Chapter 1 Flashcards
Sport:
all forms of PA which, through casual or organized participation, aim at expressing or improving physical fitness and mental well-being, forming social relationships or obtaining results in competition at all levels
Sport and leisure management:
any activity, experience, or business enterprise for which the primary focus is fitness, recreation, athletics, and leisure related
Sport and leisure management industry is estimated at $_____ worldwide.
620 billion
What is at the core of sport and leisure management?
a spectator or participant experience with an uncertain outcome
3 components of the nature and scope of sport industry:
- types of sports
- settings for sporting activities
- sport industry segments
4 parts of sport industry segments:
- public
- nonprofit
- school and university sports
- commercial
Public sport industry segments:
- federal
- provincial
- regional
- local
Nonprofit sport industry segments:
- NSOs
- PSOs
- local
Commercial sport industry segments:
- pro sports
- commercial sports
- sporting goods
- media
- corporations
4 unique aspects of sport management:
- sport marketing
- sport enterprise financial structures
- sport industry career paths
- sport as a social institution
5 general sport management tasks:
- marketing and sales
- correspondence
- public speaking
- community relations
- record keeping
Organization management consists of:
- budgeting
- accounting
- coordinating
- managing personnel
- managing facilities
- controlling
- directing
- evaluating
- leading
Communication management consists of:
- writing
- selling
- working with media
- developing publications
- keeping game notes and stats
- interviewing
- promoting
- advertising
- fundraising
Critical thinking skills:
- the awareness of a set of interrelated critical questions
- the ability to ask and answer critical questions at appropriate times
- the desire to use those questions and accept their results as a guide to behaviour
Examples of critical thinking questions:
- what are the issues and the conclusion?
- what are the reasons?
- what words or phrases are ambiguous?
- what are the value conflicts and assumptions?
3 approaches to defining the nature and scope of the sport industry:
- types of sports
- settings in which sports are found
- models of sport industry segments