fills in until a new assistant is cleared.

Every change in one plan is a change in at least three others.

The Responsibility Chart

Each recurring task has one owner, so that no task belongs to everyone.

District and church agreements, schedule and family messages: coordinator

Referee coverage: assignor, reporting to the coordinator

Coach recruitment, screening and training: coaching committee chair

Budget tracking and monthly report: treasurer

Site safety and incident reports: site supervisors, reporting to the coordinator

Media: board president

Change Procedure

Any change that affects more than one plan follows four steps. The person who learns of the change tells the coordinator. The coordinator reads the dependency table row, or writes a new one, and lists each plan affected. Changes that cost less than $500 and stay within the contingency are approved by the coordinator; larger changes go to the treasurer and one other officer. The coordinator then updates every affected plan and sends any family message. Hums and MacLean (2018) stress that written procedures for routine decisions keep a small organization from improvising under pressure, and the gas leak in February showed the value of having them.

What this part is doingSetting a dollar threshold for approval tells the coordinator exactly which changes can be handled on a Saturday morning.

Contradictions Between Earlier Plans

Bringing the plans together exposed two contradictions. The staffing plan counted 536 supervisor hours, while the facility plan's hours included 54 more for evaluations and clinics; the budget resolves this by treating evaluations as board-run without paid supervisors, and the safety plan now says so explicitly. The scheduling exercise kept the reserve Saturday for weather, while the crisis memo proposed using it for the gas leak's postponed games; this plan keeps the reserve for weather until the last two February Saturdays have passed, and moves the gas leak games to a Sunday first.

Measures

The board will review six measures in April.

Games played on schedule, against 216 scheduled

Referee coverage, two referees at every game

Background checks cleared before first practice, against every adult on the court

Coaching positions filled, against 96

Budget variance by month, with any line more than ten percent over explained

Incidents reported and reviewed within a week

Chelladurai (2014) argues that an organization's measures should follow from its purposes, and Linden Valley's purpose is a full, safe season for every child who registers. Each measure checks one part of that promise.

Appendices

Appendix A, the program structure; B, the schedule and its script; C, the facility allocation; D, the staffing and volunteer plan; E, the budget; F, the risk and safety plan with gym cards; G, the crisis communication procedure and templates.

References

Chelladurai, P. (2014). Managing organizations for sport and physical activity: A systems perspective (4th ed.). Holcomb Hathaway.

Hums, M. A., & MacLean, J. C. (2018). Governance and policy in sport organizations (4th ed.). Routledge.

Masteralexis, L. P., Barr, C. A., & Hums, M. A. (2019). Principles and practice of sport management (6th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

The Purdue Global MT242 Unit 10 instructions

In Unit 10, the separate plans written across the term are merged into a single program management plan. The prompt usually expects an overview, a master timeline, a way of showing how a change in one plan affects the others, a responsibility chart, a change procedure, measures and appendices holding the earlier work. Where earlier units disagree, the final plan should say so and resolve the conflict rather than ignore it. Measures should follow from the program's purpose and be reviewable at season's end. Most sections expect about ten to twelve pages including appendices, in APA 7, with sources on sport program management and governance and the earlier units cited or attached.

How the MT 242 Unit 10 example is put together

The plan opens by listing each earlier plan and what it assumes about the others, with Masteralexis and colleagues on coordination. A master timeline runs from August to April, and a margin note points to the months where the work piles up. The dependency table works through four changes, a lost Saturday, a lost church gym, ten late registrations and a coach resigning, and the highlighted line says each change touches at least three plans. A responsibility chart gives every task one owner. The change procedure sets a $500 approval threshold with Hums and MacLean, marked by a second note. A section resolves two contradictions, then six measures with Chelladurai and the appendix list close it.

MT242 Unit 10 rubric: what earns full points

An integrated plan earns marks for coherence, a working method for handling change, clear ownership, honest treatment of contradictions and useful measures. A dependency table that reads across every plan for each likely change earns more than a summary of the earlier units. Graders reward a responsibility chart with one owner per task and a change procedure with thresholds. Finding and resolving conflicts between earlier plans shows real synthesis. Measures should tie to the program's stated purpose. A clear timeline, appendices that match the front section and correct citations take the remaining points. Instructors often comment favorably when a plan shows which month will strain the coordinator most, because that is where a real program fails first.

MT242 Unit 10 help from the desk

Many final plans simply staple earlier units together, which leaves the connections unexplained. Another common gap is a responsibility chart where tasks belong to committees rather than people. Some plans hide contradictions between units, such as two different hour counts. Others list measures that cannot be checked. Every figure in the overview should match its appendix, and every task should name a person, not a committee. A plan that skips the change procedure leaves the coordinator improvising on the first Saturday something goes wrong. Send us your earlier MT 242 units, and a writer can build the dependency table and timeline that tie them into one plan.

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MT242 Unit 10 questions, answered

What is a dependency table in a program plan?

A grid showing how a change in one part of the plan affects the others. Rows list plausible changes, such as losing a facility or a staff shortage; columns list the plan's parts, such as schedule, staffing and budget. Each cell states the consequence. It turns the claim that everything is connected into specific, checkable effects a manager can act on.

How should a final plan handle contradictions between earlier units?

By finding them, choosing the correct figure and saying which earlier document changed. Contradictions are normal when plans are built weeks apart, and graders reward reconciliation more than they penalize the original mismatch. The example found a background-check deadline falling after evaluations began and moved it, noting the correction in the timeline rather than hiding it.

What measures suit a community sport program?

Measures the program can collect cheaply and act on: games played against scheduled, officials' coverage, safety records, screening completion, budget variance, registration and retention, and family satisfaction from a short survey. Each needs a target and a review date. Too many measures dilute attention, so a plan usually keeps five or six and explains each choice.

Where can I find a free MT242 Unit 10 sample paper?

Read the full MT242 Unit 10 program management plan here. It ties a youth league's seven earlier plans into one document with a timeline, a dependency table, a change procedure and six measures for the April review.

What does the dependency table do in the MT242 Unit 10 sample?

It shows, for each likely change, what moves in every other plan. Losing a gym for one Saturday reads across as a Sunday permit, four referees, an extra supervisor shift, about $700 from contingency and a family message.